Chris from ChicagoVPS has sent us in another one of his offers, becoming a little more ridiculous than the last! He has a “taste test” $3.50 first month then $7/Month after that. Again a free 25 slot Mohawk Voice Server however this time he is also including ChicagoVPS’s new VPS Monitoring Service free as well.
Buffalo, New York
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Chicago, Illinois
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ChicagoVPS has been around for a while now with it becoming not unusual for Chris to offer what seems like completely unviable plans, however this is now the 9th month since the first 2GB plan ChicagoVPS offered. ChicagoVPS recently completed their DNS manager so there’s no more needing to open tickets for these tasks, and secondly they have released their new Monitoring Service which is being included free for a limited time. It seems at the moment all monitoring is done out of Chicago, however Chris comments that they have boxes being setup and sent off to other locations for the service. If you do signup share some screenshots of their DNS Manager and Monitoring Service.
Uptime Monitoring Signup Link: Direct Signup
Mohawk 25 Slot Voice Server
Information: http://www.mohawkvoice.com/
Signup Link: Direct Signup
Test Files & IPs:
Chicago
Test IP: 206.217.137.110
Test Files: http://demo-ovz.chicagovps.net/
Buffalo
Test IP: 75.127.3.3
Test Files: http://buf-test.chicagovps.net/
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We also have a 2GB yearly deal for both locations:
$5/month with a one year prepay using coupon code NYyr
Order here: https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=71
$5/month with a one year prepay using coupon code 2048yr
Order here: http://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=14
The site says: The promotion code you entered has been applied to your cart but no items qualify for the discount yet – please check the promotion terms
what should I choose?
You should choose “Yearly” to applies this discount.
The monitoring is from a bit of everywhere. We have 2 Chicago Machines, One in Michigan, One in UK, One in Denver, One in the Netherlands, One in LA, and one coming on shortly for Buffalo.
Thanks,
Jeremiah
I forgot to mention that our Free Monitoring is: https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=62
To see all of our monitoring packages: https://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?gid=18
Thanks!
Do either of these OpenVZ VPSes have support to be an IPSec VPN?
I thought nodes in Chicago were Gigabit, did that change?
@kkmlk Our node connectivity is of course. Your VPS is restricted.
@Cody only PPP and Tun/TAP devices. IPSec/L2TP is still not supported in OpenVZ.
How much cpu power are we getting with this package?
Just pointing out the obvious – ChicagoVPS managed to get posted 4 times out of the 6 total months this year 🙂
Corey, maybe Chris can give you lessons on effective spamming of Chief 😉
I approve of the previous message.
Jeremiah
Please do!
how about xen offers?
Not this time =(.
Our Xen offers are still valid from last post
xen offer ？I wanna
Is cPanel included for free? The main site says it’s $15/month but when I go to order here I can select CentOS w/ cPanel and it’s showing the $3.50 then $7/month. If there was an extra charge I assume it would show here
It’s just OS with cPanel installation – not with cPanel licence. You can use it over standard cPanel trial period and then buy licence.
any idea for the cost of cpanel?
$15 a month.
No special coupons in light of your buffalo launch? 😉
Not this time =( I was told no.
Damn! Still a fantastic offer though.
Can I transferee my server Chicago, Illinois (with previous offer) to Buffalo, New York.
Do I have to cancel one and reopen new one or it can be continues?
I see the NY one has 2 IP. Are the servers same quality?
We are not doing transfers unfortunately. You will have to order a new VPS.
Thanks,
Jeremiah
Chicago VPS OPENVZ 2GB Ram
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: server1.rouletteplace.com: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux — 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5.028stab095.1 — #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 20:49:24 MSD 2011
Machine: i686 (i386)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap=”UTF-8″, collate=”UTF-8″)
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.9 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.4 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 2: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.5 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
CPU 3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz (6784.6 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
20:16:05 up 1:34, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00; runlevel 3
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Benchmark Run: Wed Jun 27 2012 20:16:05 – 20:44:23
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 13253894.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 2798.7 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 4992.5 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 506318.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 150525.8 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1317380.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 990793.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 197933.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 15864.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4807.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1478.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 770846.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 13253894.5 1135.7
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 2798.7 508.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 4992.5 1161.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 506318.8 1278.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 150525.8 909.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1317380.7 2271.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 990793.1 796.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 197933.5 494.8
Process Creation 126.0 15864.2 1259.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4807.0 1133.7
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1478.1 2463.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 770846.5 513.9
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System Benchmarks Index Score 1019.6
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Benchmark Run: Wed Jun 27 2012 20:44:23 – 21:13:07
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 38610996.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 10416.8 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 13047.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 487981.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 136631.6 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1289881.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 2815935.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 907899.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 43930.8 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 12781.3 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1831.5 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 2313699.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 38610996.2 3308.6
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 10416.8 1894.0
Execl Throughput 43.0 13047.8 3034.4
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 487981.7 1232.3
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 136631.6 825.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1289881.7 2223.9
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 2815935.9 2263.6
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 907899.9 2269.7
Process Creation 126.0 43930.8 3486.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 12781.3 3014.5
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1831.5 3052.5
System Call Overhead 15000.0 2313699.2 1542.5
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System Benchmarks Index Score 2170.6
what kernel is it for OVZ?
We still prefer and utilize 2.6.18 OpenVZ kernels.
irc related processes allowed? eg znc/psybnc/eggdrop
private socks5 proxy allowed? (passworded and ip access list)
how much are extra IP’s per month? (IPV4)
do any IPV6 come with either package?
DNS manager handles all Reverse DNS entries?
thanks in advance.
Hello yes to everything 🙂
Additional IP’s are $2
Except to DNS manager which we still have to set the rDNS.
I hate when chris does this…..
Jeremiah
I want to try for a month for $7 and I like the performance I want to buy it anually for 5$/mo. Is it possible to change billing cycle (and promotion code I used) at the end of the first month, or do I have to buy a new VPS athe end of the month, anually this time?
Yes you can do this
Trialling one of these now. Early impressions are that this will make for a nice Minecraft server for my nephews.
🙂
Anyone who’s ordered NY, can you put up a test file and/or an IP address to ping/traceroute? Thanks!
Test Files & IPs:
Chicago
Test IP: 206.217.137.110
Test Files: http://demo-ovz.chicagovps.net/
Buffalo
Test IP: 75.127.3.3
Test Files: http://buf-test.chicagovps.net/
(you most likely overlooked)
From my location both of ips are same speed, about 270 ping.
Is shoutcast allowed?
Its been 4 months with this provider, I’m happy with the performance & very stable.keep up the good work guys.
You are on the 2G, $7 plan? What applications do you run in it? I’m wondering how much of the 2G you are actually using. Thanks.
Hi Paul,
I’m using squid/webphp/shoutcast/opensource apps for my research.
Thanks for the review.
Jeremiah
$3.5 the first month for a try then upgrade to $60/year. Is that possible?
Hello yes it is 🙂
hey chris,
I want to do that too 3.50 and to 60/year plan.
How do I change from 3.5 to annual plan? Do I have to open the ticket for it when the end of the month?
how much additional bandwidth?
Open a support ticket and we can talk there
Hey,
I am almost certainly going to get one of the packages with you and was wondering. If I sign up with a temporary subdomain now, can I easily change it in the future. I am going to host a minecraft server and we have yet to decide upon a name.
Yes it can be changed at anytime
Hi Cris, I’m reposting tinyrays’ comment since I’m interested as well: $3.5 the first month for a try then upgrade to $60/year. Is that possible?
If so, how would a user go about doing the “upgrade/change”?
Thank you.
After first month and if you end up liking it, just open a ticket and I will take care of you 🙂
Regards,
Chris
Thanks Chris. U the men! 🙂
Man that is a heck of a price!
If I pay for 12 months, will the price be subject to change after this period?
No the price you signup with is the price for life ( with the exception of the $3.50 first month )
Also, I’m assuming I’m free to modify Apache’s vhost configuration to map multiple domains to the server, no? Just curious.
Yes you can 🙂
I have ordered one.
However, no support for PPP?
Ideal, we do support PPP and Tun/Tap. Just open a ticket and we can enable it for you.
Ticket ID920964. Waiting for reply. Thanks.
Fantastic server, price and support. A+ gentlemen, I couldn’t be happier 🙂
will you support vswap soon?
I do not think we will
Hi, If i order for a annual plan for $60/year, can i have cpanel addon payable monthly? It is a great deal, but when we take cpanel annual cost, looks prohibitive. Thanks for the awesome deal
Yes you can do cPanel monthly.
Regards,
Chris
Hello,
when there is IPv6 available ?
Thanks
Not for awhile. I keep stamping my feet around and begging, but…no. It’s always no. =(
For the annual Buffalo, New York deal. Does it include 2 ip’s?
YES,
I’ve checked both signup links. The NY link shows the right prices except for the annual discount.
The Chicago link is showing prices in the 20+ dollar range! Is this ok?
You need to enter the correct promo code for the annual discount at checkout. You will see the final price with discount before you pay. (no affiliation with the company – just answering the question)
Pezzy is correct 🙂
My experience with “ChicagoVPS – $7/Month 2GB OpenVZ VPS in Buffalo NY,”
For the first 24 hours,
Its since then however,
what is your test io program ?
Tinyray,
Not sure what you are doing to get those results but we do not offer burstable ram. Please open a ticket so we can fix whatever is wrong
updates on my box,
IO: Back to ~150MB/s, amazing!
RAM: It was my mistake, 2G dedicated RAM absolutely, extremely good.
MySql server on 64-bit platforms runs like a charm. Thanks Jared @chicagovps for excellent suggestion. You guys just awesome!
Glad to hear 🙂
I read the acceptable use policy, but I want to be certain. Is the hosting of game servers (Minecraft, in particular) an acceptable use of the server?
Drew,
Of course, we host hundreds of MC servers 🙂
Regards,
Chris
Hello Jeremiah, rWHOIS can be changed for the 2 IPs that you give with NY servers?
I must also share my experience with ChicagoVPS. Its a value for money service. Their free montoring isnt as good as you would expect. Probably they just had some troubles with starting that monitoring service.
Overall i must say that ChicagoVPS can face BuyVM in quality which is -in my eyes- the real top of a quality on lowendbox market.
What’s your issues with their monitoring?
OMG, Francisco, you should take care of Chris, 🙂
Hi,
If you would like to explain the problems with the monitoring here or at my email so we can work on getting them fixed up that would be great.
my email jshinkle [at] chicagovps [dot] net.
Thanks,
Jeremiah
Hi,
I didn’t mean to say that ChicagoVPS monitoring is a bad service. There were only some issues at the time it started. It’s working fine now.
I just receieved some alerts that my VPS was down, however it was still running. I even checked that manually via ping/ssh from other places. That happened on: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:05:11 -0500 (monitoring node Chicago 1); Sun, 10 Jun 2012 03:57:51 -0500 (monitoring node Chicago 1); Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:05:11 -0500 (monitoring node Chicago 1); Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:09:46 -0500 (monitoring node Chicago 1).
It is working flawlessly since 14th of June.
Maybe the monitoring server went down / had packetlosss to your vm.
Hello, can anyone that ordered The Buffalo, New York VPS – write down the cpu and i/o speed test :
cat /proc/cpuinfo
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=16k count=64k conv=fdatasync
and also d/l – wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Tommy,
Here is my results from my new york vps, so far it’s been great for me.
http://pastebin.com/nx6pKv9L
Thank you Makaze !
it’s really great results for the Buffalo New York VPS ! i’ll think i make an order for this vps soon.
just don’t do what I did and repeatedly ordered one in chicago by mistake 😀
they still fixed me up either way.. but i must of been in a stupid phase or something 🙂
i clicked on
$5/month with a one year prepay using coupon code 2048yr
Order here: http://billing.chicagovps.net/cart.php?a=add&pid=14
but there is no option of using the coupon code and on top of that the offer is $84 wherein it should be $60
Can you please check and let me know
are there any discount for windows vps plans?
Please do NOT do business with these people. Their business practices are so bad they don’t respond to BBB complaints.
I have responded to the only BBB complaint we have received in our 4 years of business.
Nope, that is a blatant lie. The complaint I opened in May was closed because “The time limit has exceeded while waiting for a response from the business”
I’d just like to point this out.
http://www.bbb.org/upstate-new-york/business-reviews/internet-web-hosting/chicagovps-in-williamsville-ny-235967102
I don’t work for the company, but I do have a VPS with them. I’ve only had one outage so far in the two weeks I’ve had it, and their support said it was a busted switch – out of their control. I don’t like seeing a company accused of something they didn’t do.
It’s really awesome how they can go this affordable for the type of product they are selling. I used ChicagoVPS a couple of months ago for testing several open source applications for marketing, and I’ve always been very happy with their 1 GB VPS deals.
Is the NY2 promo still available?
Are those Mohawk Voice Servers mainly just for gaming?
Paul,
The Mohawk Voice can be used for whatever you want but yes it is mostly used by games as a replacement for Ventrilo or TeamSpeak.
The proco codes are still good as well 🙂