DediRock $7/year Server Review: Good enough for the price

somik

@terrorgen said:

Might as well buy a used micro form factor PC and ask someone to host for you... Better performance.

I "want" a cheap dedicated derver in US east coast to rent...

As for your suggestion, I think I am a bit beyond owning a micro PC and asking someone to host it... This is what I am hosting from my home...

Dual Intel Xeon CPU E5-2695 v4 (36 cores)
128 GB DDR4 2400 mhz ECC RAM (8 lanes of 16GB)
2 TB  NVMe SSD
2x 1TB Sata SSD
8TB HDD (backup dumps)
2.5Gbps down, 1Gbps up unmetered
1 static IPv4
/64 IPv6

And that's just 1 of my 2 Xeon servers at home (other one is solely used for backups)

So, ya, I dont "need" a dedicated server overseas. I "want" one...

Also it's good to have backups spread across different timezone, so in the unforeseen even of a fire, I wont lose all the data.

terrorgen

Those cheap dedis though... So weak.

You gotta pay more to get what you host at home in a DC.

somik

@terrorgen said:
Those cheap dedis though... So weak.

You gotta pay more to get what you host at home in a DC.

I just need those cheap dedis for their storage. Performance, well if it's not a years old atom cpu, it's good enough for me. Most of my servers are not to, well, serve people. A VPS would do just fine. I just like having control of the dedicated server as well.

terrorgen

More control if you Colo 😜

arirang

@somik said:
@sh97 looks like i'll need to stick to known good hosts... But their prices are so cheap!

@arirang what is the network speed looking like on your dedicated server? Is it slow like ours or is it fine?

I've not seen yours.

speed test below. It seems fine

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 831 Mbits/sec   | 402 Mbits/sec   | 136 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 844 Mbits/sec   | 598 Mbits/sec   | 136 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 641 Mbits/sec   | 174 Mbits/sec   | 232 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 811 Mbits/sec   | 566 Mbits/sec   | --
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 940 Mbits/sec   | 941 Mbits/sec   | 0.430 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 897 Mbits/sec   | 663 Mbits/sec   | 68.1 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 796 Mbits/sec   | 362 Mbits/sec   | 168 ms

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 817 Mbits/sec   | 414 Mbits/sec   | 136 ms
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 837 Mbits/sec   | 603 Mbits/sec   | 137 ms
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 632 Mbits/sec   | 194 Mbits/sec   | 232 ms
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 801 Mbits/sec   | 605 Mbits/sec   | 166 ms
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 927 Mbits/sec   | 929 Mbits/sec   | 0.476 ms
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 883 Mbits/sec   | 636 Mbits/sec   | 68.3 ms
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 788 Mbits/sec   | 347 Mbits/sec   | 168 ms

somik

@arirang said:
I've not seen yours.

speed test below. It seems fine

My speed test is in the first post, and needless to say, it's not good...

Yours on the other hand looks great! Thanks to you, I know what I am getting this black friday

Hope they have offers on dedicated server this year as well!

Freek

@sh97 said:
Based on these observations, I dont think he is losing money, but might be closer to break-even or even a slight profit

But break-even is not a sustainable business plan and doesn't factor in OPEX either... hopefully there's a growth plan behind it

somik

@Freek said:

@sh97 said:
Based on these observations, I dont think he is losing money, but might be closer to break-even or even a slight profit

But break-even is not a sustainable business plan and doesn't factor in OPEX either... hopefully there's a growth plan behind it

Probably earn recognition, then move on to broader client base to earn back the money?

dartagnan

Anyway.... 7 bucks deals ... profit or not... just clients base or profit... I'm looking forward for their BF deals !!!

somik

@dartagnan said:
Anyway.... 7 bucks deals ... profit or not... just clients base or profit... I'm looking forward for their BF deals !!!

I want cheap yearly dedicated server. I wonder if i can ask DediRock to hook me up with one

dartagnan

@somik said:

@dartagnan said:
Anyway.... 7 bucks deals ... profit or not... just clients base or profit... I'm looking forward for their BF deals !!!

I want cheap yearly dedicated server. I wonder if i can ask DediRock to hook me up with one

Ask him. Open a ticket. You never know if you don't ask about...

noack

Backup your data !!!
last week I bought two Dedirock and few days after deployment they were shut down for no reason. I opened a ticket and they reactivated my VPS, but everything was gone. my data disappeared and the IP changed.
They gave no explanation, even after I asked.

somik

@noack said:
Backup your data !!!
last week I bought two Dedirock and few days after deployment they were shut down for no reason. I opened a ticket and they reactivated my VPS, but everything was gone. my data disappeared and the IP changed.
They gave no explanation, even after I asked.

The things I put on most servers, I have at least 2 backups in 2 different locations. I trust people with my data as much sheeps trust wolves with baby sheeps...