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Username: rubenmdh
Joined: November 2019
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Last Active: August 24
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Moar money, 10€ voucher for the next 48 hours:

`NETWORK0725`

I don't know if they invalidated the previous one. This one was sent within the explanation email.

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Brief outage due to switch malfunction.
You can redeem a 10€ voucher for the next 48 hours:
`sorry-for-that-egh`

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> @rubenmdh said:
> > @Ympker said:
> > Lol, just when I wanted to reinstall my LXC vps to get KVM.
> > Did you guys enable Ballooning? What is it again?

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> @Ympker said:
> Lol, just when I wanted to reinstall my LXC vps to get KVM.
> Did you guys enable Ballooning? What is it again?
>
> ![](https://lowendspi…

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Good news for you guys with VPS within FFM datacenter! Newer CPU models are coming soon. Really hoping for my VPS to get migrated. Hopefully they'll send a notice beforehand.
![](https://i.img…

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> @Ympker said:
> > @rubenmdh said:
> > Looks like they are finally getting Ryzen chips:
> >
> > https://zap-hosting.com/en/blog/2025/07/amd-ry…

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Looks like they are finally getting Ryzen chips:

https://zap-hosting.com/en/blog/2025/07/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-is-coming-to-zap/

Right now only announced for game servers an…

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Hello, just another quick update. Apart from the already announced v4 CPU models made available like a month ago:

- 2630 v4
- 2640 v4
- 2650 v4

New ones ha…

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> @Ympker said:
> > @zgato said:
> > Seems like they're converting their LXC line into KVM now :)
> > ![](https://img.perfprod.com/files/zftzqGgfqdyT.png "")…

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> @Ympker said:
> Btw, @rubenmdh what are you running on your dedis?

Nothing too fancy, currently sharing it with a few friends to selfhost a few apps such as Vaultwarden,…

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Doing my usual inventory check I noticed new listings with upgraded Gen 9 ProLiants featuring V4 Xeons appeared on their dedicated servers page, including:

- 2630 v4
- 2640 v4

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They just published the timetable for Black Friday:

https://zap-hosting.com/en/blog/2024/11/flash-voucher-codes-timetable-2024/

Important bits:
- **Lifetime VPS (…

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> @Wonder_Woman said:
> > @Ympker said:
> > > @Wonder_Woman said:
> > >
> > > Looks like that voucher is no longer valid, but thanks f…

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> @Ympker said:
> > @perryoo11 said:
> > I do... Proxmox..
> >
> > 2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)<…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> > @vyas said:
> > My 1.5 tb and 300 gb usb Seagate drives have served me well for over 5 and 8 years respectively. Multiple power cycles (not by ch…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> A 59 minute 59 seconds 50% discount "jumped on me" (pop-up).
> With a countdown.
>
> LOL
>
> Not today, I say..…

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> @Ympker said:
> > @rubenmdh said:
> > My two dedicated servers are also rock solid and performance has been excellent:
> > ```13:33:33 up 151 days, 14:22, …

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My two dedicated servers are also rock solid and performance has been excellent:
```13:33:33 up 151 days, 14:22, 5 users, load average: 2.37, 2.32, 2.09```
```13:43:48 up 116 days, 3…

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> @Ympker said:
> For US they have Ashburn, LA and Dallas. I'd assume Ashburn would be best for vpn since I am from Germany, but perhaps anyone has experience? Maybe routing in a specifi…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> > @TeYroX said:
> > Providers should switch to DirectAdmin and other billing panels like Blesta/Hostbill.
>
> ![](https://low…

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> @somik said:
> > @hostaspace said:
> > Yea.. may be @somik
>
> ## Who dares summon me!!!
>
> :lol:
>
> …

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> @bikegremlin said:
> The emphasis is on "make feel" - regardless of the truth. That's the range of marketing (deceit and brainwashing to a great degree). My policy is to share everythi…

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> @hornet said:
> Plex will want that Intel power.

HW video encoding/decoding is a hot mess depending on the SoC manufacturer (Allwinner is probably the worst offender as …

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> @ialexpw said:
> > @rubenmdh said:
> > > @ialexpw said:
> > > Faulty/dead hardware gets replaced. Including the server itself - I checked this with t…

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> @ialexpw said:
> Faulty/dead hardware gets replaced. Including the server itself - I checked this with them before ordering. :smile:

This is correct. The question that …

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> @Neoon said:
> > @rubenmdh said:
> > ZAP-Hosting dedicated servers are located in Eygelshoven, Germany, at combahton GmbH ([AS30823](https://bgp.tools/as/30823 "AS30823…

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Just as I promised, here is my "lifetime" dedicated server review. It took me a while because right now I'm on a pretty tight schedule, but luckily I don't have to worry as this server won't expire a…

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> @zgato said:
> > @rubenmdh said:
> > > @root said:
> > > > @Ympker said:
> > > > Finland seems to have better uptime than Germa…

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