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Wish this was available in Europe, i would be moving our main site to one in no time.
for those RAM hungry guys - will update with dropbear if you want =P
@GetKVM_Ash -- You'd move your main site to a VPS with 32mb of ram? Wordpress takes enough just having a standard installation, I'd be surprised if you could get a working billing portal and running cron jobs effectively with WHMCS & A backend DB.
:']
You're my hero
We're sticking with Phoenix for the meantime... Phoenix has been good to us, plus we're physically here. I get a little freaked out about relying on 'remote hands', though i've never really heard any horror stories about it.
Update:
On that step, select the locale you want, I suppose you want EN and EN_US UTF8
change NO_START=0 to 1
without disconnecting that session, open another one to check if Dropbear worked. If yes, disconnect eh first session.
And after a reboot:
root@backupz:~# ps ax PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? Ss 0:00 init [2] 2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd/719] 3 ? S 0:00 [khelper/719] 427 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/syslogd 458 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/dropbear -d /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host 478 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron 498 ? Rs 0:00 /usr/sbin/dropbear -d /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host 499 pts/0 Ss 0:00 -bash 503 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps ax root@backupz:~# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 32 8 23 0 0 5 -/+ buffers/cache: 2 29 Swap: 32 0 32 root@backupz:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/simfs 2.0G 438M 1.6G 22% / tmpfs 16M 0 16M 0% /lib/init/rw tmpfs 16M 0 16M 0% /dev/shmOk after watching @MrLadoodle and a few other people work on it in IRC I think I'll try my hand at it (well... buy it then sleep then work on it).
Good job Damian! Did you build some specific nodes for this kind of small vps?
Please come join my MC server running under 32mb.
68.171.100.213:25565
you're kidding, right?!
Nope, join.
It crashed out a few mins ago, but I think I fixed it.
@Damian
How much does extra bandwidth cost?
you're using the C++ version of MC right?
Ofc.
It seems to run oom in around 1 min, I've disabled trees, water, lava, mobs and pretty much everything but generation.
Yeah, why not. Our site only actually consists of a WP install and static HTML/PHP.
We don't use WHMCS, we use an external PCI compliant system (Remotely hosted on a cloud) and just built a PHP order/ticket system. Our email etc is also hosted on Google Apps and DNS at our registrar.
Thanks! We did not, this is not one of our best nodes (as you can tell by the CPU), but I'd like to see it have a bit more action.
Our standard cost is 12 cents per gigabyte. I understand this is a bit high; unfortunately bandwidth is our least-plentiful resource.
Oh well I got a MC server running, until someones starts talking, then it runs out of memory pretty much instantly.
Its a proof of concept, you can indeed run a minecraft server on 32mb of RAM
Wanna try switching to burst ram instead of vswap?
I think I am going to buy one of these today
Yes please, 68.171.100.213 is the IP.
the mineserver gc dosen't like going into the swap, so it just kills itself as soon as 1 little byte touches sit.
It's switched, make sure you're seeing 64 on your free -m output, then try again.
Hmm, where at?
how much for additional hd space? let say 20 GB/40 GB/100 GB. maybe that great for backup
@tommy: 4 cents per gigabyte. So for 20gb, it would be 80 cents extra per month. The 40 and 100gb would be greater than the monthly transfer allocation. On the other hand, i'm not going to be an evil human being about it; if you manage to upload 100gb of stuff over time, but then need all 100gb in an emergency, we're not going to block you.
irc.freenode.net #lowendbox you should join us
@MrLadoodle try to disable logs ?
Mee too, I've been looking for a good UK VPN...
Just some testing in this vps, so anyone not needed to perform benchmark which might slow down another user.
CPU Info
Network SPeed :
IOPING :
UnixBench
# # # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # ## ##### ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # ## # # # # #### # # # # # ##### ###### # # #### # # Version 5.1.3 Based on the Byte Magazine Unix Benchmark Multi-CPU version Version 5 revisions by Ian Smith, Sunnyvale, CA, USA January 13, 2011 johantheghost at yahoo period com 1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3 1 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3 1 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3 1 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3 1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 x Process Creation 1 2 3 1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3 1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3 4 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3 4 x File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1 2 3 4 x File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1 2 3 4 x File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1 2 3 4 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 x Process Creation 1 2 3 4 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3 4 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3 ======================================================================== BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3) System: vpn: GNU/Linux OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.32-042stab053.5 -- #1 SMP Tue Mar 27 11:42:17 MSD 2012 Machine: i686 (unknown) Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="ANSI_X3.4-1968", collate="ANSI_X3.4-1968") CPU 0: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 HE (4801.2 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 1: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 HE (4800.1 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 2: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 HE (4800.1 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 3: Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2216 HE (4800.1 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, AMD MMX, Physical Address Ext, AMD virtualization, SYSCALL/SYSRET 22:49:46 up 17 min, 3 users, load average: 0.36, 0.16, 0.05; runlevel 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 26 2012 22:49:46 - 23:19:36 4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 9766386.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 2021.9 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 2073.4 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples) File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 229340.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 70424.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 541836.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 580574.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 49738.6 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 4041.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 3198.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1033.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 626127.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 9766386.2 836.9 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2021.9 367.6 Execl Throughput 43.0 2073.4 482.2 File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 229340.4 579.1 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 70424.2 425.5 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 541836.7 934.2 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 580574.5 466.7 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 49738.6 124.3 Process Creation 126.0 4041.3 320.7 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 3198.0 754.2 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1033.1 1721.8 System Call Overhead 15000.0 626127.5 417.4 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score 514.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Tue Jun 26 2012 23:19:36 - 23:49:17 4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 35229902.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 8041.0 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 7488.5 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples) File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 301889.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 81614.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 672302.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 2110956.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 349030.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 14784.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 8632.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1210.2 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 1799360.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 35229902.5 3018.8 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 8041.0 1462.0 Execl Throughput 43.0 7488.5 1741.5 File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 301889.4 762.3 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 81614.6 493.1 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 672302.9 1159.1 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2110956.1 1696.9 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 349030.5 872.6 Process Creation 126.0 14784.9 1173.4 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 8632.1 2035.9 Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1210.2 2017.0 System Call Overhead 15000.0 1799360.5 1199.6 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score 1322.7min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.2/8.8/0.2 ms
The Unixbench scores may be a little low; the hostnode is running a script to auto-nice any process that runs for more than 10 seconds and uses more than 95% CPU.
@Damian : sorry for causing high cpu usage at the node