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What did everyone get so far?
fluffernutter
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I ended up going a little overboard this BF, mostly getting cheap yearly dedis. Did anyone end up with some killer VM deals?
My haul this year:
3x yearly Ryzen 3600 systems from @gigahost ($330 each)
5x yearly e3 dedis from @ColoCrossing ($130 each)
2x yearly VMs from @servarica_hani ($42 each)
1x big monthly VPS from @servarica_hani ($38)
a bunch of little VirMach VMs for testing + additional cluster nodes (probably like $200 all in)
Overall feeling pretty good about what I got! Even if my wallet is feeling a little bit hurt
Will finally be able to have a beefy dedicated k3s cluster in the US and EU.
Yabs for the stuff that's been delivered so far:
@servarica_hani yearly VM
Basic System Information:
Uptime : 0 days, 0 hours, 43 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core Processor
CPU cores : 1 @ 1996.250 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 3.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 122.9 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-10-amd64
VM Type : XEN
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
ISP : Rica Web Services
ASN : AS26832 Rica Web Services
Host : Rica Web Services
Location : Montreal, Quebec (QC)
Country : Canada
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/mapper/unified--nvme-main):
| Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS) |
|---|---|---|
| Read | 34.04 MB/s (8.5k) | 230.35 MB/s (3.5k) |
| Write | 34.14 MB/s (8.5k) | 231.57 MB/s (3.6k) |
| Total | 68.19 MB/s (17.0k) | 461.92 MB/s (7.2k) |
| Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS) |
| ------ | --- ---- | ---- ---- |
| Read | 316.52 MB/s (618) | 331.89 MB/s (324) |
| Write | 333.34 MB/s (651) | 354.00 MB/s (345) |
| Total | 649.87 MB/s (1.2k) | 685.90 MB/s (669) |
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
| Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 237 Mbits/sec | 309 Mbits/sec | 80.0 ms |
| Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 239 Mbits/sec | 2.16 Gbits/sec | 79.8 ms |
| Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 223 Mbits/sec | 334 Mbits/sec | 166 ms |
| Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 199 Mbits/sec | 548 Mbits/sec | 238 ms |
| Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 238 Mbits/sec | 501 Mbits/sec | 71.3 ms |
| Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 251 Mbits/sec | 1.90 Gbits/sec | 9.86 ms |
| Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 230 Mbits/sec | 595 Mbits/sec | 132 ms |
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 3252
Multi Core | 3169
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/18315338
Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 692
Multi Core | 682
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23109185
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 812
Multi Core | 794
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9144154
YABS completed in 23 min 36 sec
@servarica_hani monthly VM
Basic System Information:
Uptime : 0 days, 5 hours, 33 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 7551P 32-Core Processor
CPU cores : 22 @ 1996.250 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 86.4 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 3.1 TiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-10-amd64
VM Type : XEN
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
ISP : Rica Web Services
ASN : AS26832 Rica Web Services
Host : Rica Web Services
Location : Montreal, Quebec (QC)
Country : Canada
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/mapper/unified--nvme-main):
| Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS) |
|---|---|---|
| Read | 36.50 MB/s (9.1k) | 244.63 MB/s (3.8k) |
| Write | 36.61 MB/s (9.1k) | 245.92 MB/s (3.8k) |
| Total | 73.12 MB/s (18.2k) | 490.56 MB/s (7.6k) |
| Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS) |
| ------ | --- ---- | ---- ---- |
| Read | 350.46 MB/s (684) | 316.72 MB/s (309) |
| Write | 369.08 MB/s (720) | 337.81 MB/s (329) |
| Total | 719.55 MB/s (1.4k) | 654.54 MB/s (638) |
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
| Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 237 Mbits/sec | 414 Mbits/sec | 77.3 ms |
| Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 239 Mbits/sec | 2.18 Gbits/sec | 80.1 ms |
| Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 220 Mbits/sec | 321 Mbits/sec | 167 ms |
| Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 203 Mbits/sec | 677 Mbits/sec | 238 ms |
| Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 238 Mbits/sec | 915 Mbits/sec | 71.4 ms |
| Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 242 Mbits/sec | busy | 9.69 ms |
| Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 224 Mbits/sec | 566 Mbits/sec | 135 ms |
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 3321
Multi Core | 30650
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/18315354
Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 762
Multi Core | 8668
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23109194
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 859
Multi Core | 6941
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9144101
YABS completed in 18 min 30 sec
@ColoCrossing e3 dedi (they're all basically the same)
Basic System Information:
Uptime : 2 days, 15 hours, 42 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz
CPU cores : 8 @ 2499.461 MHz
AES-NI : ❌ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 31.3 GiB
Swap : 976.0 MiB
Disk : 914.9 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-28-amd64
VM Type : NONE
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
ISP : HostPapa
ASN : AS36352 HostPapa
Location : Elk Grove Village, Illinois (IL)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
| Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS) |
|---|---|---|
| Read | 188.42 MB/s (47.1k) | 250.40 MB/s (3.9k) |
| Write | 188.92 MB/s (47.2k) | 251.72 MB/s (3.9k) |
| Total | 377.35 MB/s (94.3k) | 502.13 MB/s (7.8k) |
| Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS) |
| ------ | --- ---- | ---- ---- |
| Read | 261.37 MB/s (510) | 261.77 MB/s (255) |
| Write | 275.25 MB/s (537) | 279.21 MB/s (272) |
| Total | 536.62 MB/s (1.0k) | 540.99 MB/s (527) |
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
| Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 878 Mbits/sec | 296 Mbits/sec | 87.3 ms |
| Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 875 Mbits/sec | 762 Mbits/sec | 96.6 ms |
| Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 803 Mbits/sec | 211 Mbits/sec | 189 ms |
| Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 741 Mbits/sec | 656 Mbits/sec | 224 ms |
| Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 915 Mbits/sec | 842 Mbits/sec | 41.2 ms |
| Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 931 Mbits/sec | 812 Mbits/sec | 18.2 ms |
| Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 839 Mbits/sec | 216 Mbits/sec | 129 ms |
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 4024
Multi Core | 13250
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/18315352
Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 858
Multi Core | 3277
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23109189
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 742
Multi Core | 2453
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9144105
YABS completed in 19 min 38 sec
The most interesting Virmach box I got
Basic System Information:
Uptime : 3 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes
Processor : AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
CPU cores : 3 @ 3393.622 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 3.9 GiB
Swap : 975.0 MiB
Disk : 185.0 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-28-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline
IPv4 Network Information:
ISP : QuadraNet Enterprises LLC
ASN : AS8100 QuadraNet Enterprises LLC
Host : Virtual Machine Solutions LLC
Location : Miami, Florida (FL)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
| Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS) |
|---|---|---|
| Read | 283.29 MB/s (70.8k) | 243.72 MB/s (3.8k) |
| Write | 284.04 MB/s (71.0k) | 245.00 MB/s (3.8k) |
| Total | 567.33 MB/s (141.8k) | 488.73 MB/s (7.6k) |
| Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS) |
| ------ | --- ---- | ---- ---- |
| Read | 1.24 GB/s (2.4k) | 1.64 GB/s (1.6k) |
| Write | 1.30 GB/s (2.5k) | 1.75 GB/s (1.7k) |
| Total | 2.54 GB/s (4.9k) | 3.40 GB/s (3.3k) |
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
| Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 806 Mbits/sec | 308 Mbits/sec | 99.9 ms |
| Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 795 Mbits/sec | 698 Mbits/sec | 124 ms |
| Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 651 Mbits/sec | 220 Mbits/sec | 194 ms |
| Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | busy | 543 Mbits/sec | 265 ms |
| Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 861 Mbits/sec | 381 Mbits/sec | 64.4 ms |
| Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 904 Mbits/sec | 746 Mbits/sec | 34.0 ms |
| Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 771 Mbits/sec | 184 Mbits/sec | 114 ms |
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 6695
Multi Core | 16323
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/18315385
Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1552
Multi Core | 4075
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/23109216
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1995
Multi Core | 4718
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9144138
YABS completed in 13 min 39 sec

Comments
i think i am getting some form of psychosis from lack of sleep tbh, but not getting any deals.
Yeah I've seen the hatman a few times out of the corner of my eye, considering just calling it quits on black friday and getting some sleep.
An empty wallet.
4€/mo 4 cores, 16 GB AMD Epyc VPS from @ProHosting24
$12/yr 6 cores, 6 GB AMD Epyc VPS from @SilverCreek
I got a reality check that my age is catching up when I failed to keep up with the pace of the megathread.
Still waiting for @fiberstate to join the party
And namecrane email reseller (if it counts)
Wow, what a budget!
the gigahost dedis
Just renewed one yearly bero-host VPS.
Got 2 small vps from virmarch as well few days ago. Just to get VIRMARCHED someday. (for like 20-30$
Very, very reasonable this year.
But I already have quite a few servers to play with.
After a while, it just doesn't make sense to accumulate them.
I'm happy with that
11gb ram from greencloud deal earlier in month. Paying less than $40 a year. What else do I need?
Yeah it's moving so fast I've just given up hope of ever actually getting anything from it
my sanity is worth more than a $7 vps (for now)
Guys please tell me this is still LowEndTalk and I'm just tripping because of sleep deprivation
That's was my plan initially. 1111 from GC + 2 cheap storage VPS in 2 locations.
Of course, I couldn't resist renewing some of last year's excellent deals.
And OVH didn't help cut costs with some great dedi offers.
So unfortunately the original plan has changed a little, and so has the budget....
Prices are low considering what I got!! Works out to ~$11/month for an e3 with 32g ram and 1t ssd with 10tb bandwidth, and $27/month for a ryzen 3600, 32g ram, 500g nvme and 1gig unmetered.
Just spendy all at once, but not bad if you break the prices out to cover a year. Plus idling dedis is more fun than idling VMs, it's something tangible to get attached to
Nothing
Got three of these, each one for €80 a year.
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Basic System Information:
Uptime : 0 days, 9 hours, 58 minutes
Processor : AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core Processor
CPU cores : 6 @ 2400.000 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 23.5 GiB
Swap : 1024.0 MiB
Disk : 293.2 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-28-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
ISP : Oliver Horscht is trading as \"SYNLINQ\"
ASN : AS44486 Oliver Horscht is trading as \"SYNLINQ\"
Host : FameSystems GmbH \u0026 Co. KG
Location : Frankfurt am Main, Hesse (HE)
Country : Germany
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda3):
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1947
Multi Core | 8467
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9144778
YABS completed in 11 min 36 sec
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Some clouvider vps in a couple locations to compliment prior black Friday incognet vps and my regular crunchbits vps(s). Trying to stick with providers that appear sustainable and not overselling horrendously.
Im happy with https://my.heartbeat-it.com/?cmd=cart&action=add&id=41
Nothing yet; I am waiting for Cyber Monday to take a KS-A at OVH, hopefully with a 10% discount..
I have all the big data clusters to fill your RAMS, engage CPUs. What you do with K8s, distributed cluster across continent or USA ? I like to grab some for K8s testing as well.
I took a VPS from @DigiRDP for VPN for home servers, personal devices. I will have wireguard. If any one has tips for wireguard, especially GUI tools let me know.
disappointment

i saved 100% this year
5x Fritz Dect 302, 2x Fritz Dect 440
GG
I may be missing something... but how is 130$ each a deal?

//LE: nvm, I saw its yearly now...
130 for a year, or ~11 per month.
anxiety
None so far 🤣
Renewed last years LiteServer BF deal 15 euros
Got new idler from MxRoute for 15$/3 years
And TnaHosting 6/y$ SSD VPS
But i got more servers before BF :
HostDare BG VPS 9.10$/y Cudos for them giving 60% off to Bulgaria location.
DeluxHost BF-4 7 euros/y
ChunkServe 9.99$/y VPS
HostBRR Shared 10G 5$/y
HostBRR Shared Storage 500G 7$/y
i should have taken an e3 from colo.