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View informations about the parent server from a VPS
teochristian
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Is there any option to view informations about the parent server from a VPS? Like CPU cores, RAM, Disk Space etc?
The VPS is KVM. Thanks.
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You will be able to find out the CPU cores based on CPU name and model, as for the rest the answer is No
and even that would only work if the provider set the cpu model to passthru the hosts model... yet you can have KVM emulate other cpus easily or just display qemu which leaves you empty handed...
Yes you open a ticket and cross your fingers
Why would you want to know out of interest?
I will ask the provider. Thank you
And the way to do that is to look at /proc/cpuinfo btw
That'll tell you the CPU name and model, but if for example there are 8 cores and you are allocated one, you'll only see one. However, if you look up the Intel model number you can see info on the host.
@Falzo 's helpful note (is it just me or does that guy just constantly post helpful notes?) is also a consideration.
I'll add one on top of @Falzo (good) note: What's actually running on the main board and what /proc tells you can be quite different but both credible.
How can I know? Because one can find out more than what /proc delivers and the hoster wants one to think. To do that, however, isn't easy but cumbersome and somewhat complicated. I personally "fell" over it due to some things like e.g. cache (and even line) sizes divergence in some close to the metal coding.
I can tell you.. for a price.