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Username: host_c
Email: hosg@ut@hbfgost-p.-c.com
Joined: November 2023
Visits: 2,427
Last Active: May 18
Roles: Member, Hosting Provider
Thanked: 3827

> @rpqu said:
> @oloke @onidel @forest @MannDude @Neoon @host_c @PulsedMedia @tentor @NDTN @FAT32 @AlteredParadox @DediRock @Murv @orangevps @Francisco @xHosts @wadhah @Fubukibox @ralf <…

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Finally, after ~ 2 moths today I got a call from GLS, totally unexpected, so I met the fella in a parking lot downtown and went to a friend of mine to open the box and power it on. ( I also got a goo…

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My weekend looked like this......

![](https://i.ibb.co/nstFrfFb/Whats-App-Image-2026-05-05-at-23-08-41.jpg "")

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> @AnthonySmith said:
> > [@Not_Oles said](/discussion/comment/233431/#Comment_233431): Why wait? Why not just share your plans in a simple way so that all of us can help you?
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> [@ZizzyDizzyMC said](/discussion/comment/229574/#Comment_229574): That just goes ad-infinite right now, I'm seeing reports that 20TB drives may ramp to 1200 usd by june. That's for used drives, …

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Ok, here is my Provider view on the matter, after reading the ticket provided here.

Section 1.4 [provider acceptable usage policy] (Any activity that may lead to IP blacklisting (SpamH…

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> @ehab said:
> using it
>
> ![](https://i.gifer.com/HWx0.gif "")
>
>

![](https://media.tenor.com/ZGMOXgW0MlIAAAAM/samuel-l-jac…

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> @eliphas said:
> > @host_c said:
> > important stuff regarding your services.
>
> oh no, already losing millions in anticipation of my v6 gw changi…

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> [@skorous said](/discussion/comment/231553/#Comment_231553): LOL .... I hit it in early 50's. Not sure if I'm early or late. =)

Good, I still have a few miles till then, yet, funn…

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> @jarland said:
> > @emgh said:
> > > @jarland said:
> > > > @emgh said:
> > > > @jarland would you say that there's a chance yo…

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> @gomi said:
> Didn't they say RAM prices were supposed to drop soon (or already have)? When's the next big sale?
>

Probably when RAM and NVME will be at the p…

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I wish to use this opportunity to say **Happy Easter** to all.

May you spend time with your loved ones, family and friends. ( or as you see fit :D )

CHEERS!!!!!!!! &l…

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@codelock

Places like LET/LES/Other are "discovery channels" not trust validators, trust is earned in time not from day 1 you saw a nice add or a good deal.

There is a…

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> @slowservers said:
> I'm curious, what are the specs on your 420W compute nodes?
>
> I am wondering if my power usage is more or less than those, VPS per VPS.

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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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> [@seenu said](/discussion/comment/195883/#Comment_195883): i got plenty of time for 3tb deal but didn't buy because i expected a 5tb deal from him but nope.... :(

Guys, get over …

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