YardVPS launched their Xen VPS last week, and Jimmy has just sent me an email that they are currently having a yard sale! Use promo code YARDSALE to get 15% off TREE 1 package (which you can order using this sign up link). You get
- 512MB memory/1024MB swap
- 15GB storage
- 1500GB/month data transfer
- Xen/SolusVM
YardVPS, together with PhotonVPS, are part of Profuse Solutions which has been in business for a few years. They are running their servers in Los Angeles.
I actually got one of their Xen VPS (a few days ago before this promotion, damn!) It runs a single Xeon E5620 core at 2.4GHz, and pretty fast IO at the moment.
# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync 16384+0 records in 16384+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 2.83477 s, 379 MB/s
Good connectivity to Asia Pacific.
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I have one of their $15/yr OpenVZ “Leaf” plans from the previous offer. 100% uptime so far and performance seems good enough.
That’s sounding good. Its $15/yr thread is silent too. I hope it’s still available after few more months, then I’ll consider it.
Is the server on any kind of RAID?
raid 10 bbu included
We use Hardware RAID10 with BBU.
What is BBU? I’ve never heard of this before.
BBU = Battery Backed Unit. These are on the RAID card I think.
The price is very reasonable. I look in their Xen page and see some features such as “RAID10 w/ BBU”, “PPTP”, “Guard Dog”. What do these mean?
@Bent
RAID 10 w/BBU means RAID (Redundant array of inexpensive disks), the 10 is a type of backup and striping, and BBU means Batter backup Unit, so the cache isn’t lost in a power outage. PPTP is a type of VPN connection, and usually isn’t supported with OpenVZ.
Useful answer! Thank you Bob :-)
Yeah, I saw that. I wanne to buy one to open a PPTP VPN.
What differentiates between yardvps and photonvps ?
Uptime ? Tech support response time?
YardVPS is our completely unmanaged brand.
actually i’m customer of photonvps. i’m use their service since 3 months ago and very happy with them. excellent support and excellent server.
i think it’s just different support (unmanaged) and some feature of their packages. like beam on photonvps use 8 cores server and leaf 3 on yard vps “just” 2 cores. but, since yardvps and photonvps is same from Profuse Solution, i think they will give their customer the best server.
* ps : i’m just their customer and not affiliate with them :)
Have native IPv6 support?
Not on mine.
Thanks for your quick reply
I’ve tried Debian 5 and Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit, can’t seem to login to both of them. Wiping and replacing them with Cent OS 5.5 32 bit finally enables me to login via ssh. Explains why CentOS 5 was automatically chosen as my OS even after choosing Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit during signup.
Tempted to ask for my money back.
Mine too, it seems Debian OS images having problems.
Waiting for their support-staff getting up…. blah) blah) blah) They have many OS images for the same OS image, ex Debian 5.0 64bit and Debian 5 64bit;
why they let them like that blah) blah)
There’s a bug with SolusVM showing multiple images as we removed and updated it a few times. This stayed on the OS dropdown menu for some reason and is scheduled to be fixed in the next update.
After many times of reloading OS (for XEN TREE), I’ve picked just one working well.
Good thing I didn’t pull the trigger yesterday. Debian is the only Linux distro I use. Please let me know if YardVPS/PhotonVPS ever gets Debian OS template fixed. Thanks!
This works, just need to select PyGrub.
I have tried Ubuntu 10.10 64bit iso, this is only iso I have succeeded to get my works going on; although it’s not my preferred OS, but something like one.
But even with working Ubuntu, they have still had a problem, look at this:
# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda1: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/sda1 doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sda2: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x7c820a2e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id SystemTheir OS templates in general have bugs
Sorry I have to delete a few of your “duplicated” comments.
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 and it works fine for me. Your “fdisk issue” is normal — Xen boxes boot with the root/swap partitions fixed on the boot params and might not match what’s in fstab. What are you trying to do anyway with fdisk?
Finally I use Ubuntu 10.10 with default settings, the only one can have rebooted within 1 minute [the ‘upper’ Ubuntu 10.10 64bit, not the ‘lower’ Ubuntu 10.10 64bit]
Wow, for some reason this host really makes me want to host a tribes II server. Perhaps its the “YARD SALE!” I keep hearing in my head.
Man, I had 34 flags too!
Debian5 is workable, you need to select PyGrub as kernel then reboot it.
Not a bad deal for a 512MB Xen box. Might look into getting one! How far away is Xen HVM?
Do not have a firm ETA on Xen HVM yet.
The promotion code entered does not exist
me to.. :( does the offer has been ended!?
32bit Debian 10.10 is still unusable. Support has been slow compared to others. =(
Jim made it clear that it is completely unmanaged so of course support will be slow – look at how much you are paying. I picked one of these up, works like a treat :)
Unmanaged, but they should manage their SolusVM if they provide it as add-on of service, or their clients must have the way to install custom iso.
There is no Debian 10.10 :)
:)
I have unmanaged VPS accounts with FiveBean (now BlueMile Cloud), and 2Host (about the same price range) and really, they’re not this slow . I’m not complaining over nothing, the Ubuntu 32 bits really doesn’t allow me to login.
@ Superbarney
I’ll have someone look into the Ubuntu 32bits it appears that pygrub are not being honored on some images.
However these actually work if you need a reload to this just let us know. Please note that all resolution from support is up to 24 hours.
We give the client the ability to reload, terminate their VPS at their disposal. Any down nodes are take care of immediately from our 24/7 support team.
The two companies mentioned our prices are much lower. Our services are stable with no downtime since our inception…If you require rapid support this service is not for you since we do not recommend using this for production environment.
What will happen if host node down?
Will the support also slow ?
Our primary responsibilities is ensuring the parent nodes are online.
@Jim
Your OS images on SolusVM is not our part of issues, but your part, right?
I didnot know why a rebooting OS taking long time (except Ubuntu 10.10).
@Jim and LEB: Sorry for writing this here, but your support staff’s reply did not make me satisfied.
Can someone with YardVPS do some benchmarks (llike unixbench)?
Bummer, promotion code didn’t work.
@Jim, is the deal over?
N/M…. just chatted with Jimmy on livechat. It is over. *shopping*
This was a limited time offering, we’ll have more similar sales in the future :)
After purchasing and getting activated, I installed Ubuntu 10.04 32Bit on the VPS.
Memory usage is 100-300MB on idle with very little processes running! I installed Mysql and the VPS runs out of memory and starts to use SWAP. They refused to send refund for this and told me that the memory consumption is normal! Let me repeat this: They find it normal that a VPS uses 300MB of memory on idle! LOL.
Maybe they are overselling memory using the ballooning method.
Really bad company.
Don’t buy from these scammers guys…
Xen does not let you oversell so there is no way to scam a user from their resources. No idea what “ballooning method” is.
As for your resources your paying a very low price for 512MB where you will be paying double for services else where.
The issue of memory consumption on the OS usually 50-100MB idling is average unless you tune / optimize the OS template your self where you can get the value to a lower value. This involves tweaking and re-compiling your kernel to load less modules.
From a provider standpoint, I sincerely hope that you’re playing dumb, pretending to not know about self-ballooning.
Hi Jack,
Please copy paste :
– ps aux
– free -m
I’m affraid that you don’t understand memory usage in Linux
Hey,
@PhotonVPS-Jim
It’s your job to make good templates for your clients. I have worked with various Xen providers and I have never felt the need to create my custom kernel. I only use VPSes to host web apps and websites, why the hell will I need to know how to create custom kernels? I may be an experience linux user but I am definitely not a hardcore geek or administrator.
To be honest, I would gladly pay $20+ for a quality VPS than pay $7 and get the most crappy VPS on the planet. Your VPSes should be given away for free because they are not worth any money.
No OS template should take more than 30MB memory on idle, yours takes 100-300MB. Sometimes it even goes to 500MB! It just varies everytime.
At least you guys should have the decency to refund me my money! Very bad, I hope that you get forced out of business very soon. That’s why businesses like yours just stay small forever or even die sooner or later.
@Little Birdie
The moron is just pretending to not know. He knows exactly what’s going behind the scenes but he’s too keen to scam people right now.
@ibk
Of course I understand memory usage.
Dude, take a look at the data from my Terminal below:
———————————————————————————–
root@ws:/# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 527 502 25 0 30 279
-/+ buffers/cache: 192 334
Swap: 1023 0 1023
————————————————————————————-
root@sv:/tmp/linux-2.6.36# ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.2 2580 1548 ? Ss 11:08 0:00 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kthreadd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [migration/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [events/0]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [cpuset]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [khelper]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [netns]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [async/mgr]
root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xenwatch]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xenbus]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [sync_supers]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [bdi-default]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kseriod]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [aio/0]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [jfsIO]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [jfsCommit]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [jfsSync]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xfs_mru_cache]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xfslogd/0]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xfsdatad/0]
root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [xfsconvertd/0]
root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [glock_workqueue]
root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [delete_workqueu]
root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 11:08 0:00 [kslowd000]
root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 11:08 0:00 [kslowd001]
root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [crypto/0]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [net_accel/0]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [sfc_netfront/0]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:08 0:00 [kstriped]
root 149 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:09 0:00 [kjournald]
root 188 0.0 0.2 2644 1152 ? S 11:09 0:00 upstart-udev-bridge –daemon
root 196 0.0 0.1 2244 688 ? S<s 11:09 0:00 udevd –daemon
syslog 357 0.0 0.2 33320 1372 ? Sl 11:09 0:00 rsyslogd -c4
102 383 0.0 0.1 2596 824 ? Ss 11:09 0:00 dbus-daemon –system –fork
root 389 0.0 0.1 1728 548 tty4 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
root 394 0.0 0.1 1728 548 tty5 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
root 397 0.0 0.1 1728 552 tty2 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
root 398 0.0 0.1 1728 548 tty3 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
root 402 0.0 0.1 1728 548 tty6 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
root 404 0.0 0.1 2316 820 ? Ss 11:09 0:00 cron
root 419 0.0 0.1 5484 920 ? Ss 11:09 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root 440 0.0 0.1 1728 552 tty1 Ss+ 11:09 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
root 441 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 11:09 0:00 [flush-8:1]
root 454 0.0 0.5 8736 3112 ? Ss 11:11 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
root 458 0.0 0.6 19696 3400 ? Sl 11:11 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon –no
root 536 0.0 0.3 2996 1680 pts/0 Ss 11:11 0:00 -bash
root 13957 0.0 0.1 1792 636 ? Ss 11:43 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 hvc0
root 13958 0.0 0.1 2440 972 pts/0 R+ 11:43 0:00 ps aux
————————————————————————————————–
Data is from a clean reload of Ubuntu 10.04 32Bit. As you can see, 502MB of memory is already gone!
I'm telling you, YardVPS is the worst experience EVER!
“-/+ buffers/cache: 192 334” – means that 192 is used out of (192+334=526MB) not 502. That 502 is provisioned but not used. So you’re actually wrong.
Another thing: all of yardVPS’s images (atleast the leaf1) has a lot of programs (like apache etc) running. maybe you need to un-install them. 30MB is a on tweaked image; not standard.
As far as money back: man that’s really unfortunate. I feel ya.
I think… the used ram should read 192MB instead of 502MB. I’ve no experience on Ubuntu so can’t comment if it’s normal.
Dear Jack.
You must see this page : linuxatemyram.com
192 MB is still quite high for clean installation.
ibk,
I didn’t know about that. Right now:
free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 527 82 444 0 14 18
-/+ buffers/cache: 49 478
Swap: 1023 0 1023
It looks like linux is using 49MB for disk caching and 33MB is used by other stuff. IMO this looks good. I’ll try to deploy my blog on this server and see how it goes.
Hey you know what. I will even give you guys my root password and stuff.
Password : password1
IP : 216.24.196.21
You guys can do whatever you want with it. I’m done with them…
Bro: no matter how upset you are this is NOT a good idea. Anyone can f*ck with your VPS to do crazy stuff like child porno/terrorist stuff and YOU’ll be blamed for it. You can land yourself in a serious mess. I hope you joking here…
I were you I’d just shut down the vps and move on ….
We resolved the memory leak within 10.04 by optimizing the OS a bit.
root@sv:~# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 527 81 445 0 14 18
-/+ buffers/cache: 48 479
Swap: 1023 0 1023
root@sv:~#
Just like most out of the box system it is up to the client to optimize their OS. This is why clients are given PyGrub where they can modify their kernel by unloading unnecessary modules to use minimal memory.
Clients are all welcome to modify their template in any form or way they choose. We’ll be reporting this memory leak to our vendor later today. Glad for pointing this out and will roll a fix once we hear from them.
In the future its advisable to open a ticket so we can tackle issues together by coming up with concrete solutions.
@JockTwo
It’s impossible to run a website on the server lol :p
Bro I get you…. shit happens. I’ve had some funny experiences…but to give out your VPS details like that is a recipe for disaster. That VPS could be used for anything – go change the password in solusVM. :D
Why don’t you try another OS? like centOS or maybe even another ubuntu LTS? or perhaps debian. Debian and ubuntu are very similar.
@JockTwo
Yea I guess you’re right! I already changed the PW.
Tried all of them. All BS.
Hey,
Looks like my VPS is running fine now. I have NginX, php-fpm and Mysql up an running. Memory leak issue has been fixed.
The Speed is really badass. I am starting to love this server :p.
@Jim
Thanks for taking my issues into consideration.
-Jack
:D see its better to be patient… photonVPS is a reputable provider so yardvps will, to say the least, be upto the mark.
I have rented this TREE 1 package (sadly, without the 15% discount) on tuesday (11/23).
All was going fine before yesterday when the VPS started to reboot randomly. Less than 1 hour (very fast for a unmanaged plan) after opening a support ticket, my problem was solved by one of their “Level 3 Engineer” and my server is rock solid again.
One problem that I found (and I don’t know if it is a Xen, OS template or Ubuntu issue):
There is no “/dev/hvc0” device, which lead to tons of error logs (50MB+/day) and made any log audition nearly impossible. I’ve solved this by simpling making a symbolic link which points to “/dev/tty1”.
Their performance and support is just great. 1.5 TB is almost “unlimited bandwidth” (if you don’t use any p2p network, which is prohibited by TOS/AUP) compared to other providers and $7.95 is the cheapest (without discount) Xen VPS (had some trouble with OpenVZ in the past) that I’ve found. Response time is over 200ms where I live (some “little” country in South America), but that is ok.
The only thing I miss in this plan is a DNS service. Something like ns1.yardvps.com and ns2.yardvps.com for customers would be very much appreciated.
Tiago,
Please to know you’re happy with things. How’s the I/O responsiveness? Do simple commands like “ps -ef” and “ls -la” take a long time to output?
shearerc,
I don’t have anything to complain about performance (I/O, CPU or network).
“ps -ef” and “ls -la” output are both instantly.
YARDSALE is active again for the next 24 hours!
You can kill the hvc0 errors by deleting /etc/init/hvc0.conf. It’s not used by the serial console and is simply to log into the host from the host. I suppose support might want it back at some point but considering getty wasn’t able to attach anyway….
Thank you! Linking it to /dev/tty1 bring me some bugs when logging in from serial console, but deleting the /etc/init/hvc0.conf is much more simplier.
Interestingly, using YARDSALE at time of this post only gives 10% recurring discount.
It’s another special we’re having at the moment, however it ends in 24 hours and applies to our GRASS plans as well.
LOL ich liebe es hier hehe. Noch genialer als bei Flirts-and-more.de – da sind die Leute irgendwie voll pervers.