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"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

". . . very passionate and enthusiastic about everything. Not all businesses are made this way and it's very easy to see when you interact with them. You are giving the right impression with this industry and it's wonderful to see."

"I think MetalVPS is designed in between a dedicated and a regular VPS. Some use case cannot fill the capacity of a dedicated but need more CPU than a regular VPS, and it makes sense to use MetalVPS in such situation."

About Not_Oles!

"@Not_Oles seems to be the kindest, most down to earth kind of guy you could imagine. . . ."

"@Not-Oles 在此非常感谢老爷爷👴的支持以及全力帮助虽然有着非常多的时差，不过我们的交流仍然不会因此而产生隔阂，反而变得更好，我还是很喜欢这个人的，交流也没有障碍" "@Not-Oles I am very grateful to my grandfather👴 for his support and full help. Although there is a lot of time difference, our communication still does not create a barrier, but becomes better. I still like this person very much, and there is no barrier to communication."

"观察了挺长时间，没出啥问题" "I have been observing for a long time and there is no problem."

"这位老爷子看起来似乎很靠谱" "This old man seems to be very reliable"

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Possibly the most polite and enthusiastic personality in the entire LE* world with a genuine interest that runs so deep he even set up a business exclusively catering for LES. as a regular content writer for LES his articles frequently top the charts in terms of most viewed (according to google)"

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!

"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."

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Review of Netcup ARM G11 VPS in Manassas, VA USA! -- Does @imok have the world's best VPS?

Not_Oles — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 04:31:02 +0000

@imok and I each got Netcup ARM G11 VPSes for Black Friday! Yaaay!

@imok's VPS is bigger than mine!

I finally was able to order mine as a result of seeing and following the link in @Blembim's post on December 20. Thanks again @Blembim!

CPU

Both @imok's and my new VPSes run on ARM CPUs. They also are Netcup's "11th generation" VPSes. So, @imok and I got Netcup "ARM G11 Netcup VPSes."

@imok has 10 cores, but I only have 6.

Nested virtualization (VM-x/AMD-V) to set up more fast KVM VPSes inside the main VPS is not enabled.

RAM

@imok has 15.6 GiB RAM, but I only have 7.7.

Disk

Our Netcup Holiday bargains have double the disk size above the non-Holiday, standard offers.

@imok has 1007.9 GiB SSD (not NVMe) disk, and I only have 503.9.

Network

2.5 Gbit/s; temporarily throttled to 200 Mbits/sec if previous 24 hrs average traffic exceeds 2 TB

1 x IPv4/32; 1 x IPv6/64

Location

Both @imok's VPS and mine are located in Manassas, VA, USA.

Pricing

My VPS costs €5.26 per month. No VAT for me because I ordered from the Mexico location where I currently am visiting.

There was an annual pricing option, which provided, in effect, two months free, but I prefer monthly pricing.

I used a $5 Netcup coupon ($5.00 = €4.20) for the first month. So my first month is costing only €1.06 = $1.11.

@imok posted that his VPS costs "$9/m."

Operating Systems

Netcup offers the expected Linux and FreeBSD images. One thing I really like is that the Netcup Server Control Panel ("SCP") makes it possible to upload custom images and ISOs via sftp. No support ticket and no waiting for support is needed to upload and use a custom image or ISO.

Account Setup and Ordering

Here is a list of links to my previous posts about the ordering process. The overall process seemed lengthy and painful. Product availability seemed intermittent. I had to try repeatedly. I had difficulty navigating the order and payment processes where I had to co-ordinate between email and web pages on my phone and on my Chromebook. The terms of service and all the notices seem like long and complicated walls of text.

Yabs

A yabs from my VPS is posted in the Pit.

@imok also posted his VPS's yabs.

Performance Decreases

I haven't analyzed the data carefully, but it looks like my VPS' disk I/O and Geekbench 6 performance have been descreasing, maybe as the Node filled up or as new users added their workloads -- or maybe both.

root@manassas:~# uptime
 18:48:36 up 12 days, 20:23,  2 users,  load average: 0.03, 0.19, 0.27
root@manassas:~#

20241222:

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1056                          
Multi Core      | 4726                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9565111

20250104:

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 994                           
Multi Core      | 4351                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9766934

Steal

I have been keeping an eye on top to see what it says about steal. Mostly the steal says 0.1 or 0.2. Rarely, once or twice, I have seen a slightly higher steal.

Discussion

So far, after upgrading to Debian sid, I only have used my new Netcup ARM VPS for storing a few backups. It's performance has seemed great. Certainly, if I hadn't been rerunning yabs from time to time, I wouldn't have noticed the performance decreases. The Netcup ARM VPS gives the impression of being very well connected. It's fast, and snappy.

Eventually I will try a few processor-intensive tasks, such as compiling. Also, it would be fun to install NetBSD and Plan 9, which should be easier to do because I don't have to contact support to upload ISOs.

I think these Netcup ARM VPSes in Manassas USA seem great! Especially when we consider the combination of the USA location; the reliability expected due to Netcup's reputation; the generous CPU, RAM, and disk provisioning; and the low pricing. My VPS costs only approximately $5/mo. That's less than $7! What more could a Low Ender ask!? Plus, for more cores, RAM, and disk space, anyone can get the bigger, slightly more expensive machine, like @imok did.

Of course there are trade offs. Ryzen cores are faster than ARM. NVMe disks are faster than SSD. 10 Gbps is faster than 1 Gbps. But, so far, my Netcup VPS has been reliable. Everything at Netcup seems very well organized, and, once one naviagtes through the account setup and ordering processes, hassle free.

The combination of the US location, generous resource allocation, and low price makes me wonder -- despite the trade offs -- whether these Netcup Gen 11 ARM machines are the best Low End VPSes. The fact that @imok and @Blembim also got them makes me feel good about my purchase.

Is anyone aware of a better or cheaper USA VPS deal --

from a well known provider and
with equivalent or better CPU, RAM, disk, and network?

@imok @Blembim How are your new Netcup ARM VPSes doing?

Did anyone else get one of these for Black Friday? How is it doing?

Thanks and best wishes!

Community Bare Metal Server

Not_Oles — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:23:34 +0000

Hi! I'm looking for a free bare metal server to share with the LES community. Something ike Crunchy. Thanks!

Happy Black Friday Free VPS Share: Linveo MetalVPS Ryzen 9 7950X NetBSD-current VPS (Phoenix, AZ)

Not_Oles — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:28:34 +0000

Happy Black Friday from MetalVPS!

Free VPS Share!

Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 9 7950X
vCores: 2
RAM: 2 GB
Disk: 50 GB
IPv4: 1 x /32
IPv6: 2 x /64; 1 x /48
Network: 1 Gbps
Bandwidth: 2000 GB
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
OS: Self-compiled NetBSD-current

This is one single VPS! CPU, RAM, disk, and bandwidth are shared among @Not_Oles, you, and, maybe, a few others.

Why: Fun discussion and learning here in this, our LES thread.

Terms of Service:

Free, open source software only.
White Hat only.
Your name and location must be clear, public, and easy to find.
No service level guarantee.
Not for business use.

Pricing:

Free

More Info:

Besides working in your shell account via ssh, root or other privileges might be shared.
MetalVPS is a project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller.
Linveo kindly donated several VPSes to guys who are active in the LES BSD Thread. Thanks to Linveo for donating both this VPS to @Not_Oles and the other VPSes to other guys!

How To Apply:

Please post in this thread.
Please include links to your website and to your source code repository. Please remember that, quoting from the Rules above, "Your name and location must be clear, public, and easy to find."
Please explain what you want to do on our VPS.

[Completed] Free Shell Accounts: E5-1650V3, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 4.0TB HDD RAID 1, 1 Gbps, Debian sid

Not_Oles — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:05:21 +0000

Hello!

MetalVPS iswas offering free shell accounts in Hetzner NBG1.

Why: Fun discussion and learning here in this, our LES thread.

Rules:

Free, open source software only
White Hat only
Must be clear who you are
No service level guarantee
Not for business use

More Info:

Besides working in your shell account via ssh, at least chroot, debootstrap, schroot, proot, KVM, LXC, and systemd containers might be available. BashVM is installed to help with NAT KVM installs. There is 1 IPv4/32 and 1 IPv6/64. Additional IPs might be available. The server root account or certain privileges might be shared. There are 2 x 200 GB altroot partitions.

Additional installs already include or might soon include Apache2, GCC and friends, Plan9port, Python, MIT-Scheme, Pre-Scheme Restoration, Racket, Lua, Luajit, Go, NetBSD pkgsrc, the TUHS Unixtree, and more. No X or Wayland.

MetalVPS is a project of Tom Miller.

To apply, please post in this thread.

Completed November 11, 2024.

MetalVPS at Crunchbits: E3-1245, 2 vCores, 4 GB DDR4 ECC, 1000GB SSD RAID 10, 1 Gbps, $1.01 once!

Not_Oles — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:16:35 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Everyone's best friend and favorite Low End Provider, Crunchbits, granted MetalVPS Crunchy, a wonderful US 🇺🇸 dedicated server, free until November 8, 2024!

$1.01 Crunchy VPS Until November 8, 2024!

Please see the Crunchy VPS Specifications shown below. Yabs and network-speed also are posted below.

In addition to your VPS, maybe you could get a traditional shell account on the Crunchy Node.

Please read the Limits, Warnings, and the Terms of Service shown below.

How to Sign Up also is covered below, along with Pricing, Support, and FAQ.

Providing awesome Low Enders with wonderful VPSes is a big part of the idea behind this offer. Additionally, MetalVPS and @Not_Oles hope to promote community discussion of server related topics. Thus, beyond the $1.01 payment, active participation in this thread's discussion also is required.

The Boss at Crunchbits said that MetalVPS is "literally the best deal in town!" Thanks to the Boss for his kind words and for wonderful Crunchy!

Best wishes! 🌎🌍

Tom

Crunchy VPS Specs

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz
Cores: 2 vCores
RAM: 4 GB DDR4 ECC
Disk: 1,000 GB SSD RAID 10
IP Addresses: 1 x NAT IPv4/32; 1 x IPv6/128
NAT Ports: 10 forwarded ports plus ssh
Bandwidth: 1 Gbps shared, unlimited, fair use
Location: Crunchbits, Liberty Lake, WA, USA 🇺🇸
VPS OS: Debian 12
VPSes made with: bashvm
Current Term Expires: November 8, 2024

Limits

Only four (4) available VPSes!
➡️ Please entirely skip responding to this offer if your account does not have significant, awesome post and comment history within our wonderful Low End communities. ⬅️
➡️ Please respond to this wonderful Crunchy VPS offer only if you really want to contribute actively to our discussions in this thread. ⬅️

Warnings!

Forever Clueless™ administrator @Not_Oles has no "technical background" and only "limited technical skills. . . ." 😀 @Not_Oles frequently messes up! 😱
MetalVPS has no billing panel and no server control panel. There are no preinstalled VPSes or containers. It's traditional, command line terminal via ssh until you install whatever you want. 🆕 You get a juicy VPS into which you can ssh and install whatever Open Source software you want. Maybe you also can get a traditional shell account on Crunchy.
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo on the Node, KVM group membership, etc. Note that @subenhon has Crunchy Node sudo. 🙈🙉🙊
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. ♒︎
Account delivery might take awhile! 😴
Not for business use! Intended especially for computer learning and fun! 🤑
Frequent maintenance reboots are guaranteed! 🌺 VPSes in this offer are set to restart automatically following reboot.
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! 🤦‍♂️
Please think of your MetalVPS account as ephemeral! Our server might blow up! 💥 At any random second @Not_Oles or maybe you might reinstall the Node! 😸
Other MetalVPSians probably will see your name, your location, your account name, the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. 🤔

Terms Of Service

Be awesome! Be kind, gentle, friendly, positive, and polite!
White Hat only!
Not for business use!
Intended for education and fun!
Active participation in this thread's discussion is required!
Open source software only, both on MetalVPS and for connecting to MetalVPS!
No Service Level Agreement (SLA)!
No refunds!
Crunchbits TOS also applies!

Pricing

$1.01 one time until November 8, 2024. This de minimus payment hopefully will discourage abuse.
Paypal payments may be sent to the email address on @Not_Oles' profile. Zelle and Stripe also might work.
Active participation in this thread's server related discussions also is required.

How To Sign Up

Please post here in this thread.
Please include
- your ed25519 ssh public key;
- link to your website;
- links to your Github or other repo, other online profiles, etc.; and
- your use case for Crunchy.
- Please feel free to include additional items in your sign up request.

Support

Please post all new MetalVPS account requests and all support requests, comments, and feedback here in this thread. Please also post tutorials explaining your Crunchy accomplishments here in this thread or on their own, new LES threads.
LES PMs (personal messages) can be sent to @Not_Oles about items which need privacy.

More About MetalVPS!

MetalVPS is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the Clueless™ guy. 🥰
MetalVPS is not a project of Crunchbits, Hetzner, Low End Spirit, Low End Talk, Low End Box, NodeSeek, or FreeVPS.org. 👨‍💻

FAQ

How did @Not_Oles get a free server from Crunchbits?

Are Custom ISOs and BSD supported at Crunchbits?

What People Are Saying

About MetalVPS

". . . I sent a donation of $1.01, just because. Keep doing what you do."

"@Not_Oles . . . thank you for providing machine for me to help me finish all the tests."

"I really enjoyed MetalVPS . . . I hope more people can learn together using MetalVPS."

"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

About Not_Oles

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!

"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."

Thanks!

Thanks to Crunchbits for the wonderful Crunchy server! Even more thanks to Crunchbits for caring about every member of our wonderful Low End Community!

Thanks to @babywhale for bashvm!

Tom gets a lot of help from the friendly MetalVPSians and from many other friends. Thanks to each and every one!

Edit History

Originally posted -- January 4, 2024

Modified offer posted here -- March 11, 2024

Added quote from @root -- March 19, 2024

Fix typo -- May 3, 2024

E5-1650 v3, 128 GB ECC DDR4, 2 x 2 TB HDD -- Low End At MetalVPS!

Not_Oles — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:52:22 +0000

Greetings LES!

I got another bare metal dedi. If you want to join me on it, please let me know. Since I am paying for this one, you need to contribute, but maybe there could be free accounts if people have a good reason to need one.

Right now it's Debian 12, RAID 0, and there are two additional 100 GB altroot partitions, but all these easily could be changed.

BashVM for NAT KVM IPv4 + IPv6 VPSes is a breeze, thanks @babywhale, so we could do VPSes.

I like the 128 GB RAM. Maybe running NetBSD or Alpine or Void in RAM might be fun. But, Debian is great!

The usual fine print applies: clueless™ administrator, server might explode 💥 at any random second, open source only, etc.

root@new ~ # date
Thu Sep 19 05:47:54 AM CEST 2024
root@new ~ # curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2024-06-09                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Thu Sep 19 05:48:07 AM CEST 2024

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
CPU cores  : 12 @ 1200.000 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 125.7 GiB
Swap       : 4.0 GiB
Disk       : 3.6 TiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-21-amd64
VM Type    : NONE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
Location   : Falkenstein, Saxony (SN)
Country    : Germany

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/md4):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.02 MB/s      (255) | 15.34 MB/s     (239)
Write      | 1.04 MB/s      (262) | 15.92 MB/s     (248)
Total      | 2.07 MB/s      (517) | 31.26 MB/s     (487)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 71.98 MB/s     (140) | 70.47 MB/s      (68)
Write      | 75.81 MB/s     (148) | 75.16 MB/s      (73)
Total      | 147.80 MB/s    (288) | 145.64 MB/s    (141)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 931 Mbits/sec   | 935 Mbits/sec   | 19.3 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 937 Mbits/sec   | 937 Mbits/sec   | 10.2 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 878 Mbits/sec   | 468 Mbits/sec   | 99.6 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 787 Mbits/sec   | 572 Mbits/sec   | 165 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 812 Mbits/sec   | 357 Mbits/sec   | 156 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 874 Mbits/sec   | 664 Mbits/sec   | 92.2 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 697 Mbits/sec   | 359 Mbits/sec   | 200 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 918 Mbits/sec   | 917 Mbits/sec   | 19.4 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 924 Mbits/sec   | 924 Mbits/sec   | 10.2 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 866 Mbits/sec   | 435 Mbits/sec   | 99.6 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 659 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 165 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 805 Mbits/sec   | 384 Mbits/sec   | 155 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | busy            | busy            | 92.2 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 746 Mbits/sec   | 326 Mbits/sec   | 200 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1327                          
Multi Core      | 6173                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/7850399

YABS completed in 14 min 18 sec
root@new ~ #

What Happens With Free VPSes If Beautiful Crunchy Marries Handsome Ryzen?

Not_Oles — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:19:16 +0000

Friendly greetings!

As you may know, thanks to @crunchbits, for almost a year MetalVPS has given away free VPSes on beautiful Crunchy a donated Crunchbits server.

Today, we are rocketing on down towards November 8, the date when Crunchy needs to be renewed.

A whisper recently heard suggested that, although nothing is cemented, Crunchy perhaps, perhaps not, possibly, possibly not, just maybe, or maybe not, but at least conceivably . . . could be upgraded to Ryzen. Woo!

Another idea, if Crunchy continues or if Crunchy is upgraded, might be to increase slightly the number of free VPS Neighbors. Handling a slightly increased number of Neighbors might be facilitated by adding FOSSBilling to keep everything better organized and to add new Neighbors via a web interface.

FOSSbilling seems to be coming along quite nicely! But, so far, FOSSBilling doesn't have an integrated back end to provision VPSes. Nevertheless, using BashVM for almost a year suggests that something as simple and elegant as BashVM might work well with FOSSBilling. Maybe something like BashVM could be integrated into FOSSBilling?

Thus the idea emerges:

a possibly Ryzenified Crunchy,
with slightly more Neighbors,
FOSSBilling, and
BashVM, or something similar, either alongside FOSSBilling or integrated into FOSSBilling.

This idea might give us a graphical web interface that's open source and which takes care of adding new Neighbors and provisioning their VPSes.

What do you guys think? Does anybody want to help make it happen?

Best!

Tom

LES Special - $29.99/mo for a Dedicated Server?

aqua — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:53:37 +0000

Very limited stock, putting them up as promo machines!

E3-1230v3
32GB RAM
1TB HDD (No SSD Option for this)
1G Unmetered (Fair Use)
DDOS Protected
Equinix NY2 Datacenter
$29.99/mo (Pro-rated Billing)

Order Link

Fair Use Policy can be read here: https://easyvm.net/aup

BGP & IP Announcements are available at a one-time fee of $15.

Low End Cloudy Dedi Party!

Not_Oles — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:39:57 +0000

Low End Cloudy Dedi Party! (低端多云Dedi派对！)

@perryoo11 and I have been hanging around the Low End for a while. @perryoo11 is from the EU, and I am from the US.

After working together along with two more great guys (both from China) on the just today concluded Free Ryzen 7950X dedi project,[1] @perryoo11 and I discussed continuing our project inexpensively in the Cloud -- while we are awaiting another amazing dedi to drop from the sky, of course!

With @perryoo11's permission, here below are a few snippets of @perryoo11's and my private discussion, which led up to the beginning of this new Cloudy Dedi Party Thread.

The two other guys who were on the dedi with me and @perryoo11 are especially invited to join.[2]

In fact, all of you guys here at LES are invited to join!

Please let us know of your interest by posting in this thread. Please share what you want to do and also what you want to contribute, be it funding, another VPS, a dedi, something else.

I am guessing that this post isn't exactly an Offer, and it isn't exactly a Freebie, either. If this thread doesn't feel right to the LES Admin/Mod Team, please close it.

Okay, here we go with our initial context!

perryoo11 August 12
feel free to just ask what reliablesite is willing to provide... asking shouldn't hurt right. gives us options

perryoo11 August 14
Intel Quad Core i5/i7/Xeon
32 GB RAM
1TB SSD
New York City Metro Data Center

From reliablesite
29$ for a month.. would this work?

Not_Oles August 14
Thanks for the kind and generous offer! I appreciate it!

I probably wouldn't run services on it, so the specs are fine for my use case!

What do the Chinese guys think?

Not_Oles 10:03AM
Hi!

This is my test VM on Crunchy. Crunchbits, Liberty Lake, WA USA. If you want it, I will make an account for you.

We can do something else instead, or additionally, if you want.

Tom

bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ date
Thu Aug 15 16:55:42 UTC 2024
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ nproc
2
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ free -h
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           1.9Gi       242Mi       1.7Gi       664Ki       115Mi       1.7Gi
Swap:             0B          0B          0B
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ df -h .
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1        20G  1.7G   17G  10% /
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ curl -4 icanhazip.com
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ curl -6 icanhazip.com
xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::xxxx
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$ 
chronos@penguin:~/servers/crunchbits/crunchy-20240102-ubuntu/bashvm$ ssh bashvm@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p xxxx
Linux vm1-crunchy 6.1.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.90-1 (2024-05-03) x86_64

Welcome to vm1-crunchy!

Last login: Thu Aug 15 16:55:05 2024
bashvm@vm1-crunchy:~$

perryoo11 12:46PM
hey @Not_Oles i am willing to host a big boy vm! let me spin up a big boy hetzner vm and let you setup and give us the same ssh key login?

Not_Oles 1:14PM
Sounds great! Thank you so much!

For easy reference, here's my key:

ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILySvSdulbZ4XG4K333YOoFbcwoo6ythPBOf175OIBfA chronos@localhost

(1) No need to start too big, right? We can scale up when actually needed, right? If neither of us have as yet tried the scaling up and down, maybe we ought to try it as an experiment? I think we can change cores and RAM both up and down, and grow disk space but not decrease disk space on our main disk. But I'm not 100% sure that's right.

(2) How about we put our discussion into a public thread and keep PMs for when privacy is needed? If you say okay, I will start the thread, or you can start it if you want.

(3) Something else I'd like to try is installing Void Linux. It's not among the ISO alternatives offered by Hetzner, but could be added by support. Void is something that I haven't tried before, so not at all sure I can get Void working. I am going to try Void on another VM, but wondering if you are interested? Also, even if we decide to try Void together, maybe it makes sense to begin with comfortably familiar territory like Debian 12?

Thanks very much!

perryoo11 1:15PM
right! lemme get the cheapest vps from hetzner then!

perryoo11 1:24PM
1) you are right and also how about i create a vps from my own dedicated server!

2) lets do it!

3) oh thats voids my 1) offer but would prevent me from buying a cheap one though!

--------

[1] [Completed] Free Ryzen 7950X 128GB 2 x 2 TB NVMe dedicated server in Miami, FL, USA, ends August 15

[2] 特别邀请与我和 perryoo11 一起参加 dedi 的另外两个人加入！

Installing Void Linux inside Qemu running nested on a Debian 12 KVM VPS!

Not_Oles — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 04:20:18 +0000

Does anybody here use Void Linux with musl libc?

I thought Void might be fun to try! I never tried Void before!

Here below is the beginning of a nested install of the musl libc version of Void inside a KVM VPS running Debian 12.6.

I wonder if I will be able to complete the install successfully. . . .

On the remote VPS

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/void-linux/void-packages/master/srcpkgs/void-release-keys/files/void-release-20240314.pub
wget https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/live/current/sha256sum.sig
wget https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/live/current/sha256sum.txt
wget https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/live/current/void-live-x86_64-musl-20240314-base.iso

minisign -V -p void-release-20240314.pub -x sha256sum.sig -m sha256sum.txt 
sha256sum -c --ignore-missing sha256sum.txt

qemu-img create -f qcow2 void.qcow2 50G

Run inside tmux:
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-cpu host \
-enable-kvm \
-m 2048 \
-drive file=void.qcow2 \
-cdrom void-live-x86_64-musl-20240314-base.iso \
-net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp::8080-:8080,hostfwd=tcp::42397-:42397 \
-vnc 127.0.0.1:0 \
-boot d

Make an ssh tunnel from the local machine to the VPS:

ssh root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -L 5900:localhost:5900

In the local VNC viewer:

localhost:5900

Fast i9-13900 Bare Metal Shell Accounts For Command Line Enthusiasts! (MetalVPS.com)

Not_Oles — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:01:52 +0000

Hello! 🌎🌍

Why Choose A MetalVPS.com Command Line Shell Account?

Maximum Bare Metal Performance!
No virtualization overhead!
Fast i9-13900 Processor! -- GB6 Scores 3211 and 17461!
Fast NVMe (Gen4) SSD RAID 0 -- 4k IOPS 765.9k!
Latest Open Source Debian Development Version! -- Trixie/Sid!
Perfect for Development, Testing, and Personal Projects!

Server Specs

Intel Core i9-13900
64 GB DDR5 ECC
2 x 1.92 TB NvMe
2 x 200 GB ext4 RAID 0 primary partitions for chroot, schroot
2.6 TB available in root ext4 RAID 0 partition
1 x IPv4/32, 1 x IPv6/64, 1 Gbps, unlimited
Debian development version Trixie/Sid
Helsinki, FI
This server is an EX101.

Terms of Service

Be excellent to each other! ❤️
White Hat! 🎩
Open source software only! 🐧🐃 😈
Non-commercial projects only! 👨‍💻
No guaranteed uptime/SLA! 👍
Please backup your data! 💾
Provider TOS also applies! 😀

Pricing

Flexible pricing!
Special discounts for students!
Please make an offer that works for you. 🤝

How To Request Your Fast i9-13900 Shell Account

Post in this thread,
PM @Not_Oles, or
email Not_Oles at the address on his profile.

Support

Post in this thread, or
connect on #metalvps at Libera.chat.

About

MetalVPS.com is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller.

[Completed] Free Ryzen 7950X 128GB 2 x 2 TB NVMe dedicated server in Miami, FL, USA, ends August 15

Not_Oles — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:09:05 +0000

Hello!

It has to be fully clear who and where you are and what you want to do on the server. I need to feel sure that you will not hurt either the server provider (ReliableSite) or the kind person who gave the server to me (@MikeA from ExtraVM).

Really I am looking for an engineer or a researcher or a hard working student who wants to show an old guy a few new tricks. In the past, people from MIT and Google have used my servers. It all has been a lot of fun!

Here are links to a few interesting projects that I have seen recently:

You can get in touch with me by posting here, by private forum message here, or by the email on my profile here.

Hope you have a good day! Best wishes!

[Redacted] Redacts Setup Fees on AX42 Until July 14!

Not_Oles — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:00:27 +0000

Haven't been on the [Redacted's] website for a few days, but just now I noticed what looks like a good deal on a Ryzen dedicated, bare metal server:

[Redacted] says:

OUR GAME PLAN FOR EURO 2024:
NO SETUP FOR SELECTED SERVERS.
Save the setup fee on AX42 and managed servers until the EURO final on 14 July.

AX42 Details:

No-Setup-Special

starting from € 46.00 max/mo.

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 8700GE Octa-Core Phoenix 1 (Zen4)
RAM: 64 GB DDR5 ECC
NVMe SSD: 2 x 512 GB (Gen 4)

Introducing Reliable!

Not_Oles — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:54:08 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Thanks to the generosity of @MikeA and the co-operation of @ReliableSite_Radic and the ReliableSite team, we here at LES have an opportunity to work and learn on a magnificent dedicated server until 8/15/2024. The new server is named Reliable. She is a cousin of wonderful Crunchy and probably also related to the servers at FreeVPS.org.

If you have a non-commercial, open source project that needs a very nice server, or part of a very nice server, until 8/15, please feel free to post in this thread, and we will see what we can do.

Specs

Ryzen 7950X
128GB
2x2TB NVMe
Miami, FL
Debian 12.6

Yabs

Posted as a comment in the thread below.

Terms of Service

Be excellent to each other! ❤️
White Hat! 🎩
Open source software only! 🐧🐃 😈
Non-commercial, non-political projects only! 👨‍💻
No guaranteed uptime/SLA! 👍
Please backup your data! 💾
Provider TOS also applies! 😀

Pricing

Free for some well known LESbians.
One time $1.01, maybe, for some.

About

Reliable is an indie project of MetalVPS.com a/k/a @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller.

Free One Year Shell Accounts From MetalVPS! -- Make Your Own VPS From The Command Line!

Not_Oles — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 17:49:11 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Everyone's best friend and favorite Low End Provider, crunchbits, has granted MetalVPS a wonderful US 🇺🇸 dedicated server free for a whole year! To celebrate Thanksgiving 2023 🦃, the generosity of crunchbits, the gorgeousness of LES, and . . . Black Friday, . . . MetalVPS is offering free, one year shell accounts on our new crunchy server!

From your free, one year shell account, sometimes with sudo or other privileged group memberships, you can work directly on the Node, launch a VPS, a container, a proot, a chroot, or do almost anything else that's awesome, free, and open source. Compilers and many more development tools are available for your convenience. Also, at every moment, you easily can see how our crunchy Node is performing.

crunchy Node Specs

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz
iGPU VPS passthrough hopefully coming soon
Hardware Cores: 4
Hardware Threads: 8
RAM: 64 GB DDR4 ECC
Disk: 4 x 2 TB SSD RAID 10 (3.7 TB available)
IP Address Subnets: 1 x IPv4/32; 1 x IPv6/128; 1 x IPv6/64; 1 x IPv6/48
Bandwidth: 1 Gbps shared, unlimited, fair use
Location: crunchbits, Liberty Lake, WA, USA 🇺🇸
OS: Fedora Rawhide
Current Term Expires: November 8, 2024

Warnings!

Completely Clueless™ administrator @Not_Oles has no "technical background" and only "limited technical skills. . . ." 😀 @Not_Oles frequently messes up! 😱
if you read @Not_Oles' LES Talk post, How To Install KVM VPSes From The Command Line Using libvirt and virsh you might have noticed that connections direct to the VPSes initiated from the Wide Area Network aren't yet handled. Also, IPv6 connections aren't yet handled. These two significant limitations are present on crunchy until either somebody helps with them or @Not_Oles figures them out himself.
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo, KVM group membership, etc. 🙈🙉🙊
MetalVPS has no billing panel and no server control panel. It's all command line via ssh until you install the GUI that you want. 🆕
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. ♒︎ But, you can see How To Install KVM VPSes From The Command Line Using libvirt and virsh and many other tutorials on LES Talk.
Account delivery might take awhile! 😴
Not for business use! Intended especially for computer learning and fun! 🤑
Frequent maintenance reboots are guaranteed! 🌺
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! 🤦‍♂️
Please think of your MetalVPS account as ephemeral! Our server might blow up! 💥 At any random second @Not_Oles or maybe you might reinstall the Node! 😸
Other MetalVPSians can see your account name, some of the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. 🤔
BIGburger VPSes™, with mediated iGPU passthrough, hefty storage, and high bandwidth might or might not be fair use, along with your choice of open source toppings, depending on how many Neighbors are utilizing the Node! 🍔

Terms Of Service

Be awesome!
White Hat only!
MetalVPS is not for business use!
MetalVPS is intended for education and fun!
100% open source software only, both on crunchy and for connecting to crunchy!
No Service Level Agreement (SLA)!
crunchbits TOS also applies!

Pricing

Free until November 8, 2024.

How To Sign Up

Please post here in this thread.
Please include
- your ed25519 ssh public key;
- links to your website, github, other online profiles, etc.;
- your use case for crunchy;
- estimated CPU, RAM, Disk, and Bandwidth usage;
- open source OS and OS version that you will use to connect to crunchy; plus
- indicia of your commitment to our beautiful Low End, to computer learning and fun, and to open source.
- Please feel free to include additional items in support of your sign up request.

Support

Please post all support requests, comments, and feedback here in this thread. Please also post tutorials explaining your crunchy accomplishments here in this thread or on their own, new LES threads.
LES PMs (personal messages) can be sent to @Not_Oles about items which need privacy.

More About MetalVPS!

MetalVPS is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the Clueless™ guy. 🥰
MetalVPS is not a project of crunchbits, Hetzner, Low End Spirit, Low End Talk, Low End Box, NodeSeek, or FreeVPS.org. 👨‍💻

What People Are Saying

About MetalVPS

@crunchbits: MetalVPS "is literally the best deal in town."

"@Not_Oles . . . thank you for providing machine for me to help me finish all the tests."

"I really enjoyed MetalVPS . . . I hope more people can learn together using MetalVPS."

"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

About Not_Oles

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!

"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."

Thanks!

Thanks to crunchbits for the wonderful crunchy server! Even more thanks to crunchbits for caring about every member of our wonderful Low End community!

Tom gets a lot of help from the friendly MetalVPSians and from many other friends. Thanks to each and every one!

Edit History

November 28, 2023 -- Added Warning about connections initiated from WAN and IPv6 both not yet implemented.

Selling on the internet via ssh!

Not_Oles — Thu, 02 May 2024 23:50:44 +0000

Found this on HN, where it has 387 comments, including interesting tips about the use of ssh and a historical note about selling CDs and books over telnet.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40227208
https://www.terminal.shop/

Luxvps 2 Year Anniversary deals and more!

Mathias — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:41:33 +0000

Luxury Deal #2 (Stock: 50)
Config
4 vCores (Xeon 2680v2)
16 GB RAM
100 GB Raid 1 NVMe
Networking
1 Gbit internet speed | 1 TB Traffic
1x IPv4
1x /64 IPv6
3.2Tbit DDoS Protection
Extra
24/7 Ticket Support
4 Backups
For only 5€ Monthly!
Order now: https://billing.luxvps.net/index.php?rp=/store/special-offer/luxury-deal-2

We have loads of deals and more discounts here: https://luxvps.net/birthday
Be fast as our stock is limited!

But why should you choose Luxvps?
At Luxvps, we’ve been providing top-quality hosting services since 2022. With a focus on excellence, we’ve consistently delivered performance, reliability, and impeccable customer service.

Reliable Services: All our services are hosted in Germany, Frankfurt am Main, ensuring stable and secure hosting.
Rapid Response: Quick responses during our online hours. (10 am–9:30 pm Mon-Fri & 10 am–9:30 pm in weekends.)
Instant Deployment: Say goodbye to lengthy setup times. Your deployment is instant, allowing you to get your online projects up and running swiftly.
Privacy & Security: Your privacy is our priority!

📞 Need Support? Visit our Support Page: Luxvps Support
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Test IP: 45.131.65.199
Locations: EGC or EQ7

FAQ:
Registered Business? Yes: https://datacvr.virk.dk/enhed/virksomhed/43332465?fritekst=lux-vps&sideIndex=0&size=10
Mail ports open? No, not by default, but we can open it after purchase by creating a ticket.
Can I change the IP of my VPS? Yes, we can do it free of charge if you have a reason.
Can I upgrade my server? Yes, can be done via ticket.
What payments do we accept? Crypto (via ticket), Stripe and PayPal.

Two questions for zsh users!

Not_Oles — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:55:07 +0000

Hi zsh users!

(1) What caused you to switch to zsh?

(2) If you formerly used bash, is there something about bash that you miss when using zsh?

Thanks!

Tom

i9-13900 Potassium Shared Hosting And KVM VPSes From MetalVPS!

Not_Oles — Fri, 03 May 2024 21:35:55 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Potassium, an i9-13900 MetalVPS Node in Finland, 🇫🇮 is available.

Do you want a shell account and shared web hosting for $3.00/month?

Do you want a KVM NAT VPS for $6.82/month?

Best wishes! 🌎🌍

Tom

Node Specs

CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900
Performance Cores: 8
Performance Threads: 16
Efficiency Cores: 16
Total Threads: 32
RAM: 64 GB DDR5 ECC
Disk: 2 x 1.92 TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition (Gen 4) RAID 0
Altroot Partitions: 2 x 100 GB EXT4 RAID 0
EXT4 Root Partition: 3.3 TB RAID 0
IPv4: 1 x IPv4/32
IPv6: 1 x IPv6/64
Network Speed: 1 Gbps
Bandwidth: Unlimited
Server OS: Debian 12.5
Webserver: Apache2
Location: AS24940, Finland

Single Slot Stackable Shell Account Specs

Fair use of Node Resources listed above
Disk: 50 GB
Bandwidth: 1 Tb @ 1 Gbps, shared, fair use

Single Slot Stackable KVM VPS Specs

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900
vCores: 1
RAM: 2 GB DDR5 ECC
Disk: 100 GB Datacenter NVMe SSD Gen 4 RAID 0
IPv4: 1 x IPv4 NAT, 1 forwarded ssh port + 20 additional forwarded ports
IPv6: 1 x IPv6/80
Bandwidth: 5 Tb @ 1 Gbps, shared, fair use
VPS OS: Debian 12.5
Location: AS24940, Finland
Stackable: Yes
VPSes made with: bashvm

Pricing

Stackable Shell Account Slot + Shared Hosting: US$3.00/month
Stackable KVM VPS Slot: US$6.82/month
Please make a lower price offer if you can't afford the regular price. Minimum price offers like $1.01 will be considered. Free offers will be considered too.

Payment

Payment will be requested after your account is set up.
Payment gateways available include Paypal and Zelle. Stripe also might work.

How To Sign Up

If you can, please say hello to @Not_Oles in #metalvps on Libera.chat.
Please email @Not_Oles at the address on his LES profile. Please include:
- your real name and phone number;
- your LES nic;
- your use case for Potassium;
- whether you want shell or VPS, and the number of stackable units you need;
- your payment offer amount;
- your ed25519 ssh public key;
- link to your website;
- link to your Github or other source repo; and
- links to your other online profiles.
- Please feel free to include additional information in your sign up request email.

Node Yabs

root@k ~ # curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2024-04-22                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Wed May  1 08:06:17 PM UTC 2024

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 15 hours, 35 minutes
Processor  : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900
CPU cores  : 32 @ 800.000 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 62.5 GiB
Swap       : 32.0 GiB
Disk       : 3.4 TiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-20-amd64
VM Type    : NONE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : [Redacted] Online GmbH
ASN        : AS24940 [Redacted] Online GmbH
Host       : [Redacted] Online GmbH
Location   : Tuusula, Uusimaa (18)
Country    : Finland

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/md5):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.59 GB/s   (398.7k) | 2.37 GB/s    (37.1k)
Write      | 1.59 GB/s   (399.8k) | 2.38 GB/s    (37.3k)
Total      | 3.19 GB/s   (798.6k) | 4.76 GB/s    (74.4k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 3.04 GB/s     (5.9k) | 3.32 GB/s     (3.2k)
Write      | 3.20 GB/s     (6.2k) | 3.54 GB/s     (3.4k)
Total      | 6.25 GB/s    (12.2k) | 6.87 GB/s     (6.7k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 916 Mbits/sec   | 867 Mbits/sec   | 36.4 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 927 Mbits/sec   | 924 Mbits/sec   | --             
Telia           | Helsinki, FI (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 1.25 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 881 Mbits/sec   | 600 Mbits/sec   | 67.5 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | busy            | 440 Mbits/sec   | 304 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 807 Mbits/sec   | 278 Mbits/sec   | 151 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 867 Mbits/sec   | 628 Mbits/sec   | 92.3 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 790 Mbits/sec   | 98.2 Mbits/sec  | 171 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 906 Mbits/sec   | 847 Mbits/sec   | 36.5 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | busy            | busy            | --             
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 890 Mbits/sec   | 646 Mbits/sec   | 67.4 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 437 Mbits/sec   | 477 Mbits/sec   | 304 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 806 Mbits/sec   | 292 Mbits/sec   | 151 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 855 Mbits/sec   | 653 Mbits/sec   | 92.0 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 784 Mbits/sec   | 137 Mbits/sec   | 171 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 3195                          
Multi Core      | 18110                         
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5930582

YABS completed in 12 min 36 sec
root@k ~ #

Node Network-Speed

---------------------------- network-speed.xyz ----------------------------
      A simple script to test network performance using speedtest-cli      
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version            : v2024.04.14
 Global Speedtest   : wget -qO- network-speed.xyz | bash
 Region Speedtest   : wget -qO- network-speed.xyz | bash -s -- -r 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic System Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CPU Model          : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900
 CPU Cores          : 32 @ 2799.341 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 36864 KB
 AES-NI             : ✔ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✔ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 3.4 TB (4.3 GB Used)
 Total RAM          : 62.5 GB (4.9 GB Used)
 Total Swap         : 32.0 GB (0 Used)
 System uptime      : 1 days, 20 hour 4 min
 Load average       : 0.06, 0.01, 0.00
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 12
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 6.1.0-20-amd64
 Virtualization     : NONE
 TCP Control        : cubic
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic Network Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Primary Network    : IPv6
 IPv6 Access        : ✔ Online
 IPv4 Access        : ✔ Online
 ISP                : [Redacted] Online GmbH
 ASN                : AS24940 [Redacted] Online GmbH
 Host               : [Redacted] Online GmbH
 Location           : Tuusula, Uusimaa-18, Finland
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Location         Latency     Loss    DL Speed       UP Speed       Server      

 ISP: [Redacted] Online 

 Nearest          0.58 ms     0.0%    930.31 Mbps    928.47 Mbps    NextWing - Helsinki 

 Kochi, IN        191.12 ms   0.0%    804.59 Mbps    471.59 Mbps    Asianet Broadband - Cochin 
 Bangalore, IN    168.55 ms   0.0%    574.80 Mbps    548.05 Mbps    Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore 
 Chennai, IN      161.78 ms   N/A     648.91 Mbps    529.99 Mbps    Jio - Chennai 
 Mumbai, IN       163.76 ms   0.0%    816.02 Mbps    414.86 Mbps    i3D.net - Mumbai 
 Delhi, IN        159.56 ms   0.0%    616.71 Mbps    446.92 Mbps    Tata Play Fiber - New Delhi 

 Seattle, US      165.11 ms   N/A     686.10 Mbps    550.39 Mbps    Comcast - Seattle, WA 
 Los Angeles, US  156.39 ms   0.0%    904.97 Mbps    566.27 Mbps    ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA 
 Dallas, US       132.87 ms   0.0%    671.81 Mbps    671.63 Mbps    Hivelocity - Dallas, TX 
 Miami, US        145.65 ms   N/A     886.32 Mbps    692.51 Mbps    Dish Wireless - Miami, FL 
 New York, US     97.41 ms    0.0%    971.63 Mbps    862.10 Mbps    GSL Networks - New York, NY 
 Toronto, CA      107.60 ms   0.0%    910.50 Mbps    805.23 Mbps    Rogers - Toronto, ON 
 Mexico City, MX  155.61 ms   N/A     713.43 Mbps    589.19 Mbps    INFINITUM - Mexico City 

 London, UK       39.15 ms    0.0%    940.06 Mbps    925.01 Mbps    VeloxServ Communications - London 
 Amsterdam, NL    27.61 ms    0.0%    950.20 Mbps    936.85 Mbps    31173 Services AB - Amsterdam 
 Paris, FR        34.49 ms    N/A     953.43 Mbps    941.40 Mbps    Axione - Paris 
 Frankfurt, DE    20.58 ms    0.0%    929.53 Mbps    925.77 Mbps    Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main 
 Warsaw, PL       18.29 ms    0.0%    931.86 Mbps    928.43 Mbps    Play - Warszawa 
 Bucharest, RO    50.74 ms    0.0%    943.53 Mbps    941.25 Mbps    Vodafone Romania Fixed – Bucharest - Bucharest 
 Moscow, RU       18.58 ms    0.0%    928.70 Mbps    928.39 Mbps    MegaFon - Moscow 

 Jeddah, SA       117.47 ms   0.0%    936.23 Mbps    744.84 Mbps    Saudi Telecom Company 
 Dubai, AE        152.62 ms   0.0%    908.12 Mbps    591.24 Mbps    du - Dubai  
 Fujairah, AE     134.93 ms   0.0%    950.22 Mbps    642.72 Mbps    ETISALAT-UAE - Fujairah 
 Istanbul, TR     59.82 ms    0.0%    942.30 Mbps    936.19 Mbps    Turkcell - Istanbul 
 Tehran, IR       69.98 ms    0.0%    725.35 Mbps    937.46 Mbps    Asiatech - Tehran 

 Tokyo, JP        293.70 ms   N/A     777.92 Mbps    296.62 Mbps    fdcservers.net - Tokyo 
 Shanghai, CU-CN  269.84 ms   0.0%    650.79 Mbps    294.39 Mbps    China Unicom 5G - Shanghai 
 Nanjing, CT-CN   254.03 ms   61.3%   565.15 Mbps    4.69 Mbps      China Telecom JiangSu 5G - Nanjing 
 Hong Kong, CN    248.91 ms   N/A     658.60 Mbps    353.99 Mbps    STC - Hong Kong 
 Singapore, SG    285.95 ms   0.0%    602.69 Mbps    301.45 Mbps    i3D.net - Singapore 
 Jakarta, ID      FAILED - IP has been rate limited. Try again after 1 hour.                                                  
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Avg DL Speed       : 814.36 Mbps
 Avg UL Speed       : 656.93 Mbps

 Total DL Data      : 33.45 GB
 Total UL Data      : 25.87 GB
 Total Data         : 59.32 GB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Duration           : 14 min 43 sec
 System Time        : 03/05/2024 - 00:50:32 UTC
 Total Script Runs  : 42325
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Result             : https://result.network-speed.xyz/r/1714696860_A6WT6J_GLOBAL.txt
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@k ~ #

Single Slot KVM VPS Yabs

vm1-tester@vm1-test-k:~$ curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2024-04-22                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Wed May  1 19:13:25 UTC 2024

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes
Processor  : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900
CPU cores  : 1 @ 1996.800 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 1.9 GiB
Swap       : 0.0 KiB
Disk       : 98.4 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-20-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : [Redacted] Online GmbH
ASN        : AS24940 [Redacted] Online GmbH
Host       : [Redacted] Online GmbH
Location   : Tuusula, Uusimaa (18)
Country    : Finland

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/vda1):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 881.10 MB/s (220.2k) | 4.61 GB/s    (72.1k)
Write      | 883.43 MB/s (220.8k) | 4.64 GB/s    (72.5k)
Total      | 1.76 GB/s   (441.1k) | 9.25 GB/s   (144.6k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 4.57 GB/s     (8.9k) | 4.35 GB/s     (4.2k)
Write      | 4.81 GB/s     (9.4k) | 4.64 GB/s     (4.5k)
Total      | 9.38 GB/s    (18.3k) | 9.00 GB/s     (8.7k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 915 Mbits/sec   | 823 Mbits/sec   | 36.4 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 927 Mbits/sec   | 924 Mbits/sec   | --             
Telia           | Helsinki, FI (10G)        | busy            | busy            | 1.63 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 761 Mbits/sec   | 465 Mbits/sec   | 68.3 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 348 Mbits/sec   | 446 Mbits/sec   | 304 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | busy            | 264 Mbits/sec   | 151 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 858 Mbits/sec   | 662 Mbits/sec   | 91.8 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 775 Mbits/sec   | 148 Mbits/sec   | 172 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 905 Mbits/sec   | 870 Mbits/sec   | 36.5 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | busy            | busy            | --             
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 875 Mbits/sec   | 615 Mbits/sec   | 67.8 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 463 Mbits/sec   | 472 Mbits/sec   | 304 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 742 Mbits/sec   | 294 Mbits/sec   | 151 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 825 Mbits/sec   | 630 Mbits/sec   | 92.2 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 737 Mbits/sec   | 174 Mbits/sec   | 171 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 3211                          
Multi Core      | 3148                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5930199

YABS completed in 13 min 47 sec
vm1-tester@vm1-test-k:~$

Single Slot KVM Network-Speed

---------------------------- network-speed.xyz ----------------------------
      A simple script to test network performance using speedtest-cli      
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version            : v2024.04.14
 Global Speedtest   : wget -qO- network-speed.xyz | bash
 Region Speedtest   : wget -qO- network-speed.xyz | bash -s -- -r 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic System Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 CPU Model          : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900
 CPU Cores          : 1 @ 1996.800 MHz
 CPU Cache          : 16384 KB
 AES-NI             : ✔ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✔ Enabled
 Total Disk         : 98.4 GB (1.3 GB Used)
 Total RAM          : 1.9 GB (281.5 MB Used)
 System uptime      : 1 days, 16 hour 42 min
 Load average       : 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
 OS                 : Debian GNU/Linux 12
 Arch               : x86_64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 6.1.0-20-amd64
 Virtualization     : KVM
 TCP Control        : 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Basic Network Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Primary Network    : IPv6
 IPv6 Access        : ✔ Online
 IPv4 Access        : ✔ Online
 ISP                : [Redacted] Online GmbH
 ASN                : AS24940 [Redacted] Online GmbH
 Host               : [Redacted] Online GmbH
 Location           : Tuusula, Uusimaa-18, Finland
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Speedtest.net (Region: GLOBAL)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Location         Latency     Loss    DL Speed       UP Speed       Server      

 ISP: [Redacted] Online 

 Nearest          1.02 ms     0.0%    929.81 Mbps    927.65 Mbps    Valoo - Helsinki 

 Kochi, IN        190.45 ms   0.0%    801.67 Mbps    462.47 Mbps    Asianet Broadband - Cochin 
 Bangalore, IN    169.90 ms   0.0%    892.53 Mbps    532.14 Mbps    Bharti Airtel Ltd - Bangalore 
 Chennai, IN      186.74 ms   N/A     534.86 Mbps    418.79 Mbps    Jio - Chennai 
 Mumbai, IN       186.72 ms   0.0%    392.93 Mbps    326.79 Mbps    i3D.net - Mumbai 
 Delhi, IN        164.31 ms   0.0%    654.72 Mbps    550.79 Mbps    Tata Play Fiber - New Delhi 

 Seattle, US      184.72 ms   N/A     822.99 Mbps    488.28 Mbps    Comcast - Seattle, WA 
 Los Angeles, US  154.75 ms   0.0%    878.53 Mbps    561.82 Mbps    ReliableSite Hosting - Los Angeles, CA 
 Dallas, US       130.99 ms   0.0%    667.65 Mbps    666.94 Mbps    Hivelocity - Dallas, TX 
 Miami, US        130.46 ms   N/A     762.99 Mbps    660.17 Mbps    Dish Wireless - Miami, FL 
 New York, US     97.66 ms    0.0%    966.99 Mbps    846.58 Mbps    GSL Networks - New York, NY 
 Toronto, CA      109.05 ms   0.0%    924.33 Mbps    797.22 Mbps    Rogers - Toronto, ON 
 Mexico City, MX  154.46 ms   N/A     692.41 Mbps    550.19 Mbps    INFINITUM - Mexico City 

 London, UK       39.54 ms    0.0%    938.81 Mbps    901.86 Mbps    VeloxServ Communications - London 
 Amsterdam, NL    48.10 ms    0.0%    953.09 Mbps    902.17 Mbps    31173 Services AB - Amsterdam 
 Paris, FR        33.87 ms    N/A     952.60 Mbps    921.43 Mbps    Axione - Paris 
 Frankfurt, DE    21.02 ms    0.0%    929.29 Mbps    919.78 Mbps    Clouvider Ltd - Frankfurt am Main 
 Warsaw, PL       19.14 ms    0.0%    932.33 Mbps    922.31 Mbps    Play - Warszawa 
 Bucharest, RO    51.96 ms    0.0%    947.12 Mbps    895.42 Mbps    Vodafone Romania Fixed – Bucharest - Bucharest 
 Moscow, RU       22.90 ms    0.0%    929.36 Mbps    920.42 Mbps    MegaFon - Moscow 

 Jeddah, SA       101.23 ms   0.0%    940.67 Mbps    808.84 Mbps    Saudi Telecom Company 
 Dubai, AE        156.71 ms   0.0%    916.69 Mbps    146.37 Mbps    du - Dubai  
 Fujairah, AE     151.43 ms   0.0%    923.42 Mbps    571.08 Mbps    ETISALAT-UAE - Fujairah 
 Istanbul, TR     59.42 ms    0.0%    942.64 Mbps    881.52 Mbps    Turkcell - Istanbul 
 Tehran, IR       74.96 ms    0.0%    914.91 Mbps    839.15 Mbps    Asiatech - Tehran 

 Tokyo, JP        308.33 ms   N/A     4.90 Mbps      296.10 Mbps    fdcservers.net - Tokyo 
 Shanghai, CU-CN  276.32 ms   0.0%    765.38 Mbps    305.20 Mbps    China Unicom 5G - Shanghai 
 Nanjing, CT-CN   FAILED                                                        
 Hong Kong, CN    265.28 ms   N/A     590.05 Mbps    355.30 Mbps    STC - Hong Kong 
 Singapore, SG    285.48 ms   0.0%    419.01 Mbps    313.13 Mbps    i3D.net - Singapore 
 Jakarta, ID      FAILED - IP has been rate limited. Try again after 1 hour.                                                  
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Avg DL Speed       : 790.43 Mbps
 Avg UL Speed       : 644.48 Mbps

 Total DL Data      : 31.44 GB
 Total UL Data      : 23.82 GB
 Total Data         : 55.25 GB
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Duration           : 14 min 5 sec
 System Time        : 03/05/2024 - 16:14:19 UTC
 Total Script Runs  : 42374
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Result             : https://result.network-speed.xyz/r/1714752283_6Y5KAL_GLOBAL.txt
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
vm1-tester@vm1-test-k:~$

Warnings!!!

Forever Clueless™ administrator @Not_Oles has no "technical background" and only "limited technical skills. . . ." 😀 @Not_Oles frequently messes up! 😱
MetalVPS has no billing panel and no server control panel. It's traditional, command line terminal via ssh until @Not_Oles or you install whatever you want. 🆕
There are two preinstalled test KVM VPSes made with bashvm. You can get a juicy KVM NAT VPS into which you can ssh and install whatever Open Source software you want.
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo on Potassium, or KVM group membership, etc. 🙈🙉🙊
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. ♒︎
Account delivery might take awhile! 😴
Not for business use! Intended especially for computer learning and fun! 🤑
Occasional reboots are guaranteed, sometimes without advance notice! 🌺 VPSes can be set to restart automatically following reboot. If you have a special need for stability during a period of time, please let @Not_Oles know.
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also check to make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! 🤦‍♂️
Please think of your MetalVPS account and all MetalVPS servers as ephemeral! Our Node might blow up! 💥 At any random second @Not_Oles or maybe you might reboot or even reinstall the Node! 😸 Or you or @Not_Oles might decide to cancel. 👹
Other MetalVPSians probably will see your name, your location, your account name, the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. 🤔

Terms Of Service

Be awesome! Be kind, gentle, friendly, positive, and polite!
White Hat only!
Not for business use!
Intended for education and fun!
Open source software only!
No Service Level Agreement (SLA)!
No refunds!
Redacted TOS also applies!

Help Wanted

Helping @Not_Oles learn more about The C Programming Language would be super great, and, if using MetalVPS, would be preferred over financial payment. Possible projects might include the C homework from the MIT free online Operating Systems class, adding UTF-8 to the Elvis editor, and messing with a 64 bit version of Bell Labs / Vita Nuova Inferno OS.

Support

LES PMs (personal messages) can be sent to @Not_Oles about items which need privacy.
Email to the address on @Not_Oles' profile also works.
You can use #metalvps at Libera.chat.
Of course, you also can post here in this thread.

More About MetalVPS

List of links to recent MetalVPS discussions.
Providing awesome Low Enders with wonderfully fun VPSes and dedicated servers is the idea behind MetalVPS. Additionally, MetalVPS and @Not_Oles hope to promote Low End Community discussion of server related topics and Open Source software.
MetalVPS is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the Clueless™ guy. 🥰
MetalVPS is not a project of Crunchbits, [Redacted], Low End Spirit, Low End Talk, Low End Box, NodeSeek, or FreeVPS.org. 👨‍💻

Frequently Asked Questions

Is @Not_Oles still involved in FreeVPS.org?

https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/156165/#Comment_156165
Who is "Redacted?"

https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/162003/#Comment_162003

Reviews

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What People Are Saying

About MetalVPS

". . . I sent a donation of $1.01, just because. Keep doing what you do."

"@Not_Oles . . . thank you for providing machine for me to help me finish all the tests."

"I really enjoyed MetalVPS . . . I hope more people can learn together using MetalVPS."

"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

"观察了挺长时间，没出啥问题" "I have been observing for a long time and there is no problem."

About Not_Oles

"这位老爷子看起来似乎很靠谱" "This old man seems to be very reliable"

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!

"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."

Crunchy

MetalVPS also offers accounts on Crunchy, a US 🇺🇸 MetalVPS server from @crunchbits! As of this writing, Crunchy is sold out, but might be restocked!

Thanks!

Thanks to @babywhale for bashvm!

Thanks to [Redacted] for awesome servers, awesome pricing, awesome Customer Service, and awesome reliability!

Tom a/k/a @Not_Oles gets a lot of help from the friendly MetalVPSians and from many other friends. Thanks to each and every one!

Thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy!

MetalVPS Server In Germany Seeks VPSes, chroots, and Shell Accounts for Maximum Low End Fun!

Not_Oles — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 02:55:16 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Radium, a MetalVPS dedicated server in Germany 🇩🇪, was reinstalled last night with Debian 12.

Do you want anything from a small KVM NAT VPS up to the entire server? Or something in between?

Best wishes! 🌎🌍

Tom

Server Specs

Yabs

root@radium ~ # curl -sL yabs.sh | bash
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2024-03-05                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Tue Apr  2 08:23:02 AM CEST 2024

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1275 v5 @ 3.60GHz
CPU cores  : 8 @ 800.000 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 62.6 GiB
Swap       : 32.0 GiB
Disk       : 904.5 GiB  << RAID 0 YOLO -- There also is a 100GB /altroot primary partition.
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-18-amd64
VM Type    : NONE
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

IPv6 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : [Redacted] Online GmbH
ASN        : AS24940 [Redacted] Online GmbH
Location   : Falkenstein, Saxony (SN)
Country    : Germany

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/md3):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 418.37 MB/s (104.5k) | 1.13 GB/s    (17.7k)
Write      | 419.47 MB/s (104.8k) | 1.14 GB/s    (17.8k)
Total      | 837.85 MB/s (209.4k) | 2.27 GB/s    (35.5k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 1.13 GB/s     (2.2k) | 1.27 GB/s     (1.2k)
Write      | 1.19 GB/s     (2.3k) | 1.36 GB/s     (1.3k)
Total      | 2.32 GB/s     (4.5k) | 2.64 GB/s     (2.5k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 921 Mbits/sec   | 933 Mbits/sec   | 23.5 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (10G)       | 928 Mbits/sec   | 935 Mbits/sec   | 10.9 ms        
Telia           | Helsinki, FI (10G)        | 922 Mbits/sec   | 918 Mbits/sec   | 35.4 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 877 Mbits/sec   | 518 Mbits/sec   | 89.6 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 586 Mbits/sec   | 592 Mbits/sec   | --             
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 805 Mbits/sec   | 318 Mbits/sec   | 152 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 858 Mbits/sec   | 623 Mbits/sec   | 94.4 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 798 Mbits/sec   | 222 Mbits/sec   | 161 ms         

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 908 Mbits/sec   | 919 Mbits/sec   | 23.4 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (10G)       | 916 Mbits/sec   | 922 Mbits/sec   | 10.8 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 867 Mbits/sec   | 462 Mbits/sec   | 89.6 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | busy            | 633 Mbits/sec   | 248 ms         
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 794 Mbits/sec   | 426 Mbits/sec   | 152 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 849 Mbits/sec   | 661 Mbits/sec   | 94.4 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 786 Mbits/sec   | 209 Mbits/sec   | 161 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 1470                          
Multi Core      | 4914                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/5563528

YABS completed in 13 min 32 sec
root@radium ~ #

Warnings!

Forever Clueless™ administrator @Not_Oles has no "technical background" and only "limited technical skills. . . ." 😀 @Not_Oles frequently messes up! 😱
MetalVPS has no billing panel and no server control panel. There are no preinstalled VPSes or containers. It's traditional, command line terminal via ssh until @Not_Oles or you install whatever you want. 🆕 You can get a juicy KVM NAT VPS into which you can ssh and install whatever Open Source software you want. If you get a VPS, maybe you also can get a traditional shell account on Radium.
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo on Radium, or KVM group membership, etc. 🙈🙉🙊
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. ♒︎
Account delivery might take awhile! 😴
Not for business use! Intended especially for computer learning and fun! 🤑
Occasional maintenance reboots are guaranteed! 🌺 VPSes in this offer can be set to restart automatically following reboot.
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also check to make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! 🤦‍♂️
Please think of your MetalVPS account as ephemeral! Our server might blow up! 💥 At any random second @Not_Oles or maybe you might reinstall the Node! 😸 Or you or @Not_Oles might decide to cancel. 👹
Other MetalVPSians probably will see your name, your location, your account name, the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. 🤔

Terms Of Service

Be awesome! Be kind, gentle, friendly, positive, and polite!
White Hat only!
Not for business use!
Intended for education and fun!
Open source software only!
No Service Level Agreement (SLA)!
No refunds!
Redacted TOS also applies!

Pricing and Payment

Please make an offer based on the amount of server resources you expect to use and the amount of profit you want for @Not_Oles.
$7 p/month Maximum for VPS offers.
$99 p/month Maximum for full Dedicated server offers.
Between $7 and $99 offers for requests in between $7 VPS and $99 full server.
Monthly or daily or hourly offers only. Nothing longer than monthly, please.
Minimum price offers like $1.01 will be considered. Free offers will be considered too.
Paypal payments may be sent to the email address on @Not_Oles' profile. Zelle and Stripe also might work.

How To Sign Up

If you can, please say hello to @Not_Oles in #metalvps on Libera.chat.
Please email @Not_Oles at the address on his LES profile. Please include:
- your LES user name;
- your use case for Radium and the resources you need;
- your payment offer amount;
- your ed25519 ssh public key;
- link to your website;
- link to your Github or other repo; and
- links to other online profiles.
- Please feel free to include additional items in your sign up request email.

Support

LES PMs (personal messages) can be sent to @Not_Oles about items which need privacy.
Email to the address on @Not_Oles' profile also works.
You can use #metalvps at Libera.chat.
Of course, you also can post here in this thread.

More About MetalVPS!

Providing awesome Low Enders with wonderfully fun VPSes and dedicated servers is the idea behind MetalVPS. Additionally, MetalVPS and @Not_Oles hope to promote community discussion of server related topics and Open Source software.
MetalVPS is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the Clueless™ guy. 🥰
MetalVPS is not a project of Crunchbits, Hetzner, Low End Spirit, Low End Talk, Low End Box, NodeSeek, or FreeVPS.org. 👨‍💻

What People Are Saying

About MetalVPS

". . . I sent a donation of $1.01, just because. Keep doing what you do."

"@Not_Oles . . . thank you for providing machine for me to help me finish all the tests."

"I really enjoyed MetalVPS . . . I hope more people can learn together using MetalVPS."

"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

About Not_Oles

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!

"every time I visit les and see that profile picture, it brightens up my day."

Thanks!

Thanks to @babywhale for bashvm!

MetalVPS also offers accounts on Crunchy, a US 🇺🇸 MetalVPS server from @crunchbits! Thanks to @crunchbits for wonderful Crunchy!

Tom a/k/a @Not_Oles gets a lot of help from the friendly MetalVPSians and from many other friends. Thanks to each and every one!

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Free Crunchbits Bare Metal Server! -- "The Best Deal In Town!"

Not_Oles — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 01:25:04 +0000

Friendly greetings! 🌎🌍

Everyone's best friend and favorite Low End Provider, Crunchbits, granted MetalVPS Crunchy, a wonderful US 🇺🇸 dedicated server, free until November 8, 2024!

Free Offer

Usually I, @Not_Oles, have several bare metal servers. Typically I don't really use more than one bare metal server at any one time. Also, I put my long running services on VPSes. So, almost always, I have excess bare metal server capacity. It seems like a good idea to offer this excess bare metal capacity to our LES Community.

I started FreeVPS.org to give excess bare metal capacity to our Community in the form of free VPSes. Now, with Crunchy, I may be sharing an entire bare metal server with just one Community member. It also is possible that Crunchy might be shared among several Community members plus me. We will have to see what happens here in this thread. As of this writing, nobody else but me is using Crunchy.

If you want to figure out whether you could do what you want to do on Crunchy, please read the Warnings and the Terms of Service shown below.

How to Sign Up also is covered below, along with Pricing (Crunchy is free!), Support, and FAQ.

The Boss at Crunchbits said that MetalVPS is "literally the best deal in town!" Thanks to the Boss for his kind words and for Crunchy!

Best wishes! 🌎🌍

Tom

Crunchy Specs

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v5 @ 3.50GHz
iGPU VPS passthrough possible, but not yet implemented
Hardware Cores: 4
Hardware Threads: 8
RAM: 64 GB DDR4 ECC
Disk: 4 x 2 TB SSD RAID 10 (3.7 TB available)
IP Addresses: 1 x IPv4/32; 1 x IPv6/128; 1 x IPv6/64; and 1 x IPv6/48 (HE TunnelBroker.net)
Bandwidth: 1 Gbps shared, unlimited, fair use
Location: Crunchbits, Liberty Lake, WA, USA 🇺🇸
Today's OS: 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
Current Term Expires: November 8, 2024

Warnings!

Forever Clueless™ administrator @Not_Oles has no "technical background" and only "limited technical skills. . . ." 😀 @Not_Oles frequently messes up! 😱
MetalVPS has no billing panel and no server control panel. There are no preinstalled VPSes or containers. It's traditional, command line terminal via ssh until you install whatever you want. 🆕
Sometimes trusted MetalVPSians might or might not get sudo, KVM group membership, etc. 🙈🙉🙊
MetalVPS has no onboarding and no knowledge base. ♒︎
Account delivery might take awhile! 😴
Not for business use! Intended especially for computer learning and fun! 🤑
Frequent maintenance reboots are guaranteed! 🌺
Please make your own redundant, offsite backups! It's easy to download or sync or clone your backup to a safe place. Please also make sure that you actually can restore from your backups! 🤦‍♂️
Please think of your MetalVPS account as ephemeral! Our server might blow up! 💥 At any random second @Not_Oles or maybe you might reinstall the Node! 😸
Other MetalVPSians might see your account name, the processes you are running, and much other information. So, please do not put confidential information on the server. 🤔

Terms Of Service

Be awesome! Be kind, gentle, friendly, positive, and polite!
White Hat only!
Not for business use!
Intended for education and fun!
Open source software only, both on MetalVPS and for connecting to MetalVPS!
No Service Level Agreement (SLA)!
Crunchbits TOS also applies!

Pricing

Crunchy is free until November 8, 2024.
Additional rented servers might need payment.

How To Sign Up

Please post here in this thread.
Please include
- your ed25519 ssh public key;
- links to your website, Github or other repo, other online profiles, etc.; and
- your use case for Crunchy.
- Please feel free to include additional items in support of your sign up request.

Support

Please post all new MetalVPS account requests and all support requests, comments, and feedback here in this thread. Please also post tutorials explaining your Crunchy accomplishments here in this thread or on their own, new LES threads.
LES PMs (personal messages) can be sent to @Not_Oles about items which need privacy.

More About MetalVPS!

MetalVPS is an indie project of @Not_Oles a/k/a Tom Miller a/k/a the Clueless™ guy. 🥰
MetalVPS is not a project of Crunchbits, Hetzner, Low End Spirit, Low End Talk, Low End Box, NodeSeek, or FreeVPS.org. 👨‍💻

FAQ

How did @Not_Oles get a free server from Crunchbits?

Are Custom ISOs and BSD supported for @Not_Oles at Crunchbits?

What People Are Saying

About MetalVPS

"@Not_Oles . . . thank you for providing machine for me to help me finish all the tests."

"I really enjoyed MetalVPS . . . I hope more people can learn together using MetalVPS."

"非常感谢Not_Oles分享免费的MetalVPS为大家使用！" "Big thanks to Not_Oles for sharing his MetalVPS for people to use!"

". . . [V]ery cool that MetalVPS is still a thing Thanks for providing this to the community, tinkering with servers is fun and a learning experience!"

"The permanent free shell account of MetalVPS is very fun!" ("MetalVPS的永久免费shell账号挺好玩的")

"I enjoyed the section of the OP dedicated to complementary comments, including helpful links so they can be verified."

"MetalVPS used to be a high end provider, but it's becoming a sorority now."

"fun stuff indeed, appreciating the comfortable computing experience!"

"It just crossed my mind that I've been using your server for over half a year! It's been an amazing experience! . . . Your services deserve much more attention. "

"Wow pretty nice ! Congrats excellent options thanks for being a part of the community"

"Kernel Linux 5.11 is now in much better shape for AMD "

"it's really quite dedicated. not all dedicated are the same."

"really need a testing ground badly now especially with dedicated core"

"I've been using this one from him. Highly recommend! His support is really amazing!"

About Not_Oles

"@Not_Oles . . . is doing all kinds of interesting work and sharing it with others"

"I found it interesting that Tom still treats his free vps members like humans (it's really admirable). . . ."

"@Not_Oles is really a funfull and helpful grandpa!!"

"especially thanks @Not_Oles , He pointed out my problems and told me the correct way to share. He is a good guy."

"I'm not in need for any free vps at the moment, but thanks for what you're doing. If I had this chance few years ago, I think my life would be different."

"I did want to thank @Not_Oles for always being so friendly. Makes me smile seeing how nice you are to everyone here."

"Really, you're the best person I've known on the internet."

"we've found that good, in-depth technical articles tend to drive user interaction and new sign-ups on the forum. @Not_Oles's Proxmox articles are evidence of this."

"It was a pleasure for me to collaborate with Tom, he really knows what he's doing "

"you've brought a smile on my face countless times "

"Good luck with your new project! Happy to have you around here!"

"I always love how you come up with new ideas Good luck, mate!