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My wallet screamed and hid under the bed
So, bring the pitchforks and fuel
Changes to Product Lifecycle Policy - we kinda did not have this publicly explained so here it is.
https://host-c.com/knowledgebase/27/End-of-Life-EOL-Products.html
Those on EOL products should get this also by mail shortly, ( with some typos Stuart did, oh man, he really hates doing these stuff
)
What’s Changing:
Our products will now follow a standard lifecycle of approximately three (3) years. However, please note that in certain cases, the lifecycle may be shorter, particularly when the hardware underlying a product is decommissioned early or replaced with newer-generation equipment. This ensures that we continue to offer services aligned with evolving technologies and industry standards.
What This Means for You:
Products marked as End-of-Life (EOL) will continue to function as-is, but they will no longer receive updates or enhancements.
Customers using EOL products are not required to migrate immediately but are encouraged to consider available upgrade options for continued support and performance.
In the event of decommissioning, you will be notified in advance and provided with options for migration or upgrade.
Cheers! ( be kind with the pitchforks
)
🙋♀️
Can you please list the current EOL products as of this change?
Arcturus - NVME VPS
Dwarf Star VPS LET Exclusive
Dyson S - NVME Barebone VPS
Dyson S Revision 2.0 - NVME Barebone VPS
Event Horizon NX-01 - Storage 1 TB
Hunter X-302 - Storage 4 TB
Icarus II - NVME VPS
Infinity - 16 CORE and 16 GB RAM
Infinity STX-147 - Storage 10 TB
IO 200 - NVME VPS
Kepler-70 - NVME VPS
Promo VPS Defiant - Storage 2TB
Promo VPS Excelsior - Storage 6TB
Promo VPS IDLER'S Heaven - Configurable 1TB Storage VPS
Promo VPS Intrepid - Storage 4TB
Red dwarf - NVME VPS
Sirius B - NVME VPS IPV6 Only
Valkyrie - 16 CORE VPS
VPS Archimedes - Storage 8 TB
VPS Atlantis - Storage 16 TB
VPS Daedalus - Storage 12 TB
VPS Defiant - Storage 2 TB
VPS Growler - Storage 3TB
VPS Hornet - Storage 1 TB
VPS Intrepid - Storage 4 TB
VPS Prometheus - Storage 14 TB
VPS Vikrant - Storage 10 TB
Wolf 359 - NVME VPS
EDIT:
These are in EOL as of today, mostly because are/were on Xeon V4.
Awesome, not affected.
Thanks for the transparency 💜 I am sure this will help others!
EOL list it does not mean we will stop them tomorrow.
EOL means that they will not get any more development.
We will think of the upgrades for these services and contact all customers via mail for their options.
THX for the question @MaxTakeba , as it did clarify a few things.
Good that it can be upgraded, as I intend to keep my Host-C service as long as possible
Edit: Btw my services are not in the list as well. Phew!
also, as we upgrade the serves, we will keep the name of the service ( as creating new ones just makes a mess ) and we put the generation next to the naming ( G2, G3 and so on )
Old: Dyson S - NVME Barebone VPS -> New: Dyson S - NVME Barebone VPS - G3
Old: Kepler-70 - NVME VPS -> New: Kepler-70 - NVME VPS - G2
and so on...
you have a few moths to make him come out from there, you can try candy, glued rope, other stuff
Let me know how it went. my went under the freezer last December, never seen it since
Two questions:
Thanks!
it's a storage server.. who cares about upgrades. just replace the disk when it goes bad and it's all good.
Thank you for your questions. Let me clarify how we currently handle this. Please note that this is not a final policy and may be refined before it’s officially published on the website.
1. Decommissioning & Hardware Upgrades
In the event of hardware decommissioning, you’ll have two options:
Option A: Accept an upgrade offer to equivalent or better-performing hardware. We always aim to match (or exceed) the original CPU performance and specs.
Option B: If you choose not to continue, the service will be terminated at the end of the billing cycle. If your billing term extends more than 6 months into the future, we’ll give you 30 days to back up your data and refund the remaining value.
We do not maintain legacy hardware indefinitely (nor do I wish to), as this is neither technically nor economically viable—especially with today’s energy prices. Modern hardware offers vastly improved performance-per-watt and is far more efficient.
Price adjustments may occur, particularly when transitioning from older or deeply discounted services to newer platforms. That said, we aim for fairness. For example, if your current VPS has 4 vCPUs on a V4-generation CPU (say, 4x730 in Geekbench 6), we might migrate you to a Scale Gen 2 host and offer 3 vCPUs that score around 1050 each—so total performance stays roughly the same.
There will be no extra cost in such a case; only a short downtime for offline migration, as live migration across CPU generations is not recommended.
2. Promotional Services (e.g., $7/year VPS)
For ultra-low-cost plans like the $7/year VPS, the same principles apply. We'll do our best to migrate you to an equivalent system based on total performance. There might be slight pricing adjustments depending on the situation, but nothing drastic—especially if you’re just moving to a newer platform with matched specs.
3. Merged Services
If you previously had multiple VPSes merged into one - these are rare and handled individually. We’ll honor the combined value and specs of those services, and price adjustments (if any) will reflect the total resource value, not per-instance legacy pricing.
A Note on Decommissioning & Hardware Lifecycle
At this time, no immediate decommissioning is planned, as most services are still quite new—typically 1 to 1.5 years old. And for those who’ve been with us since the very early days, you’ve already received free upgrades to newer hardware, simply for sticking with us as a then-new "Romanian summer host" 😄 (as some called us—and maybe still do).
Still, I want to be clear: hardware refreshes will inevitably happen. Our philosophy is that a 3-year lifespan is fair for any hosting service. Beyond that, keeping outdated hardware online just doesn’t make sense—technically or financially.
I don’t want HOST-C to end up with 3–4 racks per location, running everything from Core 2 Duos to the latest AMD EPYC CPUs. That kind of fragmentation is not sustainable and does not reflect our growth strategy.
Storage vs. Compute Services
Non-storage services will likely be upgraded more frequently than storage-focused ones.
Storage nodes—especially those on Scale Gen 2—are expected to remain in production for longer periods. These might get minor upgrades (like newer RAID controllers or larger drives), but the core platform will stay stable for years.( unless GB7 will happen and they will suck in performance
)
Final Thoughts
I wish for HOST-C to offer modern, clean, and reliable infrastructure and products. Even for storage services, we don't want to push outdated or underpowered solutions just to advertise “10TB of cheap storage.” - that does not work most of the times. We want to provide value—and value includes reliability, performance, and long-term viability.
That said, good hardware costs money, and occasional adjustments—whether in specs or pricing—may occur as we keep modernizing. ( shit ain't cheap )
So if you have any questions, shoot + pitchforks + gasoline.
Also, just to clarify again, we're not shutting down any EOL services right now. Everything stays as-is for the moment.
This post is simply meant to prepare you and be transparent about how things will be handled when the time comes to phase out older hardware or EOL products. We want everyone to be informed well in advance so there are no surprises.
We love @host_c
From where the fuckheck did you get that one
I get the flag, I have seen it here before, but that one is new. ( at least for me, I might have missed a few things, we have a ton of work to do for the past weeks. )
That ones straight from the w̶a̶n̶k̶ b̶a̶n̶k̶ archives
regards
Privately shared with me, along with a voice clip.
@host_c thanks for the answer!
Many Calin images at https://calin.0lt.de
Sir this is one of the biggest calin archive in the internet, only second to img.ihostart.com
Ha ha ha ha ha….. damn, still funny as shit
Hi. I am ready to migrate to an equivalent product at the same price. Do you any storage vps available now ? The website says sold out .
Here is what I got. 4/4 40gb nvme, 8tb storage, 6tb xfer. E5-2687W v4
Dyson S - NVME Barebone VPS - I87
Monthly High-Speed Traffic
Plus 5TB
Additional HDD over HW Raid 6
8 TB
Backup Slot
1 Backup Slot - Free
CPU Cores
Plus 3 vCPU Core
Add Aditional RAM
Plus 3 GB
Add NVME Boot Drive Disk Space
Should I open a ticket to migrate this to. New node at the same price. Yea I can give up a cpu core 🙂
Thanks
Hy
Yapp, all requests go via ticket, please.
YMMV but the quote I was given for a comparable service had a 40%+ price increase . Currently I have a great vps at a great price, I will let it ride and hold the pitchforks for now .
Thanks @host_c my 666 got the upgrade also, wasn't expecting that
Basic System Information:
Uptime : 7 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz
CPU cores : 6 @ 2494.140 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 5.8 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 98.4 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.1.0-34-cloud-amd64
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
ISP : HOST-C Oradea
ASN : AS211462 Andrei Tiberiu Holt
Location : Oradea, Bihor County (BH)
Country : Romania
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1036
Multi Core | 3944
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12101252
YABS completed in 8 min 18 sec
Whoa
There is a little context/color missing from all this, while yes the +40% is true. ( there is a +4USD diffidence just from the G1 to the G3 )
Here is the context and color:
I don't mind small price increases for better hardware and to cover higher operating costs, especially for a quality, trustworthy provider like Host-C. However, I'll have to see what my new price will be whenever they EOL either of the two storage VPSes I have. 40% may be too high of a pill unless the pot is significantly sweetened somehow.
I buy storage VPSes to keep them for several years (it's my 1 in the 3-2-1 rule) and don't plan to retire my Host-C VPSes for at least the rest of this decade (hopefully longer).
Hy there,
It seems we have a problem:
https://guards.re/sue-them.html
.
My lawyer's requests are fair and warranted.
We are open to negotiations,
I will need a few minutes hours to be able to respond to his, for the moment, we are barely sitting in our seat and laughing.
I have to give an A++++ on this, still in shock.
So, other requests from the "lawyer's" ?