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@UltraVPS, no CreditCard payment?
order reference: 3234323431XXOAEP
A strange problem, no matter what system image I choose as the boot image, after rebooting and waiting to enter running, when I open the VNC console (noVNC), it is completely dark.
See my comment above. Ubuntu 24 image shoud work.
Ubuntu Temeplate works!
Maybe there is something wrong with Debian's templates that prevents noVNC from working properly. @UltraVPS
Any idea what the delivery time on these are? Ordered and paid early yesterday.
Bought 25Y-Storage-1 in Düsseldorf myself.
So, two partitions, 10G for OS and 1,5T mounted as /data.
Yabs from OS partition (/vda) with swap enabled:
and from /data (/vdb).
Got the 5 TB storage VPS in Amsterdam because IMHO 1.4€/TB/mo (+VAT) is rather cheap, especially from an established provider and with the current hardware pricing.
Was activated quite fast and seems nice so far.
(Probably not the best idea as I don't need really that much space and as it's now my most expensive server...)
YABS:
nws.sh:
IMHO the only thing that's somewhat suboptimal is that some traffic is routed over Düsseldorf; for example, on IPv6, traffic both to and from Eranium (iperf-ams-nl.eranium.net) is routed over Düsseldorf instead of staying local, causing 10 ms latency.
@UltraVPS, would be great to restock 25Y-Special-1 in Amsterdam, if possible. See the availability in Dusseldorf only
Have you heard of Google? Try it! You'll be amazed.
@UltraVPS
Is it possible to upgrade from 1.5tb to 5tb later (provided resources still available) for same pricing?
nice offer.
Order ID 3234323938YYGQAQ
I'm hoping to get my account verified.
Does anyone know if they care about privately shared Linux .ISO's?
Will 25Y-Special-1 and 25Y-Special-2 be restocked?
KÖRV
Are you looking for a custom Linux ISO? They said:
Is the 25Y-Special-2 already sold out?
@UltraVPS Will it be restocked?
Thank you very much! 25Y-Special-1 and 25Y-Special-2 are sold out and will not be restocked in th near future. I am sorry.
The storage servers are still availiable.
We have made some routing improvements. Less traffic should now be routed via Düsseldorf. Please check again.
Can confirm that it's much better now on IPv4, thank you!
On IPv6 quite some traffic is still routed over Düsseldorf though.
Also grabbed the 25Y-Storage-3 (5 TB) in Amsterdam. Great price for long-term archival storage. Activated within a few hours.
YABS:
nws.sh:
Quick comparison with @lukast__'s results (same 25Y-Storage-3, same Amsterdam location):
Upload (nearest, nws.sh): 480 Mbps vs 1,114 Mbps
Upload avg (nws.sh): 314 Mbps vs 1,021 Mbps
Download (nearest, nws.sh): 1,460 Mbps vs 2,419 Mbps
Upload (AMS, iperf3 IPv4): 249 Mbps vs 903 Mbps
Same plan, same location, same AS29141 — upload is roughly 3x lower on my node. Download gap is smaller but still noticeable. The upload ceiling seems consistent across all destinations (~200–350 Mbps regardless of distance), which looks more like an egress rate limit on the VM/port side than a routing issue. Curious if anyone else with a Storage VPS in Amsterdam sees similar numbers or if it's just my node.
Notes: The "19.5 TiB" disk figure is inflated — YABS sums all mount points, and btrfs subvolumes each report the full 4.9 TB, so it gets counted 4x. Actual storage is 10 GB system SSD + 4.9 TB data disk. Also, fio landed on the system disk (vda, SSD) rather than the data disk, so not representative of the HDD array.
Should be fixed now.
Run yabs fromd /data (or where ever you mounted the disk) and will do it from hdd instead ssd. The script uses current directory for disk test.
Thank you for looking into it, it's better, but sadly some routes are still suboptimal:
@emperor Thanks for the tip! Reran YABS from the data disk (LUKS2 + btrfs on the HDD array):
HDD sequential throughput is around 130 MB/s with LUKS2 + btrfs overhead, which seems reasonable for the underlying ZFS mirror + SSD cache setup. The 4K numbers (10K IOPS) are likely hitting the SSD cache since the fio test file is small enough to fit.
Network-wise, send speeds are consistent with my earlier run — still in the 220–400 Mbps range across all destinations.
I also saw that at first, after I upgraded it to Debian trixie, the speeds increased significantly, so at first I believed it had something to do with a newer kernel or similar.
However, now I looked into it more closely, and the issue seems to have been the clocksource; the cloud-init script at
/var/lib/cloud/instances/*/data/user-scripthas a line that sets the clocksource tohpet, which, AFAIK, is quite inefficient for virtual machines and is therefore causing that slowdown (see this similar case); setting it tokvm-clockfixes that.Apparently that script is only executed on the first boot, though, so in many cases that probably doesn't get noticed, after a reboot the clocksource was (in my testing with both Debian templates)
kvm-clock.YABSes with different clocksources:
Not that important, but it would maybe be a good idea to adjust that in the template nevertheless (unless there are reasons to use
hpetfor the first boot?).@lukast__ Great find! Confirmed the same issue on my end.
After the initial deployment, clocksource was set to
hpetby the cloud-init script. A hard reboot via the control panel switched it back tokvm-clock, and upload speed jumped immediately.Before (hpet, never rebooted since deployment):
After (kvm-clock, hard reboot via panel):
Upload went from ~280 Mbps to 973 Mbps — right in line with @lukast__'s numbers. So the 3x gap was entirely caused by
hpet.To prevent cloud-init from setting it again, I pinned it in GRUB:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?
How did you manage to get approved?
I can’t get pass the review-verification. Been flagged as high-risk multiple times, even though my IP address and client address are correct, with email and PayPal details match including the name on Vsia card.
That made me miss out on the 4C/8G/200G model, and I couldn't even get the 2TB storage.
The same happened to me. I wrote back asking what I can do to assist with verification, but didn't get a reply yet. It appears the payment has already been refunded, so it seems like they're not willing to talk about it before canceling an order. This isn't my experience with other companies.
That's why you jump via your other machines guys