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Transfer KS-STOR (retired range) 4x 4TB + 500GB NVMe

Today I was notified that the backup server in France is no longer online. After investigating, I realized that 16TB is no longer enough to store the backups, so I’m forced to upgrade.

Since the KS-STOR line with 4x4TB + 500GB NVMe is no longer available, I think it would be a shame to let this server expire without being used by someone 🙂

Commercial name: KS-STOR | Intel Xeon-D 1521
Memory: 16 GB ECC 2133 MHz
Storage: 4×4 TB HDD SATA + 1×500 GB SSD NVMe
Location: Roubaix, France
Pricing: 23.99EUR/mo (ex. VAT)
OVH account: IE/Europe
Renewal: 3 March 2026
Price: 36EUR Crypto / PayPal F&F

Disks:

root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Power_On_Hours
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       32631
root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Power_On_Hours
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       24601
root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdc | grep Power_On_Hours
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   092   092   000    Old_age   Always       -       57897
root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdd | grep Power_On_Hours
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   095   095   000    Old_age   Always       -       41636
root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 | grep "Power On Hours:"
Power On Hours:                     22,148

Network (advertised as 500Mbps Up/Down):

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 484 Mbits/sec   | 7.63 Gbits/sec  | 6.02 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 484 Mbits/sec   | 9.31 Gbits/sec  | 5.74 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | busy            | 2.23 Gbits/sec  | 191 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 387 Mbits/sec   | 761 Mbits/sec   | 166 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 236 Mbits/sec   | 1.35 Gbits/sec  | 157 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 459 Mbits/sec   | 2.88 Gbits/sec  | 79.6 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 416 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 227 ms

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 475 Mbits/sec   | 6.09 Gbits/sec  | 6.06 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 477 Mbits/sec   | 9.19 Gbits/sec  | 5.73 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 440 Mbits/sec   | 2.18 Gbits/sec  | 191 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 423 Mbits/sec   | 1.29 Gbits/sec  | 166 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 272 Mbits/sec   | 1.27 Gbits/sec  | 157 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 449 Mbits/sec   | 2.85 Gbits/sec  | --
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 387 Mbits/sec   | 864 Mbits/sec   | 227 ms

Comments

  • MikeAMikeA Patron Provider, Veteran

    Pretty useful config. Someone has to grab this lol.

  • @MikeA said:
    Pretty useful config. Someone has to grab this lol.

    Would have been me if it was payday...

    Thanked by 1barbarza
  • @barbarza
    I believe you're so tempted to get this one as well! :D

  • @tfgp99 said:
    @barbarza
    I believe you're so tempted to get this one as well! :D

    Thanks but looking for something a little cheaper with NVMe

  • Ill be really interested in this. Is there a way to sign up an OVH EU account without buying a product from them?

  • The KS-STOR line is still available.

  • FlorinMarianFlorinMarian Member, Host Rep
    edited February 19

    @fredo1664 said:
    The KS-STOR line is still available.

    You're right, I relied on my API without realizing that I was only scraping the "FRA" region.
    Apparently there is no (anymore?) 4TB range at 24EUR in this region, only the one at 40 EUR.

    Good discovery anyway.

    Thanks!

    Later edit: Nevermind, it seems my scrapper didn't match the free addon correctly and used the 6TB disk even though it shouldn't have.

    Thanked by 1fredo1664
  • I think @allthemtings would use this? :)

    Thanked by 1allthemtings
  • allthemtingsallthemtings Member, Megathread Squad

    @JerryHou said:
    I think @allthemtings would use this? :)

    To many sisters

    Thanked by 2barbarza JerryHou
  • I have the same KS-Stor in Europe (France – Roubaix), and honestly it works great.

    The Ultrastar HDD drives, even though they already have quite a few hours on them, are still performing flawlessly.

  • edited February 19

    Isnt this available online.

  • @anandfire_hot_man

    It is still available directly w/ OVH - albeit with low stock and some/most locations oos.

    But @fredo1664 also said this before here.

  • FlorinMarianFlorinMarian Member, Host Rep

    Close request.

    Successfully transferred to @Akira3

    Thanked by 1Akira3
  • FlorinMarianFlorinMarian Member, Host Rep

    I got screwed by vibecoding, it created a buggy script that ordered a server with identical setup with one year paid in advance instead of upgrading the disks as intended.

    So, available for transfer:
    Commercial name: KS-STOR | Intel Xeon-D 1521
    Memory: 16 GB ECC 2133 MHz
    Storage: 4×4 TB HDD SATA + 1×500 GB SSD NVMe
    Network: 10Gbps Down / 500Mbps UP
    Location: London, United Kingdom
    Monthly pricing: 23.99EUR
    OVH account: IE/Europe
    Renewal: 20/02/2027
    Price: 275EUR Crypto / PayPal F&F

    Disks:

    root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Power_On_Hours
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4296
    root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Power_On_Hours
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4296
    root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdc | grep Power_On_Hours
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   095   095   000    Old_age   Always       -       37272
    root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/sdd | grep Power_On_Hours
      9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       4296
    root@pbs-rbx1:~# smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 | grep "Power On Hours:"
    Power On Hours:                     4,317
    root@pbs-rbx1:~#
    
    Thanked by 3host_c mp11 JerryHou
  • @FlorinMarian I will take this, but I will also take the script you used, complimentary with it, are you interested?

    Thanked by 1mp11
  • FlorinMarianFlorinMarian Member, Host Rep

    @anandfire_hot_man said:
    @FlorinMarian I will take this, but I will also take the script you used, complimentary with it, are you interested?

    Nope

    Thanked by 1mp11
  • FlorinMarianFlorinMarian Member, Host Rep
    edited February 25

    Another one to go.

    Commercial name: SYS-1 | Intel Xeon-E 2136
    Memory: 128 GB ECC 2666 MHz
    Storage: 2×512 GB SSD NVMe Soft RAID (IN FACT: 2x 1TB NVMe Disks)
    Network: 10Gbps Down / 1Gbps UP (vRack: 500Mbps UP/Down)
    Location: Limburg, Germany
    Monthly pricing: 47.99EUR - Normally 59.99EUR ex. VAT
    OVH account: IE/Europe
    Renewal: 03/03/2026
    Price: 50EUR Crypto / PayPal F&F

    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2025-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    
    Wed Feb 25 08:33:03 UTC 2026
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 97 days, 23 hours, 1 minutes
    Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2136 CPU @ 3.30GHz
    CPU cores  : 12 @ 4261.845 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 125.7 GiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 40.5 GiB
    Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
    Kernel     : 6.8.12-16-pve
    VM Type    : NONE
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
    
    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : OVH SAS
    ASN        : AS16276 OVH SAS
    Host       : OVH GmbH
    Location   : Saarbrücken, Saarland (SL)
    Country    : Germany
    Warning: Could not parse free space format for /: ''
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/md3):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 619.27 MB/s (154.8k) | 2.00 GB/s    (31.3k)
    Write      | 620.90 MB/s (155.2k) | 2.01 GB/s    (31.5k)
    Total      | 1.24 GB/s   (310.0k) | 4.02 GB/s    (62.8k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 2.46 GB/s     (4.8k) | 1.40 GB/s     (1.3k)
    Write      | 2.59 GB/s     (5.0k) | 1.49 GB/s     (1.4k)
    Total      | 5.06 GB/s     (9.8k) | 2.90 GB/s     (2.8k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 963 Mbits/sec   | 7.48 Gbits/sec  | 14.9 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 968 Mbits/sec   | 9.33 Gbits/sec  | 9.09 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 894 Mbits/sec   | 7.80 Gbits/sec  | 89.9 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 811 Mbits/sec   | 5.70 Gbits/sec  | 162 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy            | busy            | 150 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 913 Mbits/sec   | 8.66 Gbits/sec  | 85.4 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 795 Mbits/sec   | 6.77 Gbits/sec  | 225 ms
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 950 Mbits/sec   | 6.68 Gbits/sec  | 14.7 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 955 Mbits/sec   | 9.16 Gbits/sec  | 9.12 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 912 Mbits/sec   | 7.94 Gbits/sec  | 90.1 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 823 Mbits/sec   | 4.80 Gbits/sec  | 163 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy            | 1.29 Gbits/sec  | 150 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 902 Mbits/sec   | 7.82 Gbits/sec  | --
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 715 Mbits/sec   | 3.30 Gbits/sec  | 225 ms
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1589
    Multi Core      | 6768
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/16742828
    
    YABS completed in 13 min 49 sec
    
    Thanked by 1tux
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