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Username: host_c
Email: host@host-c.com
Joined: November 2023
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Last Active: March 7
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HOST-C

Owns everything from the server, ram, drives, cpu, sfp+ modules, switches, router, a /29 IPV6 Address space, AS, LIR account down to the power cords.

We only rent…

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Well, I tested my SNAIL, and it is a SNAIL, I will save this as a reference
WSL adds a bit of a overhead, yet still a snail.

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> @bikegremlin said:
> ![](https://lowendspirit.com/uploads/editor/yz/lrst5uqgddr4.jpg "")
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> So, it is cheaper to "liberate" all the RAM you need, got it.
<…

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> [@ZizzyDizzyMC said](/discussion/comment/229666/#Comment_229666): Only reason the server doesn't have local storage is because I purposely split storage and compute

We did start o…

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> [@ZizzyDizzyMC said](/discussion/comment/229652/#Comment_229652): I spent about 4 weeks tuning and exporting storage over 40g from truenas using iscsi and the performance in proxmox was always a…

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@havoc

I have played with 2x 24 SSD ( 128 to 256 GB ) in DELL MD1220 + Optane or NVME as chache, 256 GB RAM, high freq CPU and whatever you can imagine you can tweak in zfs. Used Deb…

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I did not see that coming........

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> [@havoc said](/discussion/comment/229628/#Comment_229628): Gotta take the hit and do ddr5 if you intend to keep it many years

:+1:

Hence the "CRY" part in that sen…

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> > @Advin said:
> > The main problem is that an NVMe-cached HDD is still insanely slow compared to a pure SATA SSD or an NVMe SSD. It is only margi…

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> [@Hitori0221 said](/discussion/comment/229541/#Comment_229541): MacBook Pro 14‘ since 2021 as my main laptop. Expensive at the time, but reasonable over years of use.

Same here, T…

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So, My I5-6300U in my Panasonic CF-54 MK2 cannot keep up with today work load.

It works, it is 100% reliable, never had a glitch, but performance-wise it feels like a E5v2 =) - on i…

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> @vish said:
> there are only a few of these left. once out, i'll start deploying the redundant nodes on legacy hardware with double ram and cpu.
>
> heck, i may ev…

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@AnthonySmith

Really, you think I am mocking you? Nice, I did not see that coming.

I don't know you and you don't know me to have a conversation on that level.
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@Falzo

I do agree with you on some aspects, yet let me provide my insight on the matter ( this is pure speculation, as I do not have any insights on OVH or other's books )

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> @vish said:
> @host_c great read as always.
>
> my target audience here is the low end, what you are describing is 100% true and top of the line like a mercedes bu…

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> @yoursunny said:
> > @somik said:
> > Well, I guess people who want RAID are still putting mission critical data on LES providers and not keeping any backups... Live an…

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@WHMDC

I like what i see here.

You actually got me here: Modern authentication (including **passwordless login with passkeys**). + SQL Injection Prevention

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> [@AnthonySmith said](/discussion/comment/228895/#Comment_228895): Can we really continue like this? I have had cars that cost less than 128GB of DDR5 (Saab 9000 2.0 turbo), and it is likely DDR4…

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> @Unsteady6138 said:
> > @host_c said:
> > @Unsteady6138
> >
> >
> > I would not go that far, yet aside from the usual 7USD mem…

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@Unsteady6138

I would not go that far, yet aside from the usual 7USD memes that I understand, large majority of those sales do end up in abuse, disputes and other.

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The real issue with going too cheap is that expenses eventually catch up with you and you get burned.

At that point it becomes almost like a Ponzi scheme: the second the inflow of new …

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Now… I keep seeing people here pushing for these fantasy pricing expectations, like $7/year VPS, or sub $2/TB/month storage, as if we’re still in 2020 and hardware is falling from the sky.

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Anyone in need for a small storage VPS?

We might have the solution.

Location: DiGi Romania, Oradea
Looking Glass: https://lg-ro-or.host-c.com/

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> [@yoursunny said](/discussion/comment/228516/#Comment_228516): We are still single and still a virgin, but we are open to marriage proposals from pretty and intelligent girls.

Thi…

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If anyone wishes to take the new offer, just reply via ticket and we’ll take care of the migration from our side.

Also, I see a lot of people suddenly discovered the July and August 20…

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> [@vish said](/discussion/10512/2tb-vps): Please note: This box is using ZFS without ECC memory.

Respect for putting that out :+1:

Please provide a …

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> @jqr said:
> Got the email too. It's understandable, but unfortunate.
>
> I was hoping to ride it out for the year, hoping the hardware situation would stabilize.<…

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> [@root said](/discussion/comment/228129/#Comment_228129): Hosting and Storage in Cloud

I have to give credit, when credit is due, NICE!

PS:

FreeBSD 1…

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> @ZizzyDizzyMC said:
> > @yoursunny said:
> > > @teamacc said:
> > > > @vyas said:
> > > > Better ipv6 hall of “fame” than a dea…

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