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Username: jtk
Joined: August 2022
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Last Active: December 19
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Full disclosure, I have one small free VM from Virmach still running. At one time I used to pay for dozens of VMs with Virmach, most obtained in a BF event. Last non-free VM was cancelled at the end…

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> @MichaelCee said:
> Quote from Francisco from May 2021: "We aren't buying anynode, it'll continue to operate its dedicated servers, IPs, etc."

Right, minor update on the…

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Another provider update:

* anynode - BuyVM acquired their VPS assets back in 2021, other stuff was supposed to continue but site appears pretty stale

Thanked by (1)MichaelCee
Elsewhere someone proposed Virmach be stripped of its provider tag. It doesn't seem like an unreasonable request, but I think the approach is not particularly defensible in this case. I've been mea…

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> @yoursunny said:
> They stopped VPS service but, as far as we were told, LIR service continues.
> https://www.cloudie.sh/
> Website has link to billing panel only.<…

Thanked by (2)yoursunny MichaelCee
At quick glance, these might be candidates for being purged?

* cloudie (out-of-business, listed in multiple sections)

Is a formal process for removing a host besides th…

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> @Joseph said:
> How is the quality of this provider?
> How long have they been in business?

I don't know much about them personally, but my sense is if you lik…

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> @zgato said:
> I don't have that config file tho:

syslog-ng is not installed by default, your's must have some other issue.

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> @Freek said:
> Oracle Free Tier C-C-C-Combo Breaker

I suspect this may be related to the VMScape vulnerability. I first saw Vultr doing reboots, but have since seen oth…

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> @bingobangobongo said:

> What matters most to you when picking a VPS provider?

Reputation, cost, IP4+IP6, PayPal, and location / connectivity.

>…

Thanked by (2)bingobangobongo yoursunny
It looks like IndoVirtue may be having some problems. Singapore VMs at least may be unreachable as are the solusvm and billing systems. Problems seemed to start about 24 hours ago. Contact attempt…

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> @nikhm2n said:
> It doesn't matter that much what tld you use [...] .io, .ai being used regularly nowadays.

It might matter quite a bit. It might have once seemed cute,…

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In addition to what has been mentioned...

If you don't care about the perception of the TLD, com and net are both operated by Verisign so there is no practical, technical difference. …

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I believe sometime in the last week the [QuadraNet Status page](https://quadranet.statuspage.io) (redirect from https://status.quadranet.com/) became inaccessible. It was rumored, that Edge Centres …

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I've used crowncloud for awhile. I've not used support much, but when dedipath went bye-bye, a host rare problem arose, or an old plan was queued up for cancellation they have been very customer-focu…

Thanked by (1)SpeedBus
It looks like Limewave.net's entire operation (AS 36369) may be offline since about 2024-01-29T07:50:26+00:00.

Thanked by (1)JeDaYoshi
> @Advin said:
> Out of curiosity: why does everyone really care about I/O speed so much?

Count me as one person who doesn't except for very specific services (e.g., datab…

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Sent/received December 28, 2023. No mention of refunds for unfilled service contracts. Shraed hosting and other services unaffected.

> Due to on-going issues with inflation, soari…

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> @host_c said:
> Problem is the waiting, some do not have a business plan, and want a ROI in 6-12 months, well, that is not gonna happen, but they just do not know it.

I …

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> @Mumbly said:
> I can remove cancellation if you want it - but you're responsible for the transfer payment to the Virmach. It expires in two weeks or so, so there's a risk that it won'…

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> Will there be any compensation activities for DALZ004 and DALZ007 users? This outage has lasted for a long time.

I'd be surprised if all the downtime is going to be accounted for …

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> @fan said:
> Can you share how to do it? I have a 64mb machine idling and kernel panics every time when the host reboots, causing high CPU load, had to manually shut it down.

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Would be easier to say how the bottom five are, but I wouldn't provide it. Instead I'll give you six not already mentioned that might be worth considering, each for different reasons, but all are ge…

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> @jtk said:
> So what if I told you a year later, even though it was migrated to a new network, hardware and addressing, the VM on the old network was still running?

Now …

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> @System said:
> Do you guys want more and better offers or is this not really the reason you visit LES ?

Most of the offers I've seen on LES that I'd be interested in ar…

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> @JoeMerit said:
> What does that mean? I have ATL & DEN servers. Does that mean youve restored them to another DC? You said LAX for DEN, where would you move ATL?

I'…

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> @rafanake said:
> can someone recommend me a more reliable service?

There are lots of alternatives, but I think you'll find find at least one these will have a track rec…

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NYCB027 has been unavailable for over 100 days. New record?

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This could be a problem you care about. [Zenbleed](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html):

> We now know that basic operations like strlen, memcpy and strcmp will use the vector …

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> @venurgopal said:
> Looking for a basic config VPS in New Zealand. Please help :)

[DreamIT Host](https://dreamithost.com.au/) may also be an option.

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