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What is a VDS? Why only $0.79/mth?!
I came upon this site https://hostvds.com/
$0.79/m for 1GB plan but not much reviews about them.
What is a VDS? I have a couple of OpenVZ and KVM. Is VDS any diff?
How can this provider do so cheap!
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when in doubt assume scam and look elsewhere.
I came across this site as well and was wondering the same thing. It requires you to make a deposit before you can even see any of the information. I was sketched out by the whole process so I ended up not paying, but would love to hear from someone that has used them before. I am especially interested if the $0.79 a month plan gives you the option to pick Dallas, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangalore, and Moscow.
VDS is a Virtual Dedicated Server. Basically it’s a VPS with dedicated resources/no overselling.
But I agree with @james50a if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Yeah, no TOS, no company about, and as @jamespeach mentioned, like it just wants your CC info to "activate" the account. Hetzner does something similar, but there isn't even any info on the company, so stay away.
They do take PayPal as well, they seem to accept almost anything, and you can deposit any amount. I can't tell if its a scam, or just poorly designed and translated.
I can't press that button within their CP, so it might just be a poorly designed site. Surprised they created a whole new one rather than using WHMCS/Blesta/Clientexec/Hostbill....
Weird that they have a "Donate" link on the footer. Hmmm, yeah no thanks.
Ok great that I never board the ship.
I tried to sign up and see what was going on, and their email went to junkbox. Here is the spam analysis. Looks very sketchy.
VDS is just marketing BS for hypervisor-based VPS.
Well, interesting. I actually topped up $1 and got a server. Delivery is instant, and the panel looks pretty decent. Only Russia location is available; other locations are greyed out. Billing can be hourly or monthly, and the price is indeed $0.79/month for 1 GB RAM and 10 GB storage.
Here is a quick YABS result:
Considering the price, the result is pretty acceptable. I'll keep monitoring the server and see if the uptime is good.
Thanks for taking the plunge! Sad to hear it's only Russia, that's the only one I didn't want.
Same experience with @dedipromo, I topped up $2 (+0.3USD via stripe), the reason I'm signing up is to try Hong Kong as advertised, but turn out only Russia available. Crap.
No ticket system available, you have to email them
And this is yabs for 2GB instance:
Lets see if it stays up in a month.
I was looking for a cheap development VPS yesterday and also stumbled upon hostvds.com site. However, I didn't even receive the registration confirmation email and considering all that other guys have mentioned above decided to pass.
Instead, I went with AlexHost that offers KVM 1.5GB RAM, 10GB SSD for 1€/m with yearly payment and appears to be a registered company in Moldova. The server just got provisioned so I can post bench if anyone interested.
So just an aside, I bit the bullet since I was looking to move some stuff from Aruba. Cheap enough that I figure a few bucks if it turns out to be garbage isn't too bad. One thing is that they do seem to have a "security group features which is really helpful for me. The IP address returns back RU as intended but seems to be something with "CloudBackbone" which only seems to correlate to Huawei's network offering?
` This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf
% Note: this output has been filtered.
% To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.
% Information related to '45.156.23.0 - 45.156.23.255'
% Abuse contact for '45.156.23.0 - 45.156.23.255' is '[email protected]'
inetnum: 45.156.23.0 - 45.156.23.255
netname: CloudBackbone
descr: OpenStack Cloud
country: RU
admin-c: LA7667-RIPE
tech-c: LA7667-RIPE
abuse-c: LA7667-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: cloudbackbone_net
created: 2019-10-08T12:40:58Z
last-modified: 2019-10-10T13:59:14Z
source: RIPE
role: CloudBackbone NOC
address: 117485, Russian Federation, Moscow, Butlerova 7
abuse-mailbox: [email protected]
nic-hdl: LA7667-RIPE
mnt-by: cloudbackbone_net
created: 2019-10-08T11:23:05Z
last-modified: 2019-10-08T12:23:08Z
source: RIPE # Filtered
% Information related to '45.156.23.0/24AS56971'
route: 45.156.23.0/24
origin: AS56971
mnt-by: cloudbackbone_net
created: 2019-10-08T12:14:16Z
last-modified: 2019-10-08T12:42:02Z
source: RIPE
% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.97.1 (ANGUS)
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It has nothing to do with huawei. generic wording.
I didn't think so, since Hueawei doesn't have a presence in Russia. Just trying to figure out who's running the show. For now, looks good and is up. All I can ask.
turns out the offer is legit, i grab 1 instance ( $0.79/month ). let see how long it last, runs tor exit in it.
p/s - my first post after silent reading LET for years, finally registering myself.
tor exit??
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)
Yeah, sure there will always be people mocking a very cheap offer by running Tor exit. This is why we do not deserve nice things. The end is nigh on this one.
Can't receive their first email...
Interesting, their panel looks good, but based on Openstack arf.
Me too and has been hours don't know if is because my email is from tutanota
I have tried and not been granted root privileges so I cannot install vestacp
have you tried sudo su?
But bruh me hacker me so advance me run tor
Fuck you.
oke thanks you
@NanoG6, is there any option in the panel to upload your own ISO image and use that instead?