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Username: msatt
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With @VirMach it has always been 'rinse and repeat'.
He has gone 'offline' before and comes back with great deals and many problems.
The way things are going, it appears that so many …

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> @AlwaysSkint said:
> If by some miracle @Virmach fixes/moves/rebuilds my CHIZ035 VM id=720076 whilst I'm asleep, he's/they're more than welcome to rescind the cancellation and invoice …

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@loay Well done, these are the sorts of projects [FOSSVPS](https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/10104/free-vps-for-open-source-developers-with-fossvps "FOSSVPS") is happy to support. Drop me a PM if y…

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> @someTom said:
> > [@Fritz said](/discussion/comment/222447/#Comment_222447): Didn't know why I renewed it.
>
> the working ones are hard to beat price/performa…

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## Well that was quite a day...

Just to give you a brief outline of what was going on.
[Alexhost](https://alexhost.com "Alexhost") generously donated one of their dedicated ser…

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## UPDATE
Chisinau (now called mol1) rebuild is going through some final tests, much faster than expected with big thanks to [Alexhost](https://alexhost.com "Alexhost")

Emails …

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All my work is done on a chromebook (developer mode). ssh works great and if I need graphics, spice or VNC works perfectly. Majority of my work is cli based so as long as I have ssh and a browser it …

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7 VMs cancelled so far and will continue reducing.
@bakageta I admire your stamina, but once you perfect a strategy for a downed VM, then what is the point of purchasing more VMs that will go …

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PM's sent to LES clients on Chisinau, if I have missed anyone please PM me.
There is a lot going on.....
Mike

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@somik - you stirrer ;)
I still have servers with virmach which SHOULD be working.
I am moving on.
This thread does allow moans which I consider mine are valid.
The us…

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> @DanSummer said:
> > @msatt said:
> > @VirMach I have lost all respect for you and the company.
> > Having 2 VMs down on AMSD018 for something like 2 mont…

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@VirMach I have lost all respect for you and the company.
Having 2 VMs down on AMSD018 for something like 2 months now is just DISGUSTING.
# You are a complete disgrace to the industr…

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> [@Mason said](/discussion/comment/220896/#Comment_220896): Free and always free services (i.e. does not convert to a paid service after a "free trial" period) do not require a provider tag to of…

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@AuroraZero At the moment the team is concentrating on Fareham-uk and Bucharest-Romania so you are safe, but we will flag any action with hopefully 1 weeks notice.
BTW so I need to request a t…

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@spiritlhl - PM - have fun :)

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Yes - nested virtualization is supported. Looks like an interesting project.
I have sent you a PM to register.

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@somik
> [@msatt said](/discussion/10104/free-vps-for-open-source-developers-with-fossvps): If you would like a VPS, post a message here and one of the team will get in touch

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# Welcome to the evolved FOSSVPS

![FOSSVPS logo](https://msatt.co.uk/images/fossvps-250x80.png)

This was also published on LET and they removed the post (why). S…

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Just to keep everyone in the loop -

> @Not_Oles said: @msatt, @FrankCastle, @igctt, someone else, is it crazy to imagine that one or several of you guys might be kind enough to take…

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Thank you @Hosteroid these contributions will really benefit others through @Not_Oles hard work. <3

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> [@somik said](/discussion/comment/220150/#Comment_220150): @Not_Oles, can give me root access to the server in 1 weeks time?
>I want to test what happens if you run rm -rf / &&…

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> [@AuroraZero said](/discussion/comment/220142/#Comment_220142): Send an email out giving the timeline of events and explicitly state back up your important data. Do the switch give users the new…

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> [@somik said](/discussion/comment/220130/#Comment_220130): Go with option 2 and then create a cluster so all VMs can be managed from 1 proxmox panel. Makes creating accounts in different regions…

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@Not_Oles and I are just making some decisions - the key points are -
1. Many complications moving existing vms over to Proxmox (nat and disk space problems / conversions)
2. Wipe all V…

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Hi Tom,
Because of the way you are growing I would suggest going over to Proxmox would make your job much easier. You are also much more likely (I would volunteer) to get more support / help.<…

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> [@skorous said](/discussion/comment/219815/#Comment_219815): Focusing on that specific statement "provider not providing a service" - then I have little doubt we can all agree. If you're saying …

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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/219813/#Comment_219813): We encourage feedback and reviews (so all the LESbians know what kind of service to expect), but we don't enforce high quality - …

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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/219809/#Comment_219809): This is the Low End - so while high quality is an admirable goal to strive for, many customers and providers are quite happy with…

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> [@skorous said](/discussion/comment/219807/#Comment_219807): ^^^ People that have bought Virmach either a) did so knowingly and accepted the risk, or b) are in the process of learning a valuable…

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So all a provider needs to do to maintain their tag is login (and do bugger all) - stupid.
There has to be a line drawn where node down for X period without any view to fixing means suspend t…

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> [@somik said](/discussion/comment/219777/#Comment_219777): I get your concern though. @VirMach is likely a one-man show. If he disappears (hospitalized, arrested, broke, or—hopefully not—dead), …

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> [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/219773/#Comment_219773): Having said all this, Virmach is definitely pushing it
Agreed and I will be doing the same.

![](https://low…

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> @bakageta said:
> I mean, seemed to answer it to me, not logging in for a week and a half is definitely not going to get someone's tag removed.

Agreed - but.... how abou…

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Just because servers are running (for some) does not mean a provider is still around.
A running server means potentially further renewals without doing any work, which pays for the services t…

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