ChicagoVPS - $6.50 1GB OpenVZ VPS in Chicago

Jul 31, 2011 @ 1:02 pm

Wish everyone had a great weekend. I’ll try to make some catch-up-posts so these will be quick. Chris from ChicagoVPS is bringing up a new node so here it is — some new offers from them. Grab one to help Chris to fill his node up.

Starter (Sign up here)
256MB memory
10GB storage
500GB/month data transfer
$5.50/month with promo code 256

Standard (Sign up here)
512MB memory
20GB storage
1000GB/month data transfer
$60/year with promo code 512yr

Professional (Sign up here)
1024MB memory
30GB storage
1500GB/month data transfer
$6.50/month with promo code 1024

Servers in Chicago with ColoCrossing (where LowEndTalk is currently hosted but with eNetSouth). Test site for download/traceroute tests. ChicagoVPS has now been around for > a year. As for the 1GB VPS offer it’s actually the same as last time. I believe that there is no burstable memory, but still pretty good value.

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LEA

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.
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25 Comments

Adam:
I might as well comment on this…
My experience with ChicagoVPS has been a bit up and down. I bought an instance when they had their last special. Long story short, VPS was horrible for 3 weeks (technical problems, etc).
However once I got put onto my current node, everything has been running perfectly. I’ve actually bought another instance on the same node. All that I can hope for is that this node isn’t where all the new guys are going 🙂
Here are some tests for people:
```
[root@chicago1 ~]# 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, 12.8969 seconds, 83.3 MB/s
```
```
[root@chicago1 ~]# wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2011-07-31 19:27:24--  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: `100mb.test'

100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 7.59M/s   in 13s

2011-07-31 19:27:37 (7.82 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]
```
July 31, 2011 @ 3:29 pm
- Chris Fabozzi:
  Adam,
  I am glad we changed your mind, and yes I will admit last month was a disaster with that node. Failed hard drives, multiple abusers, etc. Long story short it was a nightmare.
  Since then moving everyone off to a separate node everything has been perfect like you said. You current node is at capacity and we will not be adding any more to the current node your on.
  Regards,
  Chris
  July 31, 2011 @ 3:39 pm
  - Goran:
    I wanna get a VPS and as I see you got very nice prices..I picked the 1G ram 30Gb package..but is there any chance for a custom package with some more hdd space? I’ll be online tonight, cuz I want get a vps and migrate my data tonight.
    Thanks.
    August 13, 2011 @ 2:41 am
  - Goran:
    And btw, manage.chicagovps.net is down 🙂
    August 13, 2011 @ 2:44 am

Reetus:

I thought this VPS would be a bit iffy because of the price, $6.50 is a good deal, but it has been rock solid since I have had it.

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, 21.1417 s, 50.8 MB/s

--2011-08-01 06:12:30--  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: `100mb.test'

100%[===================================================================================================================================================================================================>] 104,857,600 10.3M/s   in 10s     

2011-08-01 06:12:40 (9.59 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]

Would highly recommend.

July 31, 2011 @ 10:11 pm

Rg:
I have 2 vps with them. You can traceroute on my site just to be sure that I’m hosted with them. It had been rock solid. Found them through LEB, really awesome. 🙂
Though does this one have burst/swap?
August 1, 2011 @ 4:41 am
Krute:
i have 2 vpses with chris. i am happy with their service. almost no downtime.
August 1, 2011 @ 11:42 am
Bee Ohm:
pls enable tuntap on my vps. check ur support ticket. im waiting asap
August 1, 2011 @ 12:07 pm
- Jeremiah Shinkle:
  Bee,
  Obviously this is not the place to request this. Looking at the date it should already have been done.
  Thanks,
  Jeremiah
  August 2, 2011 @ 5:31 pm
Jeremiah Shinkle:
Well its my birthday today! How exciting. 1 Year older :).
It also means that ChicagoVPS is running a deal on OpenVZ VPS’s. You just have to email me jshinkle chicagovps net. Subject of Birthday Bash, and see what surprise it holds 🙂
Thanks!!
August 2, 2011 @ 5:33 pm
- Jeremiah Shinkle:
  I should state my email better 😛
  jshinkle [at] chicagovps [dot] net
  August 2, 2011 @ 5:54 pm
- CPS:
  Happy birthday Jeremiah.. me too.. 😀
  August 2, 2011 @ 5:55 pm
  - Jeremiah Shinkle:
    Well Happy Birthday to you as well! 🙂
    August 2, 2011 @ 6:00 pm
  - NordicVPS.com:
    Happy Birthday to you 🙂
    August 3, 2011 @ 12:30 am
    - Jeremiah Shinkle:
      🙂 Thanks!
      August 3, 2011 @ 12:31 am
- LowEndAdmin:
  Okay. Your birthday in August and Chris’ in April. Any other employee and what are their birthdays? Maybe can list all of them here so those who are interested in specials in ChicagoVPS can know when the sales might be 🙂
  August 3, 2011 @ 12:15 am
  - Jeremiah Shinkle:
    I see where you are going with this LEA. At this point, none that they want us to share, but we will keep this in mind! 🙂
    August 3, 2011 @ 12:16 am
  - Rg:
    Jeremiah and the rest of the team is very very awesome! Great surprise awaits once you email this guy. Awesome provider, my 3rd VPS with them already. Yay!
    August 4, 2011 @ 4:19 pm
dpflap:
do you offer DirectAdmin by any chance?
August 4, 2011 @ 6:24 pm
- Zachary Marable:
  You can install Direct Admin yourself after they activate you. It is pretty easy but you’ll have to ssh in first with something like putty.
  August 14, 2011 @ 10:50 pm
Zachary Marable:
I moved to them from enetsouth or enscloud and I must say that its great. I tried several times with ens to get them to correct my rDNS email issue which would rDNS back to host.colocrossing.com. They closed both my tickets without resolving or replying.
ChicagoVPS had my support ticket answered and rDNS up before I even finished transferring my site. On top of that I get 1GB of ram(although no swap space ability) for less than I was paying for 400mb(granted I was getting 10mbs unmetered). My vps works flawlessly now, I won’t go into all the issues I had with ens because I’m sorta nubish in some areas and may have made my own mistakes at times(one of those was believing that I had control over rDNS and wasn’t doing it right).
Looking for a budget vps that just works? Look no further.
August 14, 2011 @ 10:44 pm
MohAdnan:
Hello,
Is this promo for only one month?
August 15, 2011 @ 1:22 am
- Chris Fabozzi:
  Hello,
  It goes until our next post.
  Regards,
  Chris
  August 15, 2011 @ 2:36 am
Jeff:
I got a 512MB Xen server from these guys to use as a game server and all i can say is that the quality of theseservers are simply excellent. There is no stuttering and the connection is solid. Keep up the good work.
August 24, 2011 @ 5:38 am
- Jeremiah Shinkle:
  Jeff,
  I am glad that you are happy with it 🙂
  Thanks!
  Jeremiah
  August 24, 2011 @ 6:14 am