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ShardHost Review

BogdacutuuBogdacutuu Member
edited March 2013 in Reviews

Note: I'm reviewing a VPS I received for free (http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/8512/offering-a-few-free-vps) from @ShardHost, however this should (at least) represent the quality of paid service.

I currently have the 512MB package. The server performs very well. I'm currently hosting a private VPN and developing websites on it, so I need great uptime and network connectivity, and this VPS has both of them. I've had no uptime issues so far, and support has been great. The only ticket I had was for PPP, which did not work from SolusVM right away. Staff responded to my ticket very quickly (~30 mins), considering that it was Sunday; they also admitted that they didn't enable the required kernel modules and fixed the issue right away.

CPU model :  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31240 @ 3.30GHz
Number of cores : 2
CPU frequency :  3299.882 MHz
Total amount of ram : 512 MB
Total amount of swap : 512 MB
System uptime :   8 days, 21:03,
Download speed from CacheFly: 52.3MB/s
Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: 36.9MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: 67.4MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 2.06MB/s
Download speed from Linode, London, UK: 2.39MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 8.03MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 3.98MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 13.3MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 13.8MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 18.3MB/s
I/O speed :  193 MB/s

It has been a very pleasant experience so far, and I hope it will remain the same in the forseeable future :)

Comments

  • I have a shardhost KVM VPS too, and it is nice. One of the better Dallas VPS IMO

  • Nice network

  • Thanks for the review. If you do plan to keep the VPS with us, please open a ticket so we can ensure you are on the right pricing!

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @Bogdacutuu said: I've had no uptime so far

    Hm.. what.

  • @Ishaq said: Hm.. what.

    sorry, I meant to say I had no uptime issues so far :p
    Fixed

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @Bogdacutuu said: sorry, I meant to say I had no uptime issues so far :p

    Fixed

    I figured as much :)

  • aiuraiur Member

    I also received a free VPS from @ShardHost, performance is solid and till now no downtime at all. I opened 1 ticket asking for more templates, they replied quickly and added two OS templates after several hours. I also get discounts for following month :)

  • @aiur said: I also received a free VPS from @ShardHost, performance is solid and till now no downtime at all. I opened 1 ticket asking for more templates, they replied quickly and added two OS templates after several hours. I also get discounts for following month :)

    Thanks for the comment. This also applies to anyone who helped us test. Simply open a ticket to get a discount on the plan for subsequent months if you wish to keep the VPS

  • I have received on of their VPS's, It's really nice. Performance is really nice.

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