Harry, from Cloud Shards has sent in the following offers all of which are available in Dallas, Texas, USA and some of which are available in Los Angeles, California, USA. No coupon code is required for any of these offers.

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Cloud Shards is based in Sydney, Australia and have been around for well over a year now. They’re a legally registered entity in Australia and are also GST registered, which means Australian customers have to pay 10% GST. In addition to that, Cloud Shards is also a registered LLC (Cloud Shards DBA Query Foundry, LLC) in the state of Wyoming, USA. OpenVZ nodes have either dual L5520 CPUs, 6x 256GB Sandisk Enterprise SSD in RAID10, and an LSI RAID card, or dual E5-2620 CPUs with 8x 2TB hard drives in RAID 10 backup up by an LSI RAID card. Storage nodes have either dual L5520 CPUs or a single E3-1230v3, 12 or more 4TB Western Digital SE drives in RAID50, and an Adaptec RAID card with battery backup! Cloud Shards have been featured multiple times before and has positive comments from the community. As always, feel free to share your experiences in the comments or at LowEndTalk! Personally I’ve had nothing but good experiences with Cloud Shards, so I’d say it’s pretty safe to buy from these guys!

Cloud Shards accepts payments via PayPal and 2Checkout. They offer a 7 day no questions asked refund policy and provide a 99.9% uptime SLA. You can view more of their budget plans here and backup plans here. 8 IPv6 are provisioned by default and more can be requested via support tickets. Extra IPs, disk and bandwidth can be ordered at checkout. Anything legal in the USA is allowed. Tor Exit, IRC and public VPN/Proxy are not allowed. Be sure to take a look at their Terms of Service before signing up.

Network Information

Dallas, TX, USA (Cloud Shards DBA Query Foundry, LLC, Infomart Dallas)
Looking glass: http://tx.lg.cloudshards.net
Carriers: PCCW, Internap, Cogent, Zayo (pending)

Los Angeles, CA, USA (MultaCOM)
Looking glass: http://ca.lg.cloudshards.net
Carriers: PCCW, Internap, Cogent, Zayo (pending)

mpkossen

Maarten Kossen served as the administrator of LowEndBox from 2013 to 2015, playing a key role in guiding the platform during a critical phase of its growth. During his tenure, Maarten introduced numerous improvements, helped shape editorial direction, and contributed to the evolution of LowEndBox as both a resource and a community hub for budget-conscious hosting users.

With a deep understanding of web hosting, server management, and open-source infrastructure, Maarten brought fresh ideas and steady leadership to the site, bridging the gap between the original vision of LowEndAdmin and the future of the platform.

Today, Maarten remains an active and valued member of the LowEndTalk community (@mpkossen), continuing to share his experience, engage in discussions, and support the broader LowEnd ecosystem.