[FOSSVPS - Alexhost] Free Chisinau 2 x E5-2680 v2, 4 vCores, 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM, 100 GB RAID 10 Disk!

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer
    edited September 22

    Two client reports confirmed the issues I was seeing. Netplan reverted. Chisinau node rebooted.

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer
    edited September 22

    Great news! Chisinau node came back up without needing a power bump! Also, I can ssh into the node and into my test VPS via IPv4 and via IPv6.

    Hopefully we are back to where we left off before the netplan adjustment!

    I need to sleep now. Anybody still having problems please post, and I will try to fix.

    Thanks to Alexhost! <3

    Best wishes!

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    I have received several congratulations about Chisinau VPSes which are working great. However, there also have been several reports of VPSes which are offline, which I confirm. Additionally, there are multiple VPSes running very high CPU. . . .

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • @Not_Oles said:
    I have received several congratulations about Chisinau VPSes which are working great. However, there also have been several reports of VPSes which are offline, which I confirm. Additionally, there are multiple VPSes running very high CPU. . . .

    They are just mining LES coin and creating AI generated content for posting here :lol:

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Mystery partially solved!

    I missed one space in a yaml configuration file when testing the first of the Chisinau node's newly assigned IP addresses!

    root@alexhost:~/vm-seed/vmXX# yamllint network-config 
    network-config
      1:1       warning  missing document start "---"  (document-start)
      11:8      error    wrong indentation: expected 8 but found 7  (indentation)
      12:14     error    syntax error: mapping values are not allowed here (syntax)
    
    root@alexhost:~/vm-seed/vmXX# 
    
    --------
    
    After adding one space on line 11:
    
    
    root@alexhost:~/vm-seed/vmXX# yamllint network-config 
    network-config
      1:1       warning  missing document start "---"  (document-start)
    
    root@alexhost:~/vm-seed/vmXX# 
    

    Looks like the newly assigned IP addresses do work just fine with the previous and now again reverted netplan when the yaml configuration is correct.

    Now I have to figure out why some (but definitely not all!) of the previously made VPSes stopped WAN network access and picked up high %CPU after the netplan change and reversion, which turned out not to have been necessary.

    My fault! :) Sorry! <3

    Thanks again to Alexhost Support for trying to help! Thanks again to Alexhost for your kind donation! <3

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer
    edited September 23

    Here's a Yabs from inside the new Chisinau VPS that I just made. Its IPv4 is one from the newly assigned group. The results seem pretty good, especially considering that several of the existing VMs currently are running 100% CPU. The results are -- if memory serves -- consistent with earlier Yabs when the node was not stressed.

    This one is for @AuroraZero if he wants it. Note the terms from FOSSVPS.org: "Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment!" So, not "stable." <3

    ubuntu@vmXX:~$ curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2025-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    
    Tue Sep 23 17:56:42 UTC 2025
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 31 minutes
    Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
    CPU cores  : 4 @ 2800.002 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 3.8 GiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 96.8 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-71-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
    
    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Alexhost SRL
    ASN        : AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL
    Host       : Alexhost SRL
    Location   : Chisinau, Chișinău Municipality (CU)
    Country    : Moldova
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 235.13 MB/s  (58.7k) | 1.79 GB/s    (28.0k)
    Write      | 235.76 MB/s  (58.9k) | 1.80 GB/s    (28.1k)
    Total      | 470.89 MB/s (117.7k) | 3.59 GB/s    (56.2k)
               |                      |                     
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 2.01 GB/s     (3.9k) | 2.01 GB/s     (1.9k)
    Write      | 2.11 GB/s     (4.1k) | 2.15 GB/s     (2.1k)
    Total      | 4.12 GB/s     (8.0k) | 4.16 GB/s     (4.0k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 274 Mbits/sec   | 280 Mbits/sec   | 51.7 ms        
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 277 Mbits/sec   | 286 Mbits/sec   | 39.9 ms        
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 270 Mbits/sec   | 168 Mbits/sec   | 104 ms         
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 240 Mbits/sec   | 237 Mbits/sec   | 153 ms         
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 248 Mbits/sec   | 128 Mbits/sec   | 183 ms         
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 88.9 Mbits/sec  | 252 Mbits/sec   | 123 ms         
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 42.6 Mbits/sec  | 136 Mbits/sec   | 227 ms         
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 264 Mbits/sec   | 283 Mbits/sec   | 51.7 ms        
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 264 Mbits/sec   | 283 Mbits/sec   | 39.8 ms        
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 265 Mbits/sec   | 111 Mbits/sec   | 104 ms         
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 239 Mbits/sec   | 227 Mbits/sec   | 153 ms         
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 239 Mbits/sec   | 125 Mbits/sec   | 183 ms         
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 242 Mbits/sec   | 262 Mbits/sec   | 123 ms         
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 226 Mbits/sec   | 79.2 Mbits/sec  | 227 ms         
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value                         
                    |                               
    Single Core     | 545                           
    Multi Core      | 1828                          
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14019774
    
    YABS completed in 18 min 52 sec
    ubuntu@vmXX:~$ 
    

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • @Not_Oles said:
    This one is for @AuroraZero if he wants it. Note the terms from FOSSVPS.org: "Ephemeral. Could disappear at any moment!" So, not "stable." <3

    Sounds perfect for the Yeti, who is also Ephemeral and people has spent decades searching for him :lol:

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Given the lack of good ideas about the high %CPU VPSes, and in the absence of objection, I propose to shut them down, perhaps as soon as tomorrow.

    One thing we might try is reverting one of the high CPU VPSes to its fresh snapshot. Maybe they all will work again if reverted. Otherwise I guess they could be reinstalled.

    In the future, we could make snapshots after users finish their basic installs. With "basic-install" snapshots we could revert to an installed state.

    I made a second new Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with another of the newly assigned IPv4s. It works great and will be assigned to someone, along with more, soon. You can see a list of the requests at https://fossvps.org/list.html.

    Thanks everyone! :) Thanks Alexhost! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • @Not_Oles said:
    I made a second new Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with another of the newly assigned IPv4s. It works great and will be assigned to someone, along with more, soon. You can see a list of the requests at https://fossvps.org/list.html.

    Thanks everyone! :) Thanks Alexhost! :)

    2 of 4 assigned? So 2 more to go?

    Grab them while they're hot!

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer
    edited September 24

    @somik said:

    2 of 4 assigned? So 2 more to go?

    2 of 5 assigned? So 3 more to go? :)

    I have to update the numbers on fossvps.org. :)

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    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Hosting ProviderRetired

    @Not_Oles said:

    @somik said:

    2 of 4 assigned? So 2 more to go?

    2 of 5 assigned? So 3 more to go? :)

    I have to update the numbers on fossvps.org. :)

    Sorry man busy trying to fix my truck and doc appointments. Should be able to get to this this weekend.

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Best of luck with both doc and truck!

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Hello!

    At the moment there are 27 VPSes configured on the Chisinau server.

    I don't know why, but 8 VPSes seemed to be running continuously at high %CPU following recent update and revert of the netplan. As far as I am aware, the remaining 19 VPSes are working fine.

    All 8 of the overperforming VPSes have been shutdown. From here at LES, @jmaxwell is down.

    @jmaxwell Do you want me to attempt restoring your VPS from your "fresh" snapshot? Attempting the restore will destroy whatever happened subsequent to the snapshot. Alternatively, we could rebuild your VPS from scratch. Please let me know.

    By the way, if you restore or reinstall, we could make a another snapshot after your basic install is completed. That way, if a revert happens again, we could revert to your basic installed state.

    Or, maybe, someone has a better idea about how to adjust the overperforming VPSes?

    Thanks! Sorry for the issue! :) Thanks to Alexhost! <3

    Tom

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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