VM Specialist - BF/CM offers

Mr_TomMr_Tom OG
edited November 2021 in Offers

Bit of a recap for anyone who didn't spot the offers we did in the all you can eat thread.

Reasons to choose us:

  • Custom ISO support
  • Nested virtualisation enabled (VM-x/AMD-V)
  • 24/7 support
  • best effort DDoS protection
  • /64 IPv6 per VM on all locations
  • noVNC access
  • Snapshots/backups on all NVMe plans (any existing clients who don't see this option please get in touch)
  • Free (or reduced) DirectAdmin available on certain plans

First Offer - Original Post - Hybrid

2 core, 2gb RAM, 20gb NVMe + 2tb HDD - Nottingham, UK - £50/year - Order Link
4 core, 4gb RAM, 40gb NVMe + 4tb HDD - Nottingham, UK - £100/year - Order Link

Second Offer - Original Post - High Spec NVMe

4 core, 8gb RAM, 200gb NVMe - Clouviders network, free DA available, DDoS protection, etc - £120/year - Order London - Order New York - Order Los Angeles - Order Frankfurt

Third Offer - Original Post - Storage

1 core, 512mb RAM, 256gb HDD, Helsinki FI - £20/year - Order Link
2 core, 2gb RAM, 10tb HDD, Helsinki FI - £100/6 months or £200/year - Order Link

TL;DR terms

  • No torrenting/anything likely to be classed as copyright infringement.
  • No hardware intensive workloads (crypto, etc). If you're encoding please contact us and we'll look at whether it will have a negative effect on other users.
  • No SPAM

All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
Orders are manually approved/checked/etc.
Payment method(s): card via Stripe. Orders not paid within 1 hour will be removed.

Thanks for reading - more offers to come over the weekend.

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  • @Mr_Tom said:

    First Offer - Original Post - Hybrid

    2 core, 2gb RAM, 20gb NVMe + 2tb HDD - Nottingham, UK - £50/year - Order Link

    Hello @Mr_Tom ,
    Can you tell me what kind of CPU is used for this VM, is it free to DirectAdmin or not?
    And you give me IP test or looking glass page.
    Thank you very much!

    https://dttech.net - Personal Site.

  • CPU's are a little older unfortunately, YABS below:

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    Sat 04 Sep 2021 12:55:32 PM EDT
    
    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v2 @ 2.60GHz
    CPU cores  : 2 @ 2599.990 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 1.9 GiB
    Swap       : 1023.0 MiB
    Disk       : 28.5 GiB
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 251.12 MB/s  (62.7k) | 2.68 GB/s    (41.9k)
    Write      | 251.78 MB/s  (62.9k) | 2.69 GB/s    (42.1k)
    Total      | 502.91 MB/s (125.7k) | 5.38 GB/s    (84.1k)
               |                      |                     
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 5.64 GB/s    (11.0k) | 5.76 GB/s     (5.6k)
    Write      | 5.94 GB/s    (11.6k) | 6.14 GB/s     (6.0k)
    Total      | 11.58 GB/s   (22.6k) | 11.91 GB/s   (11.6k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                    |                           |                 |                
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 937 Mbits/sec   | 937 Mbits/sec  
    Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | 896 Mbits/sec   | 653 Mbits/sec  
    WorldStream     | The Netherlands (10G)     | 914 Mbits/sec   | 800 Mbits/sec  
    Biznet          | Jakarta, Indonesia (1G)   | busy            | busy           
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 787 Mbits/sec   | 137 Mbits/sec  
    Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 789 Mbits/sec   | 248 Mbits/sec  
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 765 Mbits/sec   | 240 Mbits/sec  
    Iveloz Telecom  | Sao Paulo, BR (2G)        | 700 Mbits/sec   | 76.3 Mbits/sec 
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                    |                           |                 |                
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 880 Mbits/sec   | 910 Mbits/sec  
    Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | 874 Mbits/sec   | 805 Mbits/sec  
    WorldStream     | The Netherlands (10G)     | 691 Mbits/sec   | 872 Mbits/sec  
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 772 Mbits/sec   | 361 Mbits/sec  
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 690 Mbits/sec   | 338 Mbits/sec  
    
    Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value                         
                    |                               
    Single Core     | 3120                          
    Multi Core      | 5684                          
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/16332895
    
    Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value                         
                    |                               
    Single Core     | 606                           
    Multi Core      | 1217                          
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/9671040
    

    No FREE DA on the hybrids above but you can add for additional £20/year.

    The second offer (4 core, 8gb RAM, 200gb NVMe) is also available in Nottingham and does have free DA same as the ones listed.

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  • @dinhvanlocitvn said: And you give me IP

    Test IP 89.37.98.10 or 2a10:9903:110:10::1

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  • LA goneski

  • @corbpie said: LA goneski

    Oops. Added a couple more back from unpaid orders.

  • Unmetered bandwith ?

  • @403_Forbidden said: Unmetered bandwith ?

    No. Sorry I put the bandwidth on the original posts and forgot to copy it into this list. I'll update the post shortly.

  • For anyone not following the "all you can eat thread"

    Reasons to choose us:

    • Custom ISO support
    • Nested virtualisation enabled (VM-x/AMD-V)
    • 24/7 support
    • best effort DDoS protection
    • /64 IPv6 per VM on all locations
    • noVNC access
    • Snapshots/backups on all NVMe plans (any existing clients who don't see this option please get in touch)
    • Free (or reduced) DirectAdmin available on certain plans

    Small(ish) KVM VMs on Clouviders network?

    Limited stock of these

    TL;DR terms

    • No torrenting/anything likely to be classed as copyright infringement.
    • No hardware intensive workloads (crypto, etc). If you're encoding please contact us and we'll look at whether it will have a negative effect on other users.
    • No SPAM

    All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
    Orders are manually approved/checked/etc.
    Payment method(s): card via Stripe. Orders not paid within 1 hour will be removed.

    Thanks for reading!

  • @Mr_Tom wrote:

    Snapshots/backups on all NVMe plans (any existing clients who don't see this option please get in touch)

    Very interesting! B)
    Complimentary/included?
    Or how does it work/what does it cost?
    Manual snapshots, or can it be automated? :#

  • Manual snapshots but you can have up to 3 at a time. Included in the price.

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  • edited November 2021

    @Mr_Tom said: Second Offer - Original Post - High Spec NVMe
    4 core, 8gb RAM, 200gb NVMe - Clouviders network, free DA available, etc -

    It probably would be a good idea to put the price of the second offer

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  • @angstrom said: It probably would be a good idea to put the price of the second offer

    Nice spot, thanks!

  • Some 2tb storage VMs left in stock currently but mostly out of the rest which I wasn't expecting.

    Might be able to add a bit of stock tomorrow along with a couple of final deals.

  • We've got some stock left but not much.

    Storage:

    1 core, 1gb RAM, 1tb HDD, 5tb bandwidth, 1 IPv4 + /64 IPv4, Helsinki - £37.50/year - Order
    2 core, 2gb RAM, 2tb HDD, 10tb bandwidth, 1 IPv4 + /64 IPv4, Helsinki - £55/year - Order

    NVMe in Sydney?

    2 core, 4gb RAM, 100gb NVMe, 5tb bandwidth, 1 IPv4 + /64 IPv6 - £60/year - Order

    TL;DR terms

    • No torrenting/anything likely to be classed as copyright infringement.
    • No hardware intensive workloads (crypto, etc). If you're encoding please contact us and we'll look at whether it will have a negative effect on other users.
    • No SPAM

    All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
    Orders are manually approved/checked/etc.
    Payment method(s): card via Stripe. Orders not paid within 1 hour will be removed.

    Thanks for reading!

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  • @Mr_Tom said: NVMe in Sydney?

    Do you have a test IP for Sydney?

  • @dylightful said: Do you have a test IP for Sydney?

    51.161.193.226 - Sydney is on OVH's network currently.

  • @Mr_Tom sent you a msg... can you pls help?

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  • It is with great regret that this notice is to inform you of the closure of VM Specialist and as such cancellation of all services going forward. This will happen on the 30th April 2022.

    If you have any services which renew before this date, they will be extended free of charge to allow backups to be taken. If you have any pre-paid services you will be contacted separately about a pro-rata refund. We are happy to provide disk images of your virtual server if required.

    Unfortunately certain circumstances mean we're not able to offer the support and level of service required going forward.

    I can only apologise for the inconvenience this may cause, but thank you for your support in the past.

    Thank you

    Tom and the team at VM Specialist

    Sad to hear this :'(

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  • @Mr_Tom

    Beat wishes for the road ahead!

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  • oh dear

    @Mr_Tom what happened?

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  • Thanks @vyas

    @ehab a mix of things all hit at the same time, which means as mentioned that it makes it difficult to provide the level of support and service expected. I looked a couple of options of bringing people in/changing structure etc but ultimately it wasn't the right time.

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  • edited March 2022

    @Mr_Tom said:

    i suggest you refund/prorate etc .. who ever needs it, then just pause sales / don't close the business, then when time is right and you are balanced again just come back and continue.

    Every one will appreciate and lovers will come back? so just take a break for now. consider it a parent leave :)

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  • @ehab said: i suggest you refund/prorate etc .. who ever needs it

    That's already being worked out for those who need it.

    @ehab said: then just pause sales / don't close the business, then when time is right and you are balanced again just come back and continue

    It's a good shout and one I considered - but ultimately I wouldn't want people to feel like that might get let down again in the future.

  • @Mr_Tom one last heart beat

    did you try to sale the business to a worthy provider?

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  • @ehab said:
    @Mr_Tom one last heart beat

    did you try to sale the business to a worthy provider?

    The Smart* has acquired a number of providers in the past.

    Maybe worth reaching out.

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  • It's a bummer, since I had such a solid 4 TB offer from OGF - shoutout to @Nekki:

    Wishing you luck in any future endeavors @Mr_Tom

    @ehab said:
    @Mr_Tom one last heart beat

    did you try to sale the business to a worthy provider?

    Even if Tom wanted to do that, I imagine it would take too much time anyways, since it's relatively short notice (~1 month) before the closure.

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  • Thanks @Decicus

    The option of looking for someone to acquire clients was looked at - my concern was data protection/etc. And while acquisitions happen all the time I wouldn't want to transfer client data to another non-UK/EU provider without thoroughly looking at options.

    While I understand it's inconvenient to have to move services, people can chose where they go.

  • Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2278G CPU @ 3.40GHz
    CPU cores  : 2 @ 3408.000 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM        : 1.9 GiB
    Swap       : 2.0 GiB
    Disk       : 48.9 GiB
    
    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 700.93 MB/s (175.2k) | 5.06 GB/s    (79.1k)
    Write      | 702.78 MB/s (175.6k) | 5.09 GB/s    (79.5k)
    Total      | 1.40 GB/s   (350.9k) | 10.15 GB/s  (158.6k)
               |                      |                     
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
    Read       | 5.30 GB/s    (10.3k) | 5.35 GB/s     (5.2k)
    Write      | 5.58 GB/s    (10.9k) | 5.71 GB/s     (5.5k)
    Total      | 10.89 GB/s   (21.2k) | 11.06 GB/s   (10.8k)
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                    |                           |                 |                
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.22 Gbits/sec  | 1.13 Gbits/sec 
    Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | 1.36 Gbits/sec  | 1.23 Gbits/sec 
    WorldStream     | The Netherlands (10G)     | 1.14 Gbits/sec  | 1.18 Gbits/sec 
    WebHorizon      | Singapore (400M)          | 800 Mbits/sec   | 13.8 Mbits/sec 
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.84 Gbits/sec  | 2.62 Gbits/sec 
    Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 1.70 Gbits/sec  | 2.96 Gbits/sec 
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.86 Gbits/sec  | 8.07 Gbits/sec 
    Iveloz Telecom  | Sao Paulo, BR (2G)        | busy            | 189 Mbits/sec  
    
    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                    |                           |                 |                
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.22 Gbits/sec  | 1.14 Gbits/sec 
    Online.net      | Paris, FR (10G)           | 1.34 Gbits/sec  | 1.21 Gbits/sec 
    WorldStream     | The Netherlands (10G)     | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 1.03 Gbits/sec 
    WebHorizon      | Singapore (400M)          | 789 Mbits/sec   | 53.1 Mbits/sec 
    Clouvider       | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.84 Gbits/sec  | 2.61 Gbits/sec 
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 8.91 Gbits/sec  | 7.55 Gbits/sec 
    
    Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value                         
                    |                               
    Single Core     | 1351                          
    Multi Core      | 2581                          
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/13773173
    

    Just did fresh YABS. I'll really miss it...

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  • vyasvyas OG
    edited March 2022

    Folks

    Closing a business isn’t easy, as some of you may know. I have a difficult call this evening with my accountant on the very topic. Customers, anxiety, employees, bills, reputation, paperwork to fill… lots to take care of.

    @Mr_Tom ,

    I am sure you considered all possible options before pulling the plug

    Cheers.

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