Progress: The FOSSVPS server kindly donated by Alexhost showed disk issues, so Alexhost kindly replaced some of the 8 disks and reinstalled the server. I'm delighted to say that the server now is up again. Thanks Alexhost!
I have to double check what I can, and then try making some VPSes to give away. More soon!
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A simple script to bench network performance using speedtest-cli
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Version : v2025.07.08
Global Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash
Region Speedtest : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -r <region>
Ping & Routing : wget -qO- nws.sh | bash -s -- -rt <region>
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Basic System Info
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CPU Model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
CPU Cores : 40 @ 1200.000 MHz
CPU Cache : 25600 KB
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
Total Disk : 2.1 TB (5.2 GB Used)
Total RAM : 251.8 GB (2.2 GB Used)
Total Swap : 2.0 GB (0 Used)
System uptime : 0 days, 7 hour 28 min
Load average : 0.12, 0.11, 0.35
OS : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Arch : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.8.0-71-generic
Virtualization : NONE
TCP Control : cubic
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Basic Network Info
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Primary Network : IPv6
IPv6 Access : ✔ Online
IPv4 Access : ✔ Online
ISP : Alexhost SRL
ASN : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
Host : Alexhost SRL
Location : Chisinau, Chișinău Municipality-CU, Moldova
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Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
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Location Latency Loss DL Speed UP Speed Server
ISP: Alexhost
Nearest 0.64 ms N/A 284.13 Mbps 284.28 Mbps Orange Moldova SA - Chisinau
Bangalore, IN 174.67 ms 0.0% 289.44 Mbps 260.64 Mbps Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore
Chennai, IN 187.23 ms 0.0% 274.00 Mbps 272.04 Mbps Jio - Chennai
Mumbai, IN 159.83 ms 0.0% 299.65 Mbps 275.29 Mbps Melbicom - Mumbai
Seattle, US 181.19 ms N/A 287.04 Mbps 276.38 Mbps Comcast - Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, US 171.53 ms 0.0% 292.18 Mbps 285.42 Mbps ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, US 152.71 ms 0.4% 284.27 Mbps 281.72 Mbps Hivelocity - Dallas, TX
Miami, US 148.80 ms 0.0% 292.21 Mbps 279.80 Mbps Telxius - Miami, FL
New York, US 115.28 ms 0.0% 297.62 Mbps 282.13 Mbps GSL Networks - New York, NY
Toronto, CA 130.10 ms 0.0% 291.67 Mbps 253.13 Mbps Rogers - Toronto, ON
Mexico City, MX 222.00 ms N/A 267.84 Mbps 278.68 Mbps INFINITUM - Ciudad de México
London, UK 54.15 ms 0.0% 287.27 Mbps 236.26 Mbps VeloxServ Communications - London
Amsterdam, NL 45.72 ms 0.0% 289.98 Mbps 276.30 Mbps 31173 Services AB - Amsterdam
Paris, FR 45.69 ms N/A 293.42 Mbps 257.81 Mbps Axione - Paris
Frankfurt, DE 45.81 ms 0.0% 289.38 Mbps 241.47 Mbps Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main
Warsaw, PL 55.17 ms 0.0% 286.93 Mbps 280.15 Mbps Play - Warszawa
Bucharest, RO 34.79 ms 0.0% 287.44 Mbps 287.16 Mbps Vodafone Romania Mobile - Bucharest - Bucharest
Moscow, RU FAILED
Jeddah, SA 114.97 ms 0.0% 295.26 Mbps 258.29 Mbps Saudi Telecom Company
Dubai, AE 158.79 ms N/A 305.93 Mbps 281.03 Mbps e& UAE - Dubai
Istanbul, TR 73.33 ms 0.0% 289.50 Mbps 271.01 Mbps Turkcell - Istanbul
Tehran, IR 109.09 ms 0.0% 262.78 Mbps 274.22 Mbps Irancell - Tehran
Cairo, EG 92.08 ms 0.0% 296.06 Mbps 254.58 Mbps Telecom Egypt - Cairo
Tokyo, JP 256.51 ms 87.0% 301.21 Mbps 20.42 Mbps GSL Networks - Tokyo
Chengdu, CM-CN FAILED
Hong Kong, CN 245.14 ms 0.0% 285.43 Mbps 119.32 Mbps Misaka Network, Inc. - Hong Kong
Singapore, SG FAILED
Jakarta, ID 202.02 ms 1.3% 275.62 Mbps 284.93 Mbps PT Solnet Indonesia - Jakarta
Sydney, AU 285.11 ms 0.0% 314.66 Mbps 278.45 Mbps Aussie Broadband - Sydney
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Avg DL Speed : 289.27 Mbps
Avg UL Speed : 255.80 Mbps
Total DL Data : 10.56 GB
Total UL Data : 8.30 GB
Total Data : 18.86 GB
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Duration : 12 min 32 sec
System Time : 05/08/2025 - 20:53:09 MSK
Total Script Runs : 119962
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Result : https://result.nws.sh/r/1754415806_BCVECL_GLOBAL.txt
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Here is some definite progress. I just logged into the first Alexhost VPS made by hand with cloud-init and virt-install.
Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-64-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/pro
System information as of Thu Aug 7 01:37:27 UTC 2025
System load: 0.05 Memory usage: 9% Processes: 137
Usage of /: 8.6% of 18.33GB Swap usage: 0% Users logged in: 0
Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.
0 updates can be applied immediately.
Enable ESM Apps to receive additional future security updates.
See https://ubuntu.com/esm or run: sudo pro status
The list of available updates is more than a week old.
To check for new updates run: sudo apt update
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
ubuntu@testvm1:~$ date
Thu Aug 7 01:37:41 UTC 2025
ubuntu@testvm1:~$
Now for some more testing! And then make more VPSes! Then give VPSes away!
Here's a Yabs from the initial testvm1 on FOSSVPS' Alexhost server!
Thanks to Alexhost for their kind donation!
Probably I will make some more of these, maybe 4 cores, 4 GB RAM, and 100 GB disk? Then give them away.
Maybe I will write a recipe for LES Talk about how I made this test VPS with cloud-init and virt-install.
I want to check on the disk caching. My guess is that this server has a pretty conservative disk cache setup. With conservative caching, plus RAID 10, the server ought to be pretty reliable if there is a power outage or another disk problem.
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Progress: The FOSSVPS server kindly donated by Alexhost showed disk issues, so Alexhost kindly replaced some of the 8 disks and reinstalled the server. I'm delighted to say that the server now is up again. Thanks Alexhost!
I have to double check what I can, and then try making some VPSes to give away. More soon!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Congrats on, erm, giving birth.... Did not know men could do that, but this is 2025 afterall!
Anyway, whats the IP situation over there? IPv6 with NAT IPv4 or just NAT IPv4 only?
Seems like with increasing price of IPv4, more and more low end host is opting for IPv6 VPS, which is great news for IPv6 adapters
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
So far all the server donors have kindly included a few extra IPv4s, like a routed /29 or a /28, or some on-link IPv4s.
We've been giving out IPv4 + IPv6 VPSes.
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
oh c'mon, with his profile pic, you think he is gen alpha?
The all seeing eye sees everything...
With that logic, you are a talking triangle with no mouth, just an eye
Never make the same mistake twice. There are so many new ones to make.
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.
I am the all seeing eye!
The all seeing eye sees everything...
Here is some definite progress. I just logged into the first Alexhost VPS made by hand with cloud-init and virt-install.
Now for some more testing! And then make more VPSes! Then give VPSes away!
Thanks Alexhost!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Here's a Yabs from the initial testvm1 on FOSSVPS' Alexhost server!
Thanks to Alexhost for their kind donation!
Probably I will make some more of these, maybe 4 cores, 4 GB RAM, and 100 GB disk? Then give them away.
Maybe I will write a recipe for LES Talk about how I made this test VPS with cloud-init and virt-install.
I want to check on the disk caching. My guess is that this server has a pretty conservative disk cache setup. With conservative caching, plus RAID 10, the server ought to be pretty reliable if there is a power outage or another disk problem.
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
Here is NWS from the test VM on Alexhost node. Thanks Alexhost!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!