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DotVPS - One Month Review
sundaymouse
Member
So, after decided to finish off my OpenVZ service with one of the providers in Maidenhead, I went ahead to buy a KVM located in the same DC from @Jack , aka the owner of DotVPS.co .
Now it's the time to pay off the next invoice, and almost one month of the service now, so I decided to write a review on LET for DotVPS.
My plan is the minimum KVM 256MB in Maidenhead, UK, priced at $3.5/mo. This price is in fact decent, as I used to pay almost the same amount (£2.5) for a 128MB OpenVZ. The order process was pretty normal, except for you needing to pay with Paypal via 2Checkout (due to fraud handling concerns). 2Checkout also manually reviews the payment, so a few minutes of delay is expected. The choice of OS is netinstall only at the ordering page, as a person who is lazy and prefer installed template, I had to log on to SolusVM to reinstall again.
Hardware 9/10
It seems that even 256MB KVM has access to 4 CPU cores, not sure about how much QEMU has taken from me, but it looks good, at least literally:
[root@uk ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2266.746
cache size : 4096 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 4
wp : yes
flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm pni cx16 lahf_lm
bogomips : 4533.49
processor : 1
......
processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6)
stepping : 3
cpu MHz : 2266.746
cache size : 4096 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 4
wp : yes
flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm pni cx16 lahf_lm
bogomips : 4535.28
Though 256MB may cause a bit of problem when operating relatively memory consuming applications, the 15GB disk space means that you can add a 1024MB swap yourself, for the incase needs.`
Network 8/10
Maidenhead isn't a bad DC in UK, considering the limited options. Network is good for connections to EU, and speed to North America is acceptable. Also with 1Gbps port and ipv6, so I am pretty happy with the network performance.
[root@uk ~]# wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin
--2013-10-27 07:19:18-- http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin
Resolving speedtest.london.linode.com... 176.58.107.39, 2a01:7e00::4b
Connecting to speedtest.london.linode.com|176.58.107.39|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'
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100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 51.4M/s in 1.9s
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2013-10-27 07:19:20 (51.4 MB/s) - ``/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]
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[root@uk ~]# wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.newark.linode.com/100MB-newark.bin
--2013-10-27 07:19:35-- http://speedtest.newark.linode.com/100MB-newark.bin
Resolving speedtest.newark.linode.com... 50.116.57.237, 2600:3c03::4b
Connecting to speedtest.newark.linode.com|50.116.57.237|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'
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37% [=============> ] 38,820,880 1.99M/s eta 31s
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[root@uk ~]# wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.fremont.linode.com/100MB-fremont.bin
--2013-10-27 07:20:07-- http://speedtest.fremont.linode.com/100MB-fremont.bin
Resolving speedtest.fremont.linode.com... 50.116.14.9, 2600:3c01::4b
Connecting to speedtest.fremont.linode.com|50.116.14.9|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'
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8% [==> ] 9,038,416 963K/s eta 1m 44s `
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Currently it is only used for general application serving purposes, along with a obfuscated TCP 443 OpenVPN to screw stupid firewalls. So I can't comment much on the performance as a web server. As a person from the past, I host serious websites only on $20+/mo big company VPS's.
Support 9/10
Jack is a pretty friendly guy, although some times weird 
Not sure whether he is the sole man behind DotVPS or not. As I am usually a self-sufficient VPS customer, I haven't ever filed a support ticket to him yet, but I believe the support (on an unmanaged level) would be good.
Comments
DotVPS - One YEAR Review
DotVPS Reliability, etc, etc, - 10/10 or close to 10/10 in all categories
Jack's Avatar - 1/10 avatar looks like a short penis with glasses
Overall: 9.75/10 - would be 9.99/10 if Jack got a new avatar
Yes, no doubt
Much better
I agree.
@Jack, now we need a picture of you dressed as that green thing for Halloween.
Wow, that penis grew up! And got green! (kidding)
Maybe it is time to visit a doctor ;-)
I bought a yearly one in the UK, it's been great!!