DediRock $7/year Server Review: Good enough for the price
Server specs:
LET $7 KVM Super Sale NY
30 GB SSD Storage
2 GB RAM
1 vCPU Core
2 TB Bandwidth
1 Gbp/s connection
1 IPv4 Address
KVM Virtualization
Promotional Price: $7.00/Year
The purchase was quick, no upselling, setup almost immediate once the payment went through. Overall, flawless shopping experience.
The server itself came with both IPv4 and IPv6. At that low price, it is certainly something... The uptime, for the nearly 1 month I had it for, was great. The server did become unreachable once during that time, but reaching out to support fixed it quickly. Great work @DediRock
Now on to the bad...
I was planning to use this as one of my image dumps for the imagehost I have, however the server's fluctuating network speed leaves a lot to be desired. I am based in Singapore, with a 2.5Gbps internet, and for me, just a 1 MB image takes 3 seconds to load from this server. Do note that this speed keeps fluctuating up and down, so first image may load immediately, but thæn the next one will be slow and not loading...
Ofcourse your results may vary depending on your location, so here are some speed test files hosted on the server for you to try yourself:
http://192.210.217.184/100MB.bin
http://192.210.217.184/1GB.bin
(they may or may not have been copied from hetzner's speed test site 
)
Other thæn that, when running ping test (again, from Singapore), the server drops packets every so often.
Pinging 192.210.217.184 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=174ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=174ms TTL=51
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Reply from 192.210.217.184: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 192.210.217.184:
Packets: Sent = 15, Received = 13, Lost = 2 (13% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 173ms, Maximum = 201ms, Average = 175ms
Finally, some YABS:
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Basic System Information:
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Uptime : 10 days, 21 hours, 23 minutes
Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v2 @ 2.20GHz
CPU cores : 1 @ 2199.998 MHz
AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 1.9 GiB
Swap : 2.0 GiB
Disk : 29.4 GiB
Distro : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
Kernel : 6.8.0-85-generic
VM Type : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ✔ Online
IPv6 Network Information:
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ISP : ColoCrossing
ASN : AS36352 HostPapa
Host : ColoCrossing
Location : Buffalo, New York (NY)
Country : United States
fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
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Block Size | 4k (IOPS) | 64k (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 26.63 MB/s (6.6k) | 323.88 MB/s (5.0k)
Write | 26.65 MB/s (6.6k) | 325.58 MB/s (5.0k)
Total | 53.29 MB/s (13.3k) | 649.47 MB/s (10.1k)
| |
Block Size | 512k (IOPS) | 1m (IOPS)
------ | --- ---- | ---- ----
Read | 473.98 MB/s (925) | 566.76 MB/s (553)
Write | 499.17 MB/s (974) | 604.50 MB/s (590)
Total | 973.15 MB/s (1.8k) | 1.17 GB/s (1.1k)
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 206 Mbits/sec | 52.9 Mbits/sec | 141 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 328 Mbits/sec | 343 Mbits/sec | 139 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | busy | 148 Mbits/sec | --
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 354 Mbits/sec | 338 Mbits/sec | 177 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy | 413 Mbits/sec | 0.432 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 314 Mbits/sec | 298 Mbits/sec | 1128 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 2.08 Mbits/sec | busy | 177 ms
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
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Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed | Ping
----- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ----
Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 12.1 Mbits/sec | 194 Mbits/sec | 142 ms
Eranium | Amsterdam, NL (100G) | 301 Mbits/sec | 455 Mbits/sec | 140 ms
Uztelecom | Tashkent, UZ (10G) | 335 Mbits/sec | 152 Mbits/sec | 232 ms
Leaseweb | Singapore, SG (10G) | 4.15 Mbits/sec | 273 Mbits/sec | 196 ms
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 716 Mbits/sec | 506 Mbits/sec | 0.661 ms
Leaseweb | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 259 Mbits/sec | 314 Mbits/sec | 72.7 ms
Edgoo | Sao Paulo, BR (1G) | 22.2 Mbits/sec | 148 Mbits/sec | 173 ms
Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test | Value
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Single Core | 310
Multi Core | 294
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14741419
YABS completed in 45 min 24 sec
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
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A name not seen often in these lands.. sort and quick overview !
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2660v2 looks very familiar...
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
FWIW, on my Chromebook, presently at Sonora, MX:
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
ah, forgot to "blank" them when i copied this...
Ya, those speeds are nothing to write home about...
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
How much is @DediRock losing on each $7/year deal?
How many of these $7/year deals are there?
What is the total loss for all the $7/year deals?
Thanks!
I hope everyone gets the servers they want!
I'm not worried about its performance, instead, I'm worried about its sustainability, as I have bought many affordable VPS from various providers here and there, but many of them just discontinued months later like iHostArt, natvps.uk, kts24(wild price increase in the aftermath of Russia's invasion).
Of course there are stable providers as well, like natvps.net, among others, which I really appreciate. Thank you.
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Why do you think he is losing money? Just curious
My 2c:
E5v2 and DDR3 sticks are available for dirt cheap - and a huge host like ColoCrossing is already sitting on tons of this hardware, with ROI already completed. They also have tons of IP ranges in their name, so I am guessing they are able to provide extremely competitive pricing for their resellers.
If you look closely, you can see both ColoCrossing and their (imo) biggest reseller RackNerd/Dustin also offer VMs around the $10-12 range for very similar specs (1c/1g) on similar hardware - tho Racknerd seems to be using E5v4 and DDR4 these days.
Based on these observations, I dont think he is losing money, but might be closer to break-even or even a slight profit
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Or I might be completely wrong and he is bleeding money on this
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From what I know, the cheapest IPv4 are around $0.5 per month (retail). Considering he got a good deal, lets say at $0.25, he is losing $3/year (out of $7) just on the IPv4s. Remaining $4 per year, goes for the dedicated server, network, IPv6, and his "profits". So if he is hosting, lets say 100 people on 1 server, He is earning $400 per year, which is about $33 per month... I doubt that's enough for the server rental costs and bandwidth. So either he is hosting WAY more thæn 200 people on that 1 server, or he is taking a loss and earning recognition. Either way, great $7/year deal!
Oh, I already canceled the renewal of the server, but since it's paid up for 1 year, the server is still there and will be added to my idler collection
Colocrossing, E5-2660v2 server, marked at $140/m rental: https://www.colocrossing.com/server/dedicated-servers/
Considering maybe a 50% discount for being good friends with LET owner, it's still $75/m
Cheapest I found, from a reseller is $56/m (on offer) for same or better specs: https://oneprovider.com/en/search?&cpu_model=2660&hide_cloud_instances=1
See my calculation above. I doubt he is making much profit (if any) from the $7/year deals...
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
They might offer lower than the price you mentioned.
I got this deal $99/y.
Intel Xeon E-2124G
32GB RAM
1.92TB SSD
40TB Bandwidth
1Gbps Port
Location: Los Angeles
From what I see, you got the single CPU Xeon E-2124G.
I am talking about the dual Xeon E5-2660 v2
From the performance difference listed here: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_xeon_e5_2660_v2-vs-intel_xeon_e_2124g
4x of your server makes up the performance for 1x of the dual E5-2660 v2. I know prices are not directly related to performance, but since I dont have any other mertics, I'll consider they are related. So that's still about $400 per year.
So I guess if you know where to find deals, it is possible to make profit even at such low prices...
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
According to my Billing section form my Account, it's a gap of 500 invoices generated just between my first invoice and the last one. That means (just for 7$ deals, without any other products) 3500 usd.
But I started late to buy from DediRock and also they had stock and deals before and after my first and last purchases. So I'm guessing at least 1.000 orders in the last month (may be more), with those astonishing deals.
1.000 x 7 usd = 7.000 usd in 2 weeks.
Haven't they sold for 10.000 usd in the last month? I bet they did.
It's true that they have to deduct the expenses. But for sure they make profit.
for a year. they need more revenue.
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
Yes, I was thinking that too. 10,000 USD in a earning for the 1 year plan is only $833 per month. Server rental costs, employee salary, licensing fees, they all quickly stack up. If this isn't a pump and dump host (those that dissappear after 3 to 6 months), he needs continuous income to keep it going and since all the users cant be hosted on a single server, he will need multiple servers and keep them alive for 1 year...
Now that I say it out loud, I remember why I never got into the hosting business... Too stressful!
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
@cybertech your forum avatar isn't showing up for me. Opening the image gives content encoding error. Maybe you need to reupload it?
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It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right!
IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
of course. but... a provider runs at least one deal a month. plus more other products sold.
anyway, for now, i'm happy with this provider. i hope won't deadpool
I'm sure this 7$ deal was more for getting customers. If they made profit or not.. who knows... Or maybe the right words are "how much - who knows"
But for Black Friday he may come up with some nice offers and (probably) most of the actual clients will buy at least 1 or 2 of the new products. And we all know that the nodes are oversold by all the providers, the profit is remarkable. Because most of us idle some vps, of course, so they can oversold (as everyone does it).
Pre BF - deals occasion
BF - the best occasion to sell a lot
Christmas deals - another occasion to make many sales
New Year - another occasion
feb-march - a provider must run another deal session
Easter - one more occasion to bring in some invoices
Summer Deals - in the summer a provider can run another campaign.
If the provider is reliable, they have plenty occasions throughout the year to sell their products.
That, I agree with. It was not a "profit first" deal, but get more customer and recognition deal, but I hope they at least made some profit to stay afloat.
And that is the problem... Cause my wallet will run dry as soon as black friday hits and my number of idlers will shoot up like crazy...
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
I'm just a customer who doesn't spend a lot of money on VPS, but I have a lot of VPSs that aren't actually used.
Because I usually only use one VPS, I always host my self-built open-source services on VPS from the provider I trust most. The other VPSs I bought were mostly impulsive purchases.
I bought three CServers VPSs, but they're always idle. One of them is expiring in two months, and I don't plan to renew it. I bought it to try it out, and if I was satisfied, I bought another one and renewed it for three years.
"impulsive purchases" - yep, me too and most of us
Hey, look at this. Someone who is self aware, but still here - for whatever reason.
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Does anyone here know about the quality of colocrossing network?
I was planning to get a cheapo dedicated server from there, but I'm not sure anymore...
Due to the slow network issue with this vps from Singapore, I'm wondering if this is common for colocrossing networks to be slow or is it a case for this vps only.
What do you guys, who have more experience with this DC, think?
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IPv4: 32 bits of stress. IPv6: 128 bits of... well, more stress... Have anyone seen my subnet?
Coloncrossing? We don't talk about coloncrossing...
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Considering maybe a 50% discount for being good friends with LET owner, it's still $75/m
Pretty sure they get a much much better deal than what's shown on the website. CC also has a "managed reseller" kind of a thing where you just buy "resources", rest everything is managed/maintained by them. I've seen many CC subrands like HudsonValley and CC all have the same virtualizor panel too. So it could be one of those deals too.
Yes - from the calculations, it's pretty hard to believe it. Just by seeing Dustin do the same thing for years, I think there must be a way they make this work.
Most of their sites are single-homed Cogent, with Arelion in some sites.
Buffalo and Ashburn have GTT in the mix, Ashburn also has Comcast if I remember right.
They recently upgraded their network in LA by adding CrownCastle (+Arelion +Cogent), which is a blend of Lumen, Zayo and GTT.
Here is a speedtest I took now from the $7 dedirock VM in LA: https://result.nws.sh/r/1761843504_JDJ0WS_ASIA.txt
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