New! Dual E5-2683 Shared Bare Metal Server Offer -- Texas!!
Hello!
Want to share this fine server with me?
It has both RAID 10 SSD drives and an extra NVMe drive. There is an IPv4/28 and an IPv6/128 with an IPv6/48 routed to the /128.
Hopefully you know lots more than I do! And you are willing to teach me something.
Hopefully you also want to share the $99.95 monthly cost!
Not sure how long I want to keep this server. It is paid up to November 24.
Thanks!
Tom
root@tx:/NVME/tom# date
Wed Oct 1 11:01:12 PM UTC 2025
root@tx:/NVME/tom# cat /etc/debian_version
forky/sid
root@tx:/NVME/tom# lscpu
[ . . . ]
CPU(s): 64
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-63
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz
[ . . . ]
root@tx:/NVME/tom# free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 125Gi 1.9Gi 123Gi 4.7Mi 956Mi 123Gi
Swap: 89Gi 0B 89Gi
root@tx:/NVME/tom# dmidecode --type 17
[ . . . ]
Total Width: 72 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
[ . . . ]
root@tx:/NVME/tom# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─md126 9:126 0 1.7T 0 raid10
│ ├─md126p1 259:2 0 976.6M 0 part /boot/efi
│ ├─md126p2 259:3 0 976.6M 0 part /boot
│ └─md126p3 259:4 0 1.7T 0 part
│ ├─oplink--vg-root 253:0 0 1.6T 0 lvm /
│ └─oplink--vg-swap_1 253:1 0 89.4G 0 lvm [SWAP]
└─md127 9:127 0 0B 0 md
[ . . . ]
nvme0n1 259:0 0 3.6T 0 disk
└─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 3.6T 0 part /NVME
[ . . . ]
root@tx:/NVME/tom#
root@tx:~# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
# Yet-Another-Bench-Script #
# v2025-04-20 #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
Sun Sep 21 09:25:22 PM UTC 2025
Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 2 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz
CPU cores : 64 @ 1200.000 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 125.8 GiB
Swap : 89.3 GiB
Disk : 1.6 TiB
Distro : Debian GNU/Linux forky/sid
Kernel : 6.16.7+deb14-amd64
VM Type : NONE
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : The Optimal Link Corporation
ASN : AS40156 The Optimal Link Corporation
Host : The Optimal Link Corporation
Location : Houston, Texas (TX)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/mapper/oplink--vg-root):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 266.05 MB/s (66.5k) | 559.56 MB/s (8.7k)
Write | 266.75 MB/s (66.6k) | 562.50 MB/s (8.7k)
Total | 532.81 MB/s (133.2k) | 1.12 GB/s (17.5k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 549.60 MB/s (1.0k) | 544.12 MB/s (531)
Write | 578.80 MB/s (1.1k) | 580.35 MB/s (566)
Total | 1.12 GB/s (2.2k) | 1.12 GB/s (1.0k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 862 Mbits/sec | 839 Mbits/sec | 104 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 273 Mbits/sec | 800 Mbits/sec | 118 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 141 Mbits/sec | 674 Mbits/sec | 203 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 279 Mbits/sec | 717 Mbits/sec | 206 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 919 Mbits/sec | 835 Mbits/sec | 36.2 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 203 Mbits/sec | busy | 38.7 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 143 Mbits/sec | 150 Mbits/sec | 180 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 852 Mbits/sec | 840 Mbits/sec | 104 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 854 Mbits/sec | 795 Mbits/sec | 118 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 233 Mbits/sec | 687 Mbits/sec | 203 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 255 Mbits/sec | 694 Mbits/sec | --
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 906 Mbits/sec | 910 Mbits/sec | 36.2 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 329 Mbits/sec | 905 Mbits/sec | 38.8 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 134 Mbits/sec | 130 Mbits/sec | 161 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1100
Multi Core | 8114
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/13977587
YABS completed in 13 min 5 sec
root@tx:~#
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/nvme0n1p1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 645.61 MB/s (161.4k) | 691.91 MB/s (10.8k)
Write | 647.32 MB/s (161.8k) | 695.55 MB/s (10.8k)
Total | 1.29 GB/s (323.2k) | 1.38 GB/s (21.6k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 1.07 GB/s (2.0k) | 1.40 GB/s (1.3k)
Write | 1.13 GB/s (2.2k) | 1.49 GB/s (1.4k)
Total | 2.20 GB/s (4.3k) | 2.89 GB/s (2.8k)
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
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Comments
24th Nov 2025 or Nov'24?
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.
A lot of swap :-)
@somik 24 Nov 2025
@risturiz Yeah, I also noticed what seemed like a lot of swap. Additionally, if I understand right, the gentleman who kindly did the install for me set up the RAID 10 from within the baseboard controller in a way somehow analogous to a hardware RAID controller. I want to learn more about how the RAID works on this particular setup. Here is the full lsblk output:
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
In the old days, I seem to remember people saying that the best amount of swap was an amount equal to the total RAM. Then, later, the swap recommendation often was half the RAM. No, with virtualization, it's often no swap at all, partly because the swap can contain private information.
Sometimes, with small VPSes, I add a swap file. Once the swap is there, impossible things become possible. For example, Yabs doesn't complain that there isn't enough memory. Or one can do a big compile, but a little slowly.
If the server got really, really full, the seemingly large amount of swap might be very helpful.
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I need to learn more about how the RAID works on this server. Here's a screenshot of the installer at the RAID step:
A quick google: Intel Virtual RAID on CPU SATA Option ROM 6.2.0.1034 gave me:
Google AI:
References:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19599/intel-virtual-raid-on-cpu-intel-vroc-sata-intel-rapid-storage-technology-enterprise-intel-rste-windows-driver-for-s1200sp-family.html
https://www.intel.la/content/www/xl/es/software/virtual-raid-on-cpu-vroc.html
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I used something similar in the past and regretted it. Poor performance then running a regular OS level soft raid and absolutely no recovery options...
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.