Vladimir @ CheapVPS has just informed me their LowEndBox KVM Special. Price? £4/month (~USD$6.56). Only 25 are available, and here’s the deal:
- 256MB memory/256MB swap
- 10GB storage
- 500GB/month data transfer
- 2 IP addresses
- KVM/SolusVM
It says “Hosted in Maidenhead, UK on our own hardware”, which would be BlueSquare. It’s KVM, which means full hardware virtualization that enables you to install also FreeBSD, NetBSD and Solaris. CheapVPS is now run by Simply Virtual Servers Ltd, a UK based company, and they seem to run other A2B2’s previous brands such as FsckVPS. Also note that the price excludes VAT, so add 20% if you are in EU and can’t be exempted.
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LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
+1 for announcing the limits at the beginning of the sale. We’ve had hosts who kept that information quiet until after a few days after the announcement.
So this is like the 2nd or 3rd time it’s been sold?
Thank you for posting the offer for us. We are more than happy to see LEB users coming in actually. Should you also have any pre or post sales questions, feel free to fire us an email through our website. We’ll be happy to get in touch!
On a side note, company was acquired by Namesco Limited in November 2009th and we’ve been part of the group since. We have no intentions of going anywhere actually :).
Hi,
The first invoice includes VAT yet I don’t live in Europe. I did create a ticket asking billing for clarification as the payment is made by PayPal subscription.
Note: I received a “Welcome to CheapVPS” e-mail sent by Simply Virtual Servers Limited. The billing ticket creation confirmation was sent by FSCKVPS Billing and the message signed by VAServe LTD.
Ticket replied to, VAT issue sorted out now!
Thanks!
I’m still a bit skeptical about this company because of the VAServ connection.
I’ve been with VAServ/A2B2/CheapVPS for *years* and have no intention/reason to leave. Friendly and prompt service + cheap hosting.
We did have a free beta month of KVM offerings, making sure all the people can check quality of our service, free of charge. If you have any particular doubts feel free to get in touch with us – we definitely can vouch for the quality of our revamped UK platform and encourage people to give us a try.
For those of you interested in the KVM special, here is a review that I put up about it:
http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-v-cheapvps-kvm/
Special thanks to LEA who helped me a lot in setting up the blog and also fanovpn with his comment here:
http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-v-cheapvps-kvm/#comment-85, which corrected some factual mistakes that I made in the writing :)
BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.2) System: uk4: GNU/Linux OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.26-2-amd64 -- #1 SMP Tue Jan 12 22:12:20 UTC 2010 Machine: x86_64 (unknown) Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="ANSI_X3.4-1968", collate="ANSI_X3.4-1968") CPU 0: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 (5029.7 bogomips) x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 1: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 (4987.6 bogomips) x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 2: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 (4987.5 bogomips) x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET CPU 3: QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 (4987.4 bogomips) x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET 01:26:07 up 40 min, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.15, 0.10; runlevel 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 02 2011 01:26:07 - 01:50:22 4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 18734254.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 2899.3 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 656.8 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 1345072.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 101653.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 1180.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1883.8 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 202.8 lpm (60.2 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 397.5 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 2082671.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 18734254.7 1605.3 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2899.3 527.1 Execl Throughput 43.0 656.8 152.7 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 1345072.7 1081.2 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 101653.0 254.1 Process Creation 126.0 1180.3 93.7 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 1883.8 444.3 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 202.8 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 397.5 662.4 System Call Overhead 15000.0 2082671.2 1388.4 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 480.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 02 2011 01:50:22 - 02:14:48 4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests Dhrystone 2 using register variables 73711350.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Double-Precision Whetstone 11334.5 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples) Execl Throughput 1645.9 lps (29.9 s, 2 samples) Pipe Throughput 5251789.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Pipe-based Context Switching 382805.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) Process Creation 2653.3 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 2947.0 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 205.3 lpm (60.5 s, 2 samples) Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 422.5 lpm (60.3 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 2613015.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 73711350.7 6316.3 Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 11334.5 2060.8 Execl Throughput 43.0 1645.9 382.8 Pipe Throughput 12440.0 5251789.2 4221.7 Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 382805.5 957.0 Process Creation 126.0 2653.3 210.6 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 2947.0 695.0 Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 205.3 --- Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 422.5 704.1 System Call Overhead 15000.0 2613015.3 1742.0 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 1153.4