BuffaloVPS - $5.99 512MB Xen VPS in Chicago

Sep 30, 2011 @ 2:39 pm

A new promotion from BuffaloVPS, which was sent to me by Chris from ChicagoVPS, whom I presume is “helping out” looking after the shop while Adam is taking a break. Anyway. It’s Xen this time, which hasn’t been “on sale” at ChicagoVPS/BuffaloVPS for quite sometime. Use coupon code Xensale to take the Xen VPS “Standard” package down to $5.99/month. Direct order link here.

512MB memory
20GB storage
1000GB/month data transfer
Xen/SolusVM

PayPal only. Servers with ColoCrossing in Chicago IL (test IP: 205.234.159.210). Both ChicagoVPS and BuffaloVPS have been regularly featured here so do check out some of the comments and reviews. As far as I can see, Chris/Jeremiah/Adam provide quite active support. Their OpenVZ VPS might be a bit overloaded, but with Xen VPS you pretty much get dedicated memory and disk space.

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27 Comments

Krute:
How many IPv4 comes with the 5.99 plan?
September 30, 2011 @ 3:00 pm
- LowEndAdmin:
  It says 1 on their website…
  September 30, 2011 @ 3:01 pm
Adam Johnston:
Yes LEA is correct it is only 1.
I will be back next week from my trip :)
Thanks,
Adam
September 30, 2011 @ 3:14 pm
Asim Zeeshan:
IPv6?
September 30, 2011 @ 3:26 pm
- Adam Johnston:
  Not yet, however our provider is finally getting ready to support it :)
  October 2, 2011 @ 2:45 pm
BuzzPoet:
No Debian 6?
September 30, 2011 @ 8:54 pm
Houzuo Guo:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo :-D
October 1, 2011 @ 12:56 am
- drmike:
  I could have sworn that this was Pony country….
  :)
  October 1, 2011 @ 1:05 am
HuluWa:
Do they still resell ChicagoVPS?
October 1, 2011 @ 1:36 am
- Adam Johnston:
  We have our own machine now through ChicagoVPS
  Thanks,
  Chris
  October 2, 2011 @ 2:44 pm

Mr.z:

# cat /proc/cpuinfo | head -n 8
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 30
model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X3450  @ 2.67GHz
stepping	: 5
cpu MHz		: 2666.666
cache size	: 8192 KB
# dd if=/dev/zero of=iotest bs=64k count=4k conv=fdatasync 2>&1 | tail -n 1
268435456 bytes (268 MB) copied, 4.49753 seconds, 59.7 MB/s
# wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2011-10-01 02:03:18--  http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 205.234.175.175
Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `/dev/null'

100%[==========================================>] 104,857,600 10.6M/s   in 9.6s    

2011-10-01 02:03:28 (10.4 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]

October 1, 2011 @ 6:05 am

denos:
I would avoid this one. My machine was not provisioned properly (“Destination Unreachable”) and I’ve had an open ticket for hours. I also tried to reach them via live chat but no luck. I would recommend going with another provider if uptime and responsiveness are important to you.
October 1, 2011 @ 6:15 pm
- Adam Johnston:
  Denos,
  We are having a few issues right now that we are trying to fix that take higher priority.
  appreciate your patience.
  Thanks,
  Adam
  October 2, 2011 @ 2:44 pm
- denos:
  Update: The issue was resolved. Now that I have access to the VPS, I will say that it is snappy and the outbound bandwidth is better than expected. Although I will still say that they need to work on improving their response times, I can’t really complain too much for $6/month.
  October 3, 2011 @ 3:48 am
Ricky:
What kind of templates are available? It is not stated in the offer page I suppose..
October 2, 2011 @ 4:17 am
- Adam Johnston:
  We can supply you with any template you need.
  Thanks,
  Adam
  October 2, 2011 @ 2:44 pm
Pinoy:
Ordered one today and still waiting for my VPS information. I wish they would set it up today.
October 4, 2011 @ 3:12 am
- Adam:
  Hello,
  Everyone should be provisioned, it your not please submit a ticket as something may have went wrong.
  Regards,
  Chris
  October 4, 2011 @ 3:32 am
  - Pinoy:
    My vps is already provisioned but cannot login to the server. I already submitted a ticket. :)
    October 4, 2011 @ 4:10 am
  - Tobey Cook:
    I submitted a ticket as well, since I’m still waiting for provisioning and server information.
    October 4, 2011 @ 7:45 pm
f9:
Very excited to try this out. I’ve been digging around for great VPS prices to use for a new startup project.
October 5, 2011 @ 3:58 pm
ChinnoDog:
Ordered on Friday, received confirmation at 2:14pm. VM wouldn’t boot though. Went to live chat, was told it takes a few minutes to set up so I left it alone and tried it later. Still won’t boot. I put in a ticket yesterday but it doesn’t appear on the support site anymore and I didn’t get a copy of it in email like the support site said I would. I put in a new ticket, #326187. 48+hrs and still don’t have a working VM. I don’t know about this….
October 16, 2011 @ 8:04 pm
- ChinnoDog:
  3+ days now, still don’t have a bootable VPS account. I’ve used the automated reinstall and can’t boot it after that either.
  October 17, 2011 @ 8:41 pm
  - Chris Fabozzi:
    Hello,
    I will make sure to tell Adam about this, I know he has been very sick the past few days. But still no excuse for the delay.
    Regards,
    Chris
    October 17, 2011 @ 8:43 pm
    - tinyray:
      Chris Fabozzi,
      when will you ‘1024’ again?
      October 17, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
ghost:
…
paid already half day, didn’t enable yet,
live chat isn’t enable too…
November 7, 2011 @ 6:28 pm
mike:
i wouldn’t suggest these guys.
after 1 month they suspended my account for non-payment…
i have paypal invoices stating it was payed 5 days ago…
their response via ticket support was less than adequate (listed lower)
IMO rookies.
_________________________________
Hello,
Your VPS is unsuspended now.
———
Luc Ayotte
BuffaloVPS Support Tech
layotte@buffalovps.com
November 8, 2011 @ 6:39 pm