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[RARE] KS-2 incl. Gifts: D-1541, 10Gbps In, 4x 4TB drives, 10Gbps in<>out internal network
FlorinMarian
Member, Host Rep
Hello everyone!
Since I’ve come to the conclusion that this server no longer suits my needs, I’m offering the community a rare server that comes with 4 bonuses:
- CPU: Intel Xeon-D 1541 in reality vs. Intel Xeon-D 1540 as advertised
- Network: 10Gbps inbound [officially 300Mbps]
- Internal network: 10Gbps inbound/outbound within the OVH network (IPv6 only)
- Disks: 4TB each instead of the advertised 2TB each
Location: GRA, France
OVH account required: Europe
Renewal date: 1st November 2025
Renewal price: €26.99 + VAT (if applicable)
The disks have been replaced twice at my request, each time receiving 4TB drives again, so it's safe in that regard. (I was hoping for drives with lower lifetime usage, but I actually got some older ones than the originals.)
Asking price: €53.98 in crypto (USDC)
YABS:
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# Yet-Another-Bench-Script #
# v2025-04-20 #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Wed Oct 8 18:09:44 UTC 2025
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 23 days, 54 hours, 0 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz
CPU cores : 16 @ 2700.000 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 62.7 GiB
Swap : 0.0 KiB
Disk : 1.4 GiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel : 6.8.12-14-pve
VM Type : NONE
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : OVH SAS
ASN : AS16276 OVH SAS
Host : OVH
Location : Gravelines, Hauts-de-France (HDF)
Country : France
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition zp0/zd0):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 135.19 MB/s (33.7k) | 1.41 GB/s (22.0k)
Write | 135.54 MB/s (33.8k) | 1.41 GB/s (22.1k)
Total | 270.73 MB/s (67.6k) | 2.83 GB/s (44.2k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.59 GB/s (3.1k) | 2.71 GB/s (2.6k)
Write | 1.68 GB/s (3.2k) | 2.89 GB/s (2.8k)
Total | 3.27 GB/s (6.3k) | 5.60 GB/s (5.4k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 284 Mbits/sec | 7.02 Gbits/sec | 3.84 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 284 Mbits/sec | 8.72 Gbits/sec | 122 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 262 Mbits/sec | busy | 97.7 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 240 Mbits/sec | 1.17 Gbits/sec | 163 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 252 Mbits/sec | 996 Mbits/sec | 141 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 268 Mbits/sec | 3.18 Gbits/sec | 75.8 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 249 Mbits/sec | 5.14 Mbits/sec | 223 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 281 Mbits/sec | 6.36 Gbits/sec | 3.80 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 246 Mbits/sec | 1.89 Gbits/sec | 122 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 2.28 Gbits/sec | 97.6 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 240 Mbits/sec | 1.39 Gbits/sec | 163 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 250 Mbits/sec | 1.42 Gbits/sec | 141 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 263 Mbits/sec | 3.10 Gbits/sec | 76.1 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 234 Mbits/sec | 998 Mbits/sec | 223 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 829
Multi Core | 4597
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14342635
YABS completed in 16 min 7 sec
Internal network:
root@pbs-gra1:~# iperf3 -c sv1.hazi.ro -6 && iperf3 -c sv1.hazi.ro -6 -R
Connecting to host sv1.hazi.ro, port 5201
[ 5] local 2001:41d0:303:326e::1 port 33436 connected to 2001:41d0:700:2a3b::1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 328 MBytes 2.75 Gbits/sec 7 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 351 MBytes 2.95 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 351 MBytes 2.95 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 350 MBytes 2.94 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 351 MBytes 2.95 Gbits/sec 0 7.55 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.40 GBytes 2.92 Gbits/sec 7 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 3.40 GBytes 2.92 Gbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
Connecting to host sv1.hazi.ro, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host sv1.hazi.ro is sending
[ 5] local 2001:41d0:303:326e::1 port 42106 connected to 2001:41d0:700:2a3b::1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 63.5 MBytes 533 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 53.4 MBytes 448 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 53.4 MBytes 448 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 53.5 MBytes 448 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 54.4 MBytes 456 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 53.4 MBytes 448 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 53.9 MBytes 452 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 54.5 MBytes 457 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 54.2 MBytes 455 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 54.6 MBytes 458 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.01 sec 571 MBytes 478 Mbits/sec 41204 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 549 MBytes 460 Mbits/sec receiver
iperf Done.
Disks:
root@pbs-gra1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdc | grep Power_On_Hours
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 42505
root@pbs-gra1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdd | grep Power_On_Hours
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 74277
root@pbs-gra1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Power_On_Hours
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 24189
root@pbs-gra1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Power_On_Hours
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 24358
Thanked by 1JerryHou

Comments
disk speed shown in the fio test is quite misleading if you ask me, shouldnt have used zfs cache
I didn't post YABS to show how good the disks are, but you're right.
The server has 64G RAM and most of it is ZFS cache but the expected performance depends on the RAID level and the fact that they are 7200rpm disks...
Nice deal... Unfortunately no use for it but sure someone else will give it the love it deserves!
Good stuff. I also loved my KS2-32GB 4x4TB... I would have kept until BF if I were you.
Does it comes with a ipmi console ?
Romanians really love crypto
Yeah, just checked and it has IPMI.
I remember that I ordered a few KS-2 in Germany in the past and there was a message like "IPMI/KVM not available for this server"