Thanks to fLoo for sending his review on Alvotech’s VServer product. Alvotech GmbH is this hosting provider based in Germany providing Linux-VServer based VPS. Seems to be pretty good offer there — €3.90/Month (~USD$5.30) for its “vServer L” package. However it is 6 months billing period (€23.40) although on cancellation, reminding months will be refunded.
- 512MB guaranteed/2048MB burstable memory
- 30GB storage
- Unmetered bandwidth
Servers in Germany. Domain registered since November 2009. Both NS are on the same server although they appear to be from different class C’s. Unmetered bandwidth at this price point seems to be a very good offer, especially when the servers are on shared Gbit line (see fLoo’s review and download tests).
VServer is rare though in low end VPS market, which is dominated by OpenVZ and Xen providers. It has been around longer than OpenVZ. Large hosting companies such as DreamHost uses it for their Private Server product. Neither are in the upstream kernel though.
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DE market is awesome for VPS’s, simply can’t argue about there prices.
Do this guys support PP? And do they own a DC or they colo/rent server? Possible to upgrade plans? And is there even some TOS? :O
Yes, as written in my post, the do colocate their servers.
They only support paypal, no way to use mastercard or moneybookers. So sad. My country have no support for it.
They will have English site next hours
The web is in german. It says:
“Thank you for visiting. Our english website is available within the next 24 hours.”
I guess, cause of my promotion/review + LEB (Thanks for taking this offer into your blog buddy!), they’ve now a LOT todo :) I bet that they’ll introduce other payment options in the near future, simply because many LEB readers from outside germany are interested in this offer.
I have never tested a Linux-VServer. Is it more like Xen than OpenVZ?
I am googleing just now….
Interesting is that while they have an own AS (AS12851 ALVOTECH-AS) they use Clanotopia within a newly registered IP range (no Geoinfo avilable yet)
Their own AS is hosted in the Netherlands, so i would not be sure that the VPS are in Germany….
@Gonzalo: Linux-VServer is like OpenVZ. Its containerbased virtualisation used within a shared kernel along the guests. There are some pros and cons for OpenVZ or Linux-VServer, depends on your needs.
@will: They got several colocations. As you can see on http://www.clano-it.com/images/company/networkmap-overview.jpg they can host in NL + DE.
@willi: I just called them to get your question clear:
They do definitly host at Dusseldorf/Germany at KPN. The servers are not rented and owned by Alvotech. The reason for having such an amazing speed to NL might be that there are some extra peerings – i couldnt get more info about that fact (sorry).
Furthermore i have been told that the VServer i’ve been on has been _full_ – that means that you can be sure to get the same speed and performance as i got (i was not on some special brand new machine or smth.)
I hope i could get answer your question :)
I wonder if the hosting providers that advertise unmetered bandwidth are going to do the same thing that hosted providers do: say that it has to be within some reasonable number or else your account will be immediately disabled.
Test file from fLoo http://188.64.45.134/100mb.bin
2 tests:
nordic (10.6 MB/s) – `100mb.bin’ saved [104857600/104857600]
dme (2.94 MB/s) – `100mb.bin.1′ saved [104857600/104857600]
More speed tests would be nice like US/UK/RU
@Tom
2 tests:
US/CurlHost (vps) : Downloaded: 1 files, 100M in 16s (6.32 MB/s)
FR/Orange (optical fiber) : 100KB/s.
Canada/Uniserve (adsl) : 600KB/s.
With Orange(France), this connection allows me to download @ 10MB/s, so, how comes it’s faster between Germany/US than Germany/France ?
Do anyone knows if they allow torrent traffic? IRC?
2 tests:
VooServer DC (Kent, UK): Average 234KB/S in 7min 18Sec
RapidSwitch DC (London, UK): Average 6.8MB/S in 15Secs
@will — Linux-VServer is more like OpenVZ and it has been around for quite a while. I have used it before OpenVZ. Well, “glorified chroot” they said :)
@Igor — I think with VPS and dedicated IP/MAC, it is possible to throttle on the router level so they can potentially limit your flow at will, i.e. I don’t see an SLA that they must provide 1Gbps connection.
They must oversell so much :)
LEA, most likely it’s not a 1 Gbps per box, it will be connected to as many servers as they see fit until it reaches it’s some % when they will add a new line.
I signed up asked support and they said they take around 2 hours to set up (during there biz hours), also I was wondering if it’s possible to get an invoice for less then 6 month, they said that due to paypal fees they issue 6 month invoices, but if you want to cancel they will issue a refund.
> There are some pros and cons for OpenVZ or Linux-VServer, depends on your needs.
Are there any “pros” at all, for VServer? AFAIK it is more antique and even more dead-end than OpenVZ.
It does not even support IPv6 out of the box in the current stable version ( http://linux-vserver.org/IPv6 )
@rm :
I am working for OpenVCP (Open VServer Control Panel), a CP for Linux-VServer (www.openvcp.org). As of util-vserver 0.30.212 or newer it fully supports native IPv6 which i want to show you here (made this just for you!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5SeTV422Y
Furthermore its not antique, its activly support by many people (just hop over into our IRC-Chan irc.oftc.net #vserver). For example one pro is, that due to network isolation instead of virtual network interfaces its a performance win. OpenVZ is more styled and “Web 2.0 addicted” where Linux-VServer isnt but that doesnt say anything. Its just that many “i want to be a vserver-reseller” use OpenVZ because in combination with SolusVM its easy to install and ready within a day to earn money without big knowledge.
I would rather go to a provider using vserver instead of openvz, because i know, these people have to think about what they do and ofcourse how!
I do have a vps with them now too. Working as expected – awesome fast :)
do you allow proxy websites, vpn???
I ordered a VPS with them but the thing is that I never receive any invoice or email asking me to pay them and they have already gave me the account details, strange!
Jimmy, give them a day, you will see it in your control panel and you will receive it by mail when they generate it.
So far I can say I have pumped 300GB with an average of 5.5MB/s and they the traffic + server seems very solid, but be careful templates are awful, to add Kloxo you have to setup 1 more additional eth0, eth0:1 file yourself and if there wasn’t a guide for this I would surely not able to think of it.
Also due to custom kernel an average person will not be able to setup VNC by guides from the network.
Thats why they call their VPS “Expert VPS” :)
Anyone with them can give me demo IP please? :)
Signed up 5 days ago and experienced 100% uptime so far. Performance and reliability are both top notch. The control panel hasn’t been translated to English yet, but it isn’t too difficult to find your way around.
The VPS is good, but i haven’t succeed to add a default block rule in their firewall panel(And i haven’t reply from them). The firewall panel is very basic, and there isn’t tun device so you can forget the VPN :)
By the way, the bandwidth is not garantee. You can have 100Mb/s, or only 60KB/s (like now)
Hey, I would be interested by their offer.. (lot of ram for a cheap price!) any news about the bandwidth issue?
Thanks :)
@TUh – I haven’t personally noticed any problems while I’ve been using my VPS with them. Just grabbed a 100MB test file right before posting this. 104,857,600 39.2M/s in 2.6s. Not saying that there won’t be slow times, but I haven’t personally experienced any as Dyblast has.
Hello.
I have ordered a vServer L, which worked just fine from the begining of November.
At the end of November (27.11.2010), I wanted to upgrade to vServer XXL.
The upgrade requested at the end of November is not finished yet (15.12.2010).
Sadly, support is responding very slow (maybe after 4-5 DAYS).
Thinking to cancel my services from them.
Regards,
/Sorin
Hey Sorin, So slow respond..?
I sent them email , and i have feedback after 10 hours..
I was thinking to start with the “vServer L” but now i’m thinking about..
..control panel is only in German? #2 reason.
alvotech is banned in poland :/
alvotech is banned in poland :/
80% polish networks this vps not work
if anybody need this, i can sale by ukash cupons
server started: 30.11.2010
payed 6 month
This issue with the biggest poland provider (tpnet) is solved and was only related to one of our subnets (81.88.24.x).
Hi.
Any update on the bandwidth? Is it as crappy as citynet? better but still no more than 70kB/s…?
thanks!
Reminding? Perhaps you mean remaining?
Did anybody tested bandwidth in real conditions?
U can use cachefly’s 100mb test. they do over 50 mb/sec on gigabit vps
I’ve had one of these for about 2 months now.
I have to say, the speed is absolutely incredible – Managed to import a 250mb SQL database in seconds. In comparison, my Burst LA vps took around half an hour.
I/O, Network, CPU speed – All top notch.
Currently hosting an active gaming server and players have reported that it’s faster than our old dedicated server! (Dual Atom)
Definitely recommend this host – Really reliable, and at a fantastic price!
I purchased their 30GB VPS few days ago and I’m using it for backups storage.
I haven’t done any I/O benchmarks.
This is the download speed I’m getting
Tried their vServer XXL. Servers seem to work fast, great uptime and instant, amazing support. Really great deal.
Support? Aren’t they unmanaged?
And he said support, not management. You don’t even know difference between the two, and yet try to run some sort of hosting review site?
As if the two terms weren’t used interchangeably 99% of the times, in fact many companies have tables explaining what they’ll do and what not.
Anyway, being precise, you’re right.
they not supporting Direct Admin
buying from not provider its 3x expensive
I already have a VPS directly with Clanotopia (1TB RAM 30GB HD 5TB bw @ 100Mbps 9,99 euro). I just ordered the Alvotech VPS and it is impressive too:
God DAMN! 1 TB ram! xD
99.9% chance it is oversold or really GB and he hit the t instead of the g by accident.
Yeah I know n_n Is funny, a lot of people have that accident…
It can be unimpressive too:
Alvotech claims they don’t limit my VPS and they can’t do anything to improve it…
you might live in the land of far far away. :)
France, … really far … Added to this the first month my bandwidth was good (like Francisco)
Please contact our customer support at support@alvotech.de, this speed is not normal and definitely not ok
“A one-time setup fee in the amount of 9.90 EUR normally applies, this fee is waived if ordered 04/30/2011.”
vps with setup fee??? not so special – now will pure offer
propose yardvps/spacerich/buyvm
omg again change date ;p
this fee is waived if ordered 06/30/2011.
isnt better just remove in vps setup fee?
most it is in dedicate, i never seen it in vps
I see it all the time on VPSes. Usually the providers who
spamthe LET site have them.in poland no one provider do setup fee for vps
*shrug* I’m sure if I took the time to dig, I could find at least one vps provided having machines in Poland who also has a setup fee.
drmike, don’t be such a partybreaker :-) You DON’T see it all the time. Maybe sometimes. Very rare…
Well, I’ve got a vServer at Alvotech since 28.04.2011 and it works pretty good. 100% uptime (not counting my own reboots), great network speeds, good IO. I’m from Poland, as zlotowinfo (hey mate, ween you on wht.pl ;) ) but I’ve never had any issues with Alvotech’s vServ. Running Debian 6 and ispCP Omega on it – and everything works perfectly smooth.
Download:
IO:
For the low price tag it has I have to say it’s one of the best VPS I’ve ever had (and I had a lot of them).
AH, one more thing: I haven’t seen a VPS with a setup fee in Poland either, and I live here all my life and seen dozens of VPS’ providers in this country. No budget, no premium, no VPS with setup fee, period.
me to ver surprised, never seen vps with setup fee in poland
but they always moving date of this
dont try debian 32bit, they have crashed image
I know some people still use 32-bit OSes because of the shitty software they need to install on it, but for “standard” usage (web server, PHP, Perl, databases) you should go for 64-bit. I’m using 64-bit systems on all of my servers and never had any issue.
And Squeeze 64-bit is running very nicely on Alvotech’s vServ.
i tried counter strike server, its 32bit app, not run on 64bit
but found solution to run on 64bit
use this command: apt-get install ia32-libs
they told if still not works use: apt-get install lib32gcc1
i told them many time about bad 32 images, they dont see problem
image run, but in use much problems
This company lays a very good trap in forcing customers to pay extra money. Their customer support would not only threaten or insult you. They would spam your inbox with unwanted emails. Not to mention their service is pathetic. I would consider this company a “Rip off”
false
never got a spam email from them (I use a separate email address for each contact I have)
Once I logged in their live support chat and the operator helped me troubleshoot what the issue with my vps was. Ok, it was a quick 5 minutes thing, but they did it for free (unless I get a surprise in my next 6 months invoice).
not true in my case. They were fast and serious
Warning:
I have a 512 VPS with them. What I don’t like about them is:
1. They are advertising SWAP as “RAM burstable”
2. They are making SWAP difficult to use (preseting vm.swapiness to 0 and not letting you modify this parameter)
3. They would SHUT DOWN your VPS without a warning when you try to use more than 512 MB RAM (yes, they don’t just kill a process, they shut down your VPS, rebooting from their control panel is the only option)
4. PS. Their support is a bit arrogant and is telling you that that’s normal and the servie is only for linux experts
More details on this FB wall post (until they remove it): http://www.facebook.com/Alvotech/posts/409314189096577
So perhaps you can find a better company out there for your VPS.