Via this WHT offer. 1CheapHosting has been pushing their blow out sale for the past few weeks. Use promo code 60plus35 to get 60% off 2 months, and then 35% off lifetime discount. So for their “1Basic” VPS package that’s $3.60/month for the first 2 months + $5.85/month afterwards. Here is the ordering link.
- 256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
- 15GB storage
- 200GB/month data transfer on 1Gbps (upgraded from 100GB/month)
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Servers in Equinix Zurich Datacenter, Switzerland (test IP: 46.19.136.1). Domain has been registered since April 2010, and both NS are on the same box. Nothing much changed since their previous spot here last July. Still part of “RH Groups” that claimed to be around since 2003. Domain is still WHOIS guarded. Quite a lot of broken links on the website. No SSL for the client area. The WHOIS record of that test IP belongs to Private Layer in Panama — could have been the upstream.
I guess that hasn’t changed my confidence (or lack of). However it’s the only Switzerland low end box we’ve got so far so could try it out if you really want one in Equinix Zurich.
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First impressions:
Instant activation (PayPal)
SolusVM:
Memory: 256 MB
Burst: 512 MB
Disk Space: 15 GB
Bandwidth: 100 GB <====
Looks like Private Layer Inc server
HE and Cogent
IP allocated to Switzerland
OS templates (32bit and 64bit):
CentOS 5
Debian 5
Fedora 13
Ubuntu 10.10
Wrong date/time
Current default timezone: ‘Etc/UTC’
Local time is now: Fri Mar 25 07:48:37 UTC 2011.
Universal Time is now: Fri Mar 25 07:48:37 UTC 2011.
That means you can now test their support response time.
Yeah :-) However rarely I do contact support because my servers and VPS are “expendable” — automatically replaced by others during outages and cancelled if performance/uptime is not acceptable. If the service is not stable I just move on, then support response time is not important when I’m running cheap VPSs.
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2) System: ch2: GNU/Linux OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2 -- #1 SMP Fri Dec 17 19:25:15 MSK 2010 Machine: x86_64 (unknown) Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="ANSI_X3.4-1968", collate="ANSI_X3.4-1968") CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz (4533.6 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Inte l virtualization CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz (4533.4 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Inte l virtualization CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz (4533.5 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Inte l virtualization CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz (4533.5 bogomips) Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Inte l virtualization 08:05:09 up 37 min, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.09, 0.03; runlevel 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Fri Mar 25 2011 08:05:09 - 08:29:44 4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 13978189.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 2668.9 MWIPS (9.5 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 2821.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 797368.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 40737.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 8792.9 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 5659.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 922.2 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1669.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 741702.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 13978189.5 1197.8 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2668.9 485.3 Execl Throughput 43.0 2821.8 656.2 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 797368.3 641.0 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 40737.5 101.8 Process Creation 126.0 8792.9 697.8 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 5659.1 1334.7 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 922.2 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1669.9 2783.2 System Call Overhead 15000.0 741702.9 494.5 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 682.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Fri Mar 25 2011 08:29:44 - 08:54:30 4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 50244823.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 10298.0 MWIPS (9.7 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 6233.2 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 3082459.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 899691.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 23784.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 13173.4 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 1094.0 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2136.5 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 2523770.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 50244823.9 4305.5 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 10298.0 1872.4 Execl Throughput 43.0 6233.2 1449.6 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3082459.7 2477.9 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 899691.1 2249.2 Process Creation 126.0 23784.1 1887.6 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 13173.4 3106.9 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 1094.0 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2136.5 3560.9 System Call Overhead 15000.0 2523770.7 1682.5 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 2362.0Private Layer dedicated servers:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7233740
It seems the VPS price is perfectly aligned with the server price and conditions.
It’s not the only LEB offer.
Hostrail has moved there NL based location to Switzerland (There site is not modified yet).
And now they are moving there DE based location to there as well.
They are located in the same data center as this one.
HostRail is one of my Top 10 Worst VPS Provider Ever. :-)
I never had problems with my NL based vps.
My US based sucks :-) but I don’t expect much for 1.05 dollar.
IMO if they moved the VPS from NL to CH they caused problems for some customers. :-)
I had just ordered a DE VPS from HostRail when they sent me an email saying they were now moving their DE VPS’s to the same datacenter my NL VPS with them are now in. I only ordered it because of the location. Time to find another cheap DE offer :(
If you want a cheap VPS in Germany just order a VPS in France from RapidoVPS. :-)
The fact is I kept my “French VPS” hosted in Frankfurt (Netdirekt) for only $2.5 USD and so far so good.
PS: In Germany you can´t go wrong with the QuickWeb´s Dusseldorf/Equinix Xen VPS. Highly recommended.
Hey!
RapidoVPS are good ? you have good uptime & performances on your DE server there?
Thanks :)
@Bob
RapidoVPS:
$2.50 USD
Memory: 64 MB
Burst: 128 MB
Disk Space: 10 GB
Bandwidth: 2.93 TB
Processor: i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
4 cores
I/O: 65 MB/s
wget cachefly: 100Mbps
Uptime stats:
UP: 99.723% 37d4h25m
Down: 0.227% 2h29m
Hi All,
http://www.ramhost.us/?page=virtual-dedicated-server now has stock.
I grabbed one, anyone else want one before the stock vaporizes?
Why are you advertising on this?
I am not advertising. I am not a VPS provider. I thought the info would be relevant here, but if the news is not appreciated I wouldn’t post any more such info. I will keep it under my hat.
I grabbed another in Atlanta too.
This thread has nothing to do with ramhost. If you want to publish this, a better place would have been on the forums:
http://lowendtalk.com
or on a post concerning ramhost:
http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/ramhost-us/
Switzerland offer, hmm again a good location on lEB :)
And they are down (my vps and their website too)…
Interestingly they were still advertising on WHT merely a few hours ago (prior to your comment).
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1035857
Finally, they are up again.
Downtime from ~ 04:00pm yesterday (March,31st) to 07:45am now (CET) => 15h.
The contact person answering my 1st ticket needet to “contact technical support”, which he presumed answering within 24h.
I am still waiting …
Ergo: don’t expect any support at all.
Two days since I ordered and still no activation. Opened a ticket yesterday to find out if there was an ETA on it and still haven’t heard back. Not looking good.
I prefer hostrail offshore for this location.
The performance of them is a lot better than hostrail. However I’m a bit afraid of them as they can diappear anytime…
Yep, maybe, but hostrail offshore gives you one core of CPU at full frequency, better than Limestone instances.
Still haven’t had my VPS provisioned yet. Received a response two days ago saying “All our server are full. Our new server will be ready tommorow. Your VPS vill be ready in 12 hours.” and offering me a $5 credit. Support responses are *very* slow. I highly recommend against them based on these issues. If my node is every activated I will try to offer feedback on the VPS itself.
VPS was just provisioned. Seems to perform well and will certainly meet my very basic needs. Hopefully they won’t end up in the dead pool next week.
I guess you will need a lot of hope :)
Have you already been trying to install OPENVPN or some firwewall rules with IPTABLES?
If no: try it, tell me if your VPS came with TUN/TAP- and IPTABLES-support ootb.
if yes: did you have to submit a ticket in order to get it running?
On my VPS@1cheaphosting.net I had to submit 2 tickets and wait for ten days to get it running – which is very slow and obv lame at all, as enabling these services is mandatory.
Greetings,
noop
As posted before, the server where my VPS was created needed date/time adjust as it was quite wrong. Five hours after I opened a ticket asking the support to fix it they replied asking my root password! Out of sheer curiosity to see how my VPS password could work to adjust the server’s clock I replied the ticket with it. Six day after, no VPS access by them, no data/time fix, no ticket reply. I then cancelled the VPS according to their rules — including the 7 day money back no question asked — but I never was refunded. Few hours after the cancellation request the provider’s server and my VPS (I guess both were in the same box) went down for hours, then I think it was a good decision to dump this company from my provider’s list.
Yes man!
You are absolutely right.
Time adjustment would also be necessary for my VPS.
In the evening hours I often have to experience a lot of lag, just when using ssh to edit scripts.
The knowledgebase as well as the forum and the announcement links on their web page are leading to nothing in an all-purpose web-hosting template.
But after all, I don’t even think about sending more tickets.
It’s a bad hoster, but really cheap – and there is not more to expect from a provider with that name, right?
Greetings,
noop
Hi there…
I buy VPS from 1cheaphosting nearly last month… all are look ok for me… but ticket support little bit slow… 4 hours for one ticket to solve…
anyway will but one more VPS from them… server are very fast, network speed also fast…
do you have any suggestion for others company if i want buy other swiss network at cheap price? or can i stay to this company?
There VPS is down, this is not the first time since my 2 months contract.
Check your monitors LEA, reports on WHT of servers being down for these guys:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1051387
Francisco
Please react to ticket #432658 !