And yup ssdnode just got it 4cpu 16gb ram 80gb ssd kvm vps for $9.95/month https://community.centminmod.com/threads/ssdnodes-com-upto-91-discount-on-kvm-vps-until-may-31-2018.14888/

Is that the SSDnodes box you recently bought? I would have used CMM, but the box I use right now is mainly for Outline VPN, and that wants Debian only. My next box will be CentOS and CMM.

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Just to be clear: I'm talking about SSDNodes support team, not the other host.

Ah could of been different hardware. My SSDNodes 4 CPU KVM is apparently on Intel Xeon Gold 6130 Skylake cpus.

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You can always choose 1yr instead of 3yr payment for a lesser discount but still a huge discount. I just nabbed one of those ssdnodes 4cpu KVM for 1yr prepaid and posted Nginx HTTP/2 HTTPS, sysbench a

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But a thumbs up for SSDnodes' prices.

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SSDnodes is running their 7-Year Anniversary Sale.

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Given that the OP is looking at 5EUR/mth range (AlphaVPS), SSDNodes would be out of his budget range (I guess). They had a good 4GB offering (and even a 8GB OVZ with Docker support for $65/yr), but do

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You can go with SSDnodes if you're ok with yearly billing. If you're willing to sacrifice a bit of RAM for unlimited CPU cores, please check our KVM SSD Plus package - wishosting.com

If you want 100gb SSD you may be better off getting a vps from ssdnodes.com (80gb for $11 prepaid) then installing centminmod or vestacp. Just an example of a host there's alternatives of course.

same original OS, how do you manually boot in SSDNodes?). Also, what do you mean "dd off the MBR" ? as in, make a backup from the original install? dd the MBR from the netboot to /d