Low End Dedicated Server Share, Vint Hill, Virginia, USA

Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider
edited November 5 in Services and Other

Friendly greetings!

MetalVPS now has a new Low End dedicated server, an OVH SYS-LE-1.

From shell accounts on this server, we can

  • work directly on the bare metal,
  • make our own KVM VPSes with almost any operating system, and
  • make several kinds of containers.

Of course, we also directly can see how well the server node is performing.

Last, but not least, we can enjoy fun conversations right here in this thread!

Let's try!

Best wishes!

Tom

Specifications

Intel Xeon D-2123iT
4 cores; 8 threads
32 GB DDR4 ECC RAM
2 x 4 TB SATA HDD
Debian 13.7
ZFS RAID 1
1 x IPv4/32 (More available); IPv6/64
500 Mbits/sec unmetered
Vint Hill, Virginia USA
Cost paid to OVH $25/month with a $25 setup fee

Pricing

$15.00/month

Payment Method

Paypal payment link ($15.00):

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/C9FSY6ZWXRY42

How to Get Access

Please post in this thread.
Please remember to post or send your ssh public key.

Terms of Service

Free and open source software only.
White hat only.
For computer education and fun!
Not for commercial use.
No service level agreement.
No control panel.

Warnings!

Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment!
Clueless™ Administrator

Hetrix Tools Uptime Ping Monitors

Comments

  • easymoneyeasymoney

    99 please if possible

  • xDoritoxDorito

    I know I'm mostly a lurker but this sounds right up my alley. I've been mostly experimenting with TierHive and shopping for a deal on a dedicated server with this exact OVH offering being on the short list of reasonably priced ones. I'd be happy to join in on the share if I'm elligble. Clueless ™ User.

  • skycccskyccc

    I need a server that can be used for software compilation and packaging. Thank you.

    ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIHYphaOt3kScvFhS0Pr3QmKg/WQQECiAk/2Rq7Mq5JLq vmiss-auto-20260729

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @xDorito @skyccc

    Thanks for your comments. I'm sorry I'm just seeing them now, as I am on my way to sleep. A clueless™ user would be a perfect match, and, yes, the server is great for compiling. More tomorrow. Apologies that I am slow. . . .

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider
    edited November 4

    @xDorito @skyccc

    Hello! When you guys have time, please fund your first month of service via PayPal:

    https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/C9FSY6ZWXRY42

    From @xDorito an ed_25519 ssh public key is needed.

    When funds are received, I will reinstall the server so it is pristine for you. Then I will make the funded account(s). I will post progress notes here.

    Any questions or issues, if you want something special or different installed on the server, or a change in the server configuration, please let me know.

    Thanks again! Best!

  • xDoritoxDorito

    Thanks for the oppurtunity! Just sent payment and my SSH key in a private message. The only specific thing I had in mind on the server would be Incus so I could experiment with deployments to a dedicated server as well as the standard devel packages I imagine others would also make use of.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @xDorito Excellent! Payment received! Thank you!

    More before too long. . . .

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    Reinstall Debian 13 with ZFS from OVHCloud Template

    From OVHCloud Server Control Panel:

    • Operating System (OS) > Click . . . > Click Reinstall my server

    From Installation from an OVHcloud template:

    • Type OS > Basic
    • Click Linux > Click Debian 13, also check Customize the partition configuration. Click Next.

    From Filesytem customization:

    • Default partitions are /boot ext4 RAID 1 1.0 GiB; / ext4 RAID 1 3.6 TiB, and swap 2 x 512 MiB.
    • Click trash can icon right side of swap partition line, then click Confirm deletion.
    • Click edit pen icon at right side of / partition line, then click grow icon to ad space removed from former swap partition. Click ext4, select zfs. Leave zpool name unspecified to get default name. Click checkmark icon to save.
    • Click edit pen icon at right side of /boot partition line. Click ext4, select zfs. Leave zpool name unspecified to get default name. Click checkmark icon to save. Click Next.
      • Enter hostname, public key, click Confirm.

    Watch as the installation progresses gently through its 21 steps. Installation started at about 13:17 MST. . . .

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    Haha, installation completed at about 13:37 MST.

    LowEndSpirit - VPS Hosting and tech forum

    I am going for my daily walk around the block. Then I will try to add zswap and provision accounts.

    Any issues with the install?

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    Got in to the reinstalled server. Next up is to add accounts for me and @xDorito and also to provision zswap. Plus install Apache, development tools, Incus plus more.

    debian@vh:~$ date
Wed Nov  4 21:13:21 UTC 2026
debian@vh:~$ uptime
 21:13:27 up 37 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00
debian@vh:~$ nproc
8
debian@vh:~$ free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            31Gi       3.9Gi        27Gi       9.2Mi       129Mi        27Gi
Swap:             0B          0B          0B
debian@vh:~$ df -h .
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
zp0/zd1         3.6T  1.7G  3.6T   1% /
debian@vh:~$ curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2026-10-31                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Wed Nov  4 21:14:33 UTC 2026

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 38 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) D-2123IT CPU @ 2.20GHz
CPU cores  : 8 @ 1825.295 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 31.0 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB # Okay, zswap to be added.
Disk       : 510.7 MiB # Does this seem to be /boot? 
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Kernel     : 6.12.115+deb13.1-amd64
VM Type    : NONE 
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : OVH SAS
ASN        : AS16276 OVH SAS
Host       : OVH US LLC
Location   : Reston, Virginia (VA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition zp0/zd1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.17 MB/s      (287) | 17.87 MB/s     (272)
Write      | 1.21 MB/s      (296) | 18.44 MB/s     (281)
Total      | 2.39 MB/s      (583) | 36.31 MB/s     (553)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 36.78 MB/s      (70) | 45.22 MB/s      (43)
Write      | 39.02 MB/s      (74) | 48.36 MB/s      (46)
Total      | 75.81 MB/s     (144) | 93.58 MB/s      (89)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4): # Why is sending to Clouvider LA slow? 
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 429 Mbits/sec   | 2.91 Gbits/sec  | 83.2 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 460 Mbits/sec   | 2.64 Gbits/sec  | 92.7 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 425 Mbits/sec   | 1.25 Gbits/sec  | 183 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 399 Mbits/sec   | 866 Mbits/sec   | 247 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 57.2 Mbits/sec  | 3.73 Gbits/sec  | 61.8 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 485 Mbits/sec   | 9.37 Gbits/sec  | 8.28 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | busy            | 131 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 454 Mbits/sec   | 2.82 Gbits/sec  | 81.8 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 446 Mbits/sec   | 2.57 Gbits/sec  | 92.1 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 422 Mbits/sec   | 1.27 Gbits/sec  | 172 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 393 Mbits/sec   | 882 Mbits/sec   | 246 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 70.6 Mbits/sec  | 3.74 Gbits/sec  | 61.7 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 478 Mbits/sec   | 9.24 Gbits/sec  | 8.77 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | busy            | 171 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1076                          
Multi Core      | 3756                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/19433956

YABS completed in 15 min 27 sec
debian@vh:~$

    Comments, suggestions, please. Thanks!

  • xDoritoxDorito

    Surprised the reimage takes that long but then again it is purely HDD storage.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @xDorito

    Welcome to MetalVPS! Your account is ready.

    I sent you a PM with login info.

    About sudo. Personally, it's okay with me to share sudo with our excellent neighbors on vh. However, in the past, one of our most wonderful neighbors objected strongly to anyone else besides me having sudo. Indeed, you yourself might not want sudo responsibility. Also, we need to check what @skyccc thinks. Only if it's 100% okay with @skycc, and with you, I am okay with sharing the root via sudo.

    A few more neighbors would be welcome, too, although I am not expecting many. It's just fine with me if our neighborhood stays small and friendly. :)

    Anything you need, I am delighted to help!

    Best!

    Tom

  • xDoritoxDorito

    I'm fine with either. I don't expect I need much access outside of being added to specific groups. The way I see it operating without just slapping us in sudoers could be good practice.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    Newly added Hetrix Tools ping monitors:

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    Maintenance reboot.

    debian@vh:~$ date
Thu Nov  5 01:56:42 UTC 2026
debian@vh:~$ who
debian   sshd pts/0   2026-11-05 01:30 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
debian@vh:~$

    Up again! Swap installed. Latest Debian updates installed.

    debian@vh:~$ date; uptime
Thu Nov  5 02:02:12 UTC 2026
 02:02:12 up 1 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.54, 0.22, 0.08
debian@vh:~$

    Yabs now sees the newly installed swap. Send speed to Clouvider LA still slow. Why?

    debian@vh:~$ curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2026-10-31                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Thu Nov  5 02:02:30 UTC 2026

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) D-2123IT CPU @ 2.20GHz
CPU cores  : 8 @ 1830.222 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 31.0 GiB
Swap       : 32.0 GiB
Disk       : 510.7 MiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Kernel     : 6.12.115+deb13.1-amd64
VM Type    : NONE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : OVH SAS
ASN        : AS16276 OVH SAS
Host       : OVH US LLC
Location   : Reston, Virginia (VA)
Country    : United States

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition zp0/zd1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.05 MB/s      (257) | 16.70 MB/s     (254)
Write      | 1.08 MB/s      (265) | 17.26 MB/s     (263)
Total      | 2.14 MB/s      (522) | 33.96 MB/s     (517)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 35.38 MB/s      (67) | 45.06 MB/s      (42)
Write      | 37.63 MB/s      (71) | 48.47 MB/s      (46)
Total      | 73.01 MB/s     (138) | 93.53 MB/s      (88)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 438 Mbits/sec   | 2.44 Gbits/sec  | 83.3 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 449 Mbits/sec   | 2.61 Gbits/sec  | 92.7 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 427 Mbits/sec   | 1.26 Gbits/sec  | 184 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 404 Mbits/sec   | 861 Mbits/sec   | 247 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 120 Mbits/sec   | 2.91 Gbits/sec  | 61.8 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 485 Mbits/sec   | 9.12 Gbits/sec  | 8.28 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | busy            | 131 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 442 Mbits/sec   | 2.36 Gbits/sec  | 80.6 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 442 Mbits/sec   | 2.59 Gbits/sec  | 91.8 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 419 Mbits/sec   | 1.27 Gbits/sec  | 172 ms         
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 391 Mbits/sec   | 877 Mbits/sec   | 245 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 169 Mbits/sec   | 3.37 Gbits/sec  | 61.6 ms        
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 478 Mbits/sec   | 6.34 Gbits/sec  | 8.74 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | busy            | 163 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1077                          
Multi Core      | 3781                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/19434565

YABS completed in 15 min 20 sec
debian@vh:~$

    Updated stats showing swap.

    debian@vh:~$ date
Thu Nov  5 02:24:24 UTC 2026
debian@vh:~$ pwd
/home/debian
debian@vh:~$ nproc
8
debian@vh:~$ free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            31Gi       3.9Gi        27Gi       9.2Mi        78Mi        27Gi
Swap:           31Gi          0B        31Gi
debian@vh:~$ df -h .
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
zp0/zd1         3.5T  1.7G  3.5T   1% /
debian@vh:~$
  • skycccskyccc

    @Not_Oles said:
    @xDorito @skyccc

    Hello! When you guys have time, please fund your first month of service via PayPal:

    https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/C9FSY6ZWXRY42

    From @xDorito an ed_25519 ssh public key is needed.

    When funds are received, I will reinstall the server so it is pristine for you. Then I will make the funded account(s). I will post progress notes here.

    Any questions or issues, if you want something special or different installed on the server, or a change in the server configuration, please let me know.

    Thanks again! Best!

    I'm sorry, I just saw it. I have bought an independent VPS to use. Thank you.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @skyccc Congrats on your new VPS! Hope it works great for you! Best wishes!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @xDorito

    Incus is installed! Approximately 328 Debian packages. :)

    Now learning a little about Incus configuration options. :)

    As you can see above, @skyccc has moved on, and noone else has appeared. So, for now, it's you and me. When you have time, please think on whether you want to share root with me. I'm happy to share, but only if sharing root is what you also want.

    Thanks! <3

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider
    edited 1:13AM

    Incus seems to be configured.

    debian@vh:~$ date
Fri Nov  6 01:04:42 UTC 2026
debian@vh:~$ incus launch images:debian/13 test-container
Launching test-container
debian@vh:~$ incus launch images:debian/13 test-vm --vm
Launching test-vm
debian@vh:~$ incus list                              
+----------------+---------+-----------------------+------+-----------------+-----------+
|      NAME      |  STATE  |         IPV4          | IPV6 |      TYPE       | SNAPSHOTS |
+----------------+---------+-----------------------+------+-----------------+-----------+
| test-container | RUNNING | 10.10.10.35 (eth0)    |      | CONTAINER       | 0         |
+----------------+---------+-----------------------+------+-----------------+-----------+
| test-vm        | RUNNING | 10.10.10.169 (enp5s0) |      | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 0         |
+----------------+---------+-----------------------+------+-----------------+-----------+
debian@vh:~$ incus exec test-container -- ping -c 3 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=1.95 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=2.08 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=1.96 ms

--- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.950/1.997/2.081/0.059 ms
debian@vh:~$ incus exec test-vm -- ping -c 3 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=2.03 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=2.13 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 time=2.19 ms

--- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.032/2.118/2.194/0.066 ms
debian@vh:~$
  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider
    edited 1:45AM

    @xDorito

    Still need to add you to whatever groups you want; just need to know which.

    The test instances are sleeping. Me too, in a bit.

    debian@vh:~$ date
Fri Nov  6 01:31:57 UTC 2026
debian@vh:~$ incus stop test-container
debian@vh:~$ incus stop test-vm
debian@vh:~$ incus list
+----------------+---------+------+------+-----------------+-----------+
|      NAME      |  STATE  | IPV4 | IPV6 |      TYPE       | SNAPSHOTS |
+----------------+---------+------+------+-----------------+-----------+
| test-container | STOPPED |      |      | CONTAINER       | 0         |
+----------------+---------+------+------+-----------------+-----------+
| test-vm        | STOPPED |      |      | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 0         |
+----------------+---------+------+------+-----------------+-----------+
debian@vh:~$

    More tomorrow. Thanks @xdorito for asking for Incus! I had fun installing Incus, which probably might not have happened if you had not asked. <3

    I want to try a NetBSD KVM instance!

    Here is Incus' convenient command summary for other Incus beginners like me:

    debian@vh:~$ incus help
Description:
  Command line client for Incus

  All of Incus's features can be driven through the various commands below.
  For help with any of those, simply call them with --help.

  Custom commands can be defined through aliases, use "incus alias" to control those.

Usage:
  incus [command]

Available Commands:
  admin       Manage incus daemon
  cluster     Manage cluster members
  config      Manage instance and server configuration options
  console     Attach to instance consoles
  copy        Copy instances within or in between servers
  create      Create instances from images
  delete      Delete instances
  exec        Execute commands in instances
  export      Export instance backups
  file        Manage files in instances
  help        Help about any command
  image       Manage images
  import      Import instance backups
  info        Show instance or server information
  launch      Create and start instances from images
  list        List instances
  move        Move instances within or in between servers
  network     Manage and attach instances to networks
  pause       Pause instances
  profile     Manage profiles
  project     Manage projects
  publish     Publish instances as images
  rebuild     Rebuild instances
  remote      Manage the list of remote servers
  rename      Rename instances
  restart     Restart instances
  resume      Resume instances
  snapshot    Manage instance snapshots
  start       Start instances
  stop        Stop instances
  storage     Manage storage pools and volumes
  top         Display resource usage info per instance
  version     Show local and remote versions
  webui       Open the web interface

Flags:
      --all            Show less common commands
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number

Use "incus [command] --help" for more information about a command.
debian@vh:~$

    Does anyone else want to join @xDorito and me aboard vh? :)

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