2025 Black Friday / Cyber Monday: FLASH SALE & MEGATHREAD - "The Trade War"

default · December 2025

@oriend said:
Hey guys, as I already have VDS with crank which idles as it's suppose to be, I will offer this amazing chicken I won https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4649973/#Comment_4649973 if Yerec allows. Waiting for @sh97 to check and let me know.

JabJab · December 2025

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said: ... then LET spam-limited me and i couldnt post a reply for like 10 minutes even tho it said wait 2 minutes... AWFUL. DOES THIS WORK YET!? HALP

Maybe because you are a llama?

Can llamas pass captcha? Can you enforce captcha for single account? Can we test if he really a llama or fake llama?!

AlteredParadox · December 2025

@JabJab said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said: ... then LET spam-limited me and i couldnt post a reply for like 10 minutes even tho it said wait 2 minutes... AWFUL. DOES THIS WORK YET!? HALP

Maybe because you are a llama?

Can llamas pass captcha? Can you enforce captcha for single account? Can we test if he really a llama or fake llama?!

FAT32 · December 2025

@ralf said:

@FAT32 said:

@djunior said:
A little benchmark from our special deal this BF, 16C16G160G160T for €20/yr:

I am moist just looking at this

Also asking for a friend or maybe @sh97 who seems to know everything - do you know any other providers that can push more than 1Gbps across US/EU to APAC?

I'd say it's less about the providers, and more about increasing the buffer window sizes and/or having multiple parallel connections or using a UDP based protocol. TCP is pretty crap in general with high bandwidth rates and long ping times as a single packet loss can cause all transmits to cause the buffer window to fill, so pausing transmission. Even worse, the exponential backoff can quickly knock you down to a fraction of your maximum bandwidth before it slowly builds up again.

Oh really? I thought somewhere in the route they limit the incoming/outgoing for intercontinental to say 1Gbps. Thanks for the info and good to know this #TIL

admax · December 2025

@emgh said:

@oloke said:

@emgh said:
I’m a Grafana femboy

I respect you finally admitting to it :3

wtf

Like this?

FAT32 · December 2025

@HuiW said:

@FAT32 said:

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said:
I’m a Grafana fanboy

Today I perfected a new dashbord and yesterday I integrated OpenTelemetry + Grafana Tempo into a project

Fanboy

Also have Grafana Alerts ping me on Slack

you're posting from the wrong account again @wadhah

Actually. Yes I agree Grafana is the best of all monitoring dashboard I have used

sir what about the FiveNines, is it a wise option?

I haven't actually used it before but I prefer self-hosted options if available

nekomikoreimu · December 2025

@oloke said:

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

@mandala - something idk i forgor

@mandala said:

Komeiji Satori mentioned!!!!

FAT32 · December 2025

@admax said:

@FAT32 said:

@ehab said:

@tfgp99 said:
Guys, im in a dilemma.
What actually it is the best platform to monitor server? Open Source of course.
Nezha, Komari, Beszel, there is another?
Im not feeling platforms like hetrix tools, really want something lightweight. (please dont tell me Zabbix)

uptimekuma https://uptimekuma.org/

I have seen people recommended this many time but I have to say uptimekuma UI needs a bit more work - it might looks "nice" at first glance but it is a bit bloated, tried to setup about 200 monitors for production and it just gets super slow.

I think gatus would be better.

Exactly! That's what we shifted to in production and running more than 300 monitors now easily

FAT32 · December 2025

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: @gigahost - the most anticipated provider

And before I forget, @gigahost was not being anticipated by me, not after he ignored all my pleas with kawaii waifus and fumos.

I think I owe that Fumo an apology. I am not sure why but I feel their anger.

JabJab · December 2025

@AlteredParadox said:

@JabJab said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said: ... then LET spam-limited me and i couldnt post a reply for like 10 minutes even tho it said wait 2 minutes... AWFUL. DOES THIS WORK YET!? HALP

Maybe because you are a llama?

Can llamas pass captcha? Can you enforce captcha for single account? Can we test if he really a llama or fake llama?!

I mean now I know you are a fake llama enjoyer. You posted shit ton of alpacas rather than llamas, pretty sure I've also seen vicuna. No lover would do it.
I vote to ban him.

AlteredParadox · December 2025

@JabJab said:

@AlteredParadox said:

@JabJab said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said: ... then LET spam-limited me and i couldnt post a reply for like 10 minutes even tho it said wait 2 minutes... AWFUL. DOES THIS WORK YET!? HALP

Maybe because you are a llama?

Can llamas pass captcha? Can you enforce captcha for single account? Can we test if he really a llama or fake llama?!

I mean now I know you are a fake llama enjoyer. You posted shit ton of alpacas rather than llamas, pretty sure I've also seen vicuna. No lover would do it.
I vote to ban him.

FAT32 · December 2025

@default said:

@harrison said:
What is the relation between FAT32 and default? 🤔 I mean according to M$:

I don't know about him, but I love and respect @FAT32 not for the old and popular partition which he represents, nor for his implication into structuring megathreads, but mostly for him as a person who tries to communicate, help and meet others in real life, not thinking about his greed or his profits. He has demonstrated he is human, with regrets and emotions, with ups and downs, and I honestly appreciate his honesty, openness and transparency to be known and understood.

I am honoured to be alongside his name in Windows operating system, even though I hate all modern version of bloated Windows, but that's another topic about profits and greed which I don't like in Microsoft.

Thank you for the kind words, really. It made my day and I will try to uphold my standards as much as possible

FAT32 · December 2025

@HuiW said:

@FAT32 said:

@Doragon said:
It's been almost a week since Black Friday and my @DartNode dedicated servers have still not been provisioned. Anyone else?

Wait until you hear about @Nuye... oh wait

Sir is he really dead? I still have some dedicated servers there

I just messaged him few days ago, let's see whether he replies me this time

ralf · December 2025

@FAT32 said:

@ralf said:

@FAT32 said:

@djunior said:
A little benchmark from our special deal this BF, 16C16G160G160T for €20/yr:

I am moist just looking at this

Also asking for a friend or maybe @sh97 who seems to know everything - do you know any other providers that can push more than 1Gbps across US/EU to APAC?

I'd say it's less about the providers, and more about increasing the buffer window sizes and/or having multiple parallel connections or using a UDP based protocol. TCP is pretty crap in general with high bandwidth rates and long ping times as a single packet loss can cause all transmits to cause the buffer window to fill, so pausing transmission. Even worse, the exponential backoff can quickly knock you down to a fraction of your maximum bandwidth before it slowly builds up again.

Oh really? I thought somewhere in the route they limit the incoming/outgoing for intercontinental to say 1Gbps. Thanks for the info and good to know this #TIL

There's some good info here (although I think I read it in a different thread): https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/184195/linux-network-performance-tuning

I might have got the info form here: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3270014/#Comment_3270014

I can't remember what numbers I had, but I also can't easily find out as I can't remember which pair of servers I was doing this with. But these are probably good enough to try to see if it makes a difference for you.

FAT32 · December 2025

@default said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said:
My spreadsheet says i have 35 VPS and 3 dedis... once the dartnode 9950x vps and the 2 dartnode preorder vps' show up ill have 38 and 3 dedis... and 41 total is an odd number so i need another one to get to 42

Welcome to the club

Your spreadsheets contains only VPS? What about hosting plans, email hosting, domains and licenses?

Not as much surprisingly, oh wait don't mention about domains... nowhere near @DP but easily 30 domains idling there

Jord · December 2025

FAT32 · December 2025

@plumberg said:

@host_c said:

@FAT32 said:

@ehab said:

@tfgp99 said:
Guys, im in a dilemma.
What actually it is the best platform to monitor server? Open Source of course.
Nezha, Komari, Beszel, there is another?
Im not feeling platforms like hetrix tools, really want something lightweight. (please dont tell me Zabbix)

uptimekuma https://uptimekuma.org/

I have seen people recommended this many time but I have to say uptimekuma UI needs a bit more work - it might looks "nice" at first glance but it is a bit bloated, tried to setup about 200 monitors for production and it just gets super slow.

At 500 monitors it crashed on a bare metal Ryzen

We usually stop at 400 and just do another instance

It is buggy as hell in my opinion

Why so many monitors?

One of the President has wisely said, less tracking means less alerts means more working fine

In production we are monitoring all the critical endpoints, and we have hundreds of such APIs.

Hassan · December 2025

@Hassan said:

HOSTODO MEGATHREAD SPECIALS SUMMARY

1.5GB RAM, 24GB NVMe, 1 Core, 3TB Bandwidth

$12 / yr | $22 / 2 yrs | $30 / 3 yrs
https://console.hostodo.com/instances/deploy/LV01/2025LETBF-1.5G?deal_code=LETMEGA1.5k1bMa3F

4GB RAM, 40GB NVMe, 2 Core, 6TB Bandwidth

$30 / yr | $60 / 2 yrs | $75 / 3 yrs
https://console.hostodo.com/instances/deploy/LV01/2025LETBF-4G?deal_code=LETMEGA4X0cuUF

8GB RAM, 64GB NVMe, 3 Core, 8TB Bandwidth

$50 / yr | $82 / 2 yrs | $125 / 3 yrs
https://console.hostodo.com/instances/deploy/LV01/2025LETBF-8G?deal_code=LETMEGA8HVBCrP

16GB RAM, 120GB NVMe, 4 Core, 10TB Bandwidth

$90 / yr | $150 / 2 yrs | $225 / 3 yrs
https://console.hostodo.com/instances/deploy/LV01/2025LETBF-16G?deal_code=LETMEGA16GtLAohr

AVAILABLE UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT!

ALSO : join our giveaway here, it's free! We'll be announcing winners later tonight EST

https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/212076/hostodo-black-friday-giveaway-crazy-deals-12-yr-20-yr-limited-qty-vegas-tampa-detroit/p1

default · December 2025

How do you know you're rock bottom?! When you order light bulbs on Black Friday, and you get them one week later (today). I am starting to enjoy living low-end - I am starting to appreciate that I'm alive.

FAT32 · December 2025

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

sure, If we limit to FumoFumo from Touhou will probably

@nekomikoreimu - Alice Fumo
@mandala - something idk i forgor
@nghialele - soon™️

--
misc

@admax - Miku ig
@Blembim - Angel nadeshiko kagamihara

https://lowendtalk.com/t/fumo now redirects to this

Maybe I should look into creating some LET Fumo club or something

tfgp99 · December 2025

@FAT32 said:

@default said:

@FAT32 said:

@AlteredParadox said:
My spreadsheet says i have 35 VPS and 3 dedis... once the dartnode 9950x vps and the 2 dartnode preorder vps' show up ill have 38 and 3 dedis... and 41 total is an odd number so i need another one to get to 42

Welcome to the club

Your spreadsheets contains only VPS? What about hosting plans, email hosting, domains and licenses?

Not as much surprisingly, oh wait don't mention about domains... nowhere near @DP but easily 30 domains idling there

Every Idler has a type.
LowEndIdling

Hitori0221 · December 2025

Big thanks to @FAT32 , the admin team, and all the providers for organizing this chaos. Also, huge props to everyone here for keeping the hype train fueled.

For the past few years, these BF/CM megathreads have basically become my annual ritual for sleep deprivation and paid slack-off time at work. Honestly, sometimes I’m not even F5-ing for the deadpool offers, I’m just here for the banter and the community. The vibe in this megathread is unmatched.

Here's hoping the chip shortages and price hikes ease up soon so providers can drop costs and bring us even better value. Hope everyone managed to snag the VPS, VDS, Dedi, or Fumo they were looking for!

sliix · December 2025

Good evening everyone. Long day again today. What’s up?

Murv · December 2025

@Hitori0221 said: paid slack-off time at work

emgh · December 2025

@FAT32 said:

@Murv said:

@emgh said: cockpetition with you is impossible i've seen it and i can't compete

I'm aware. I failed three times in a row with a fucking drawing tablet.

I think maybe you need to see more dck to better draw them - I am using a mobile phone though and get a second somehow

I don't need to I have first hand experience being one

Cybr · December 2025

FAT32 Special

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes
Processor  : AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor
CPU cores  : 16 @ 2295.687 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 31.3 GiB
Swap       : 20.5 GiB
Disk       : 234.2 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-41-amd64
VM Type    : VMWARE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Hostdzire Web Services Private Limited
ASN        : AS150623 HOSTDZIRE WEB SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Host       : Hostdzire Web Services Private Limited
Location   : Mumbai, Maharashtra (MH)
Country    : India

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 324.66 MB/s  (81.1k) | 1.17 GB/s    (18.3k)
Write      | 325.51 MB/s  (81.3k) | 1.17 GB/s    (18.4k)
Total      | 650.17 MB/s (162.5k) | 2.35 GB/s    (36.7k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 1.49 GB/s     (2.9k) | 1.54 GB/s     (1.5k)
Write      | 1.56 GB/s     (3.0k) | 1.64 GB/s     (1.6k)
Total      | 3.05 GB/s     (5.9k) | 3.18 GB/s     (3.1k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 345 Mbits/sec   | 574 Mbits/sec   | 269 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 358 Mbits/sec   | 902 Mbits/sec   | 187 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 250 Mbits/sec   | 535 Mbits/sec   | 258 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 403 Mbits/sec   | 1.12 Gbits/sec  | --
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 337 Mbits/sec   | 486 Mbits/sec   | 263 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 306 Mbits/sec   | 619 Mbits/sec   | 227 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 328 Mbits/sec   | 629 Mbits/sec   | 247 ms

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 1144
Multi Core      | 7787
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/15403162

beanman109 · December 2025

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

sure, If we limit to FumoFumo from Touhou will probably

@nekomikoreimu - Alice Fumo
@mandala - something idk i forgor
@nghialele - soon™️

--
misc

@admax - Miku ig
@Blembim - Angel nadeshiko kagamihara

you forgot one
technically @crunchbits has one

FAT32 · December 2025

@beanman109 said:

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

sure, If we limit to FumoFumo from Touhou will probably

@nekomikoreimu - Alice Fumo
@mandala - something idk i forgor
@nghialele - soon™️

--
misc

@admax - Miku ig
@Blembim - Angel nadeshiko kagamihara

you forgot one
technically @crunchbits has one

@beanman109 why do you not have one

default · December 2025

@FAT32 said:

@beanman109 said:

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

sure, If we limit to FumoFumo from Touhou will probably

@nekomikoreimu - Alice Fumo
@mandala - something idk i forgor
@nghialele - soon™️

--
misc

@admax - Miku ig
@Blembim - Angel nadeshiko kagamihara

you forgot one
technically @crunchbits has one

@beanman109 why do you not have one

Not everybody is into those dolls

beanman109 · December 2025

@beanman109 said:

@Blembim said:

@FAT32 said:

@Blembim said:

@Murv said:

@FAT32 said: I can only cook Indomie

MOAR

Warning: JUMPSCARE

Can I assign you the task to figure out the list of members on LET who actually have Fumo at home?

sure, If we limit to FumoFumo from Touhou will probably

@nekomikoreimu - Alice Fumo
@mandala - something idk i forgor
@nghialele - soon™️

--
misc

@admax - Miku ig
@Blembim - Angel nadeshiko kagamihara

you forgot one
technically @crunchbits has one

he can deny it all he wants but someone accepted that package

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4GB RAM, 40GB NVMe, 2 Core, 6TB Bandwidth

8GB RAM, 64GB NVMe, 3 Core, 8TB Bandwidth

16GB RAM, 120GB NVMe, 4 Core, 10TB Bandwidth