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Community Review: EDIS 256 MB vServer Monthly

EDIS are a long time host and are one of few LEB friendly hosts that use vServer (a VM system similar to OpenVZ) and run their own panel. This means that they are very familiar with the technology and have a very stable platform (shown by the fact that they scored very highly in the last Top Providers poll).

Disclaimer:

I am in no way affiliated with EDIS. This review was performed on a purchased VPS so results should be fairly accurate in comparison to real world cases.

Basics:

The VPS plan is based in Germany and comes with 256 MB of RAM, 1 TB of bandwidth (monthly) and 5 GB of disk space. vServer plans are managed by a custom control panel exclusive to EDIS (with SSL) and include commonly used templates such as CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora (mostly in both 32 and 64 bit variants). I tried to find an AUP for EDIS but it seems to be very hard to find but after emailing staff they forwarded me their polices, pasted below this section. Finally, the EDIS home page is laid out fairly logically and is available in both English and German (as is the panel). Unfortunately the panel is lacking in features compared to commonly used panels such as SolusVM and you’ll miss settings such as rDNS, root password changes, an API and the ability to halt the server.

Private VPNs and proxys are allowed in all locations
IRC is allowed, at DDoS your contract might be cancelled – Linked IRCds are not allowed (network does not matter) – IRC is not allowed alltogether in Italy, Servers are not allowed in the USA
Torrents are allowed if the content is legal or it does not get abuse – Do NOT use Germany, Switzerland and USA for torrents.
Tor is not allowed in any location, exit will never be allowed – entry/middle are currently not allowed since they have a DDoS exploit which can be used by anyone to send large spoofing attacks.

Support:

It took about 16 hours to go through four pre-sales questions, then server was provisioned and setup within 5 minutes of actually ordering. The welcome emails contained all information necessary to get up and running with the VPS but unfortunately contained the account password and VPS passwords (something I consider a security risk). Also, a ticket requesting information on new locations was sent in via their contact form and it was responded to within an hour with relevant information.

Setup:

Once my VPS was setup I proceeded to install Debian 6 as normal (installing nothing but the SSH server). After it was installed I used Minstall to clean out any unneeded packages and to set up SSH login protection. The setup went without a hitch (minus a small patch to Minstall for it to support vServer)!

Basic Information:

/proc/cpuinfo showed a processor matching the plan description (twenty-four cores!):

root@edis:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.61
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 32
initial apicid  : 32
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.89
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 2
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 8
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 16
initial apicid  : 16
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.85
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 3
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 8
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 48
initial apicid  : 48
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.87
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 4
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 4
initial apicid  : 4
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 5
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 36
initial apicid  : 36
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.88
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 6
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 10
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 20
initial apicid  : 20
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 7
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 10
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 52
initial apicid  : 52
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.90
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 8
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 2
initial apicid  : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 9
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 34
initial apicid  : 34
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.88
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 10
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 9
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 18
initial apicid  : 18
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.85
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 11
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 9
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 50
initial apicid  : 50
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.87
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 12
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 13
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 33
initial apicid  : 33
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.90
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 14
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 8
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 17
initial apicid  : 17
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.83
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 15
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 8
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 49
initial apicid  : 49
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.85
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 16
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 5
initial apicid  : 5
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 17
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 2
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 37
initial apicid  : 37
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.83
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 18
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 10
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 21
initial apicid  : 21
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.85
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 19
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 10
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 53
initial apicid  : 53
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.87
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 20
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 3
initial apicid  : 3
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 21
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 35
initial apicid  : 35
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.88
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 22
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 12
core id         : 9
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 19
initial apicid  : 19
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 23
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 44
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 2533.309
cache size      : 12288 KB
physical id     : 1
siblings        : 12
core id         : 9
cpu cores       : 6
apicid          : 51
initial apicid  : 51
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 11
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm ida arat tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips        : 5066.88
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

/proc/meminfo showed some standard results:

root@edis:~# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:         262144 kB
MemFree:          252992 kB
Buffers:             132 kB
Cached:                0 kB
SwapCached:        12424 kB
Active:         55221836 kB
Inactive:       26006576 kB
Active(anon):   13433640 kB
Inactive(anon):   795532 kB
Active(file):   41788196 kB
Inactive(file): 25211044 kB
Unevictable:     1683584 kB
Mlocked:               0 kB
SwapTotal:             0 kB
SwapFree:              0 kB
Dirty:              4252 kB
Writeback:             0 kB
AnonPages:      13509556 kB
Mapped:          1369808 kB
Shmem:            708244 kB
Slab:           10271556 kB
SReclaimable:    8257576 kB
SUnreclaim:      2013980 kB
KernelStack:       35792 kB
PageTables:       273980 kB
NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
Bounce:                0 kB
WritebackTmp:          0 kB
CommitLimit:    145186576 kB
Committed_AS:   45467348 kB
VmallocTotal:   34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed:      336156 kB
VmallocChunk:   34310541836 kB
HardwareCorrupted:     0 kB
HugePages_Total:       0
HugePages_Free:        0
HugePages_Rsvd:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0
Hugepagesize:       2048 kB
DirectMap4k:        6384 kB
DirectMap2M:     2080768 kB
DirectMap1G:    94371840 kB

Inode allocation was great:

root@edis:~# df -i
Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/hdv1            307623488 4644491 302978997    2% /
none                 11882584       1 11882583    1% /stmp

vmstat doesn’t work in vServer:

root@edis:~# vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
Error: /proc must be mounted
  To mount /proc at boot you need an /etc/fstab line like:
      /proc   /proc   proc    defaults
  In the meantime, run "mount /proc /proc -t proc"

Tests:

Each test was run three times and the middle ranked test was picked.

The cachefly test showed good speeds, this server delivers what’s advertised!

root@edis:~# wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2012-06-26 23:58:00--  http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 140.99.93.175
Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|140.99.93.175|: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    

2012-06-26 23:58:10 (10.4 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]

Ping Tests (No IPv6 Unfortunately):

root@edis:~# ping -c 3 google.com
PING google.com (173.194.70.102) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fa-in-f102.1e100.net (173.194.70.102): icmp_req=1 ttl=52 time=2.68 ms
64 bytes from fa-in-f102.1e100.net (173.194.70.102): icmp_req=2 ttl=52 time=1.61 ms
64 bytes from fa-in-f102.1e100.net (173.194.70.102): icmp_req=3 ttl=52 time=1.87 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.613/2.058/2.688/0.460 ms

root@edis:~# ping6 -c 3 ipv6.google.com
socket: Address family not supported by protocol

Disk IO was great:

root@edis:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; rm test
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 6.58237 s, 163 MB/s

IOPing showed great results:

root@edis:~/ioping-0.6# ./ioping -c 10 .
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=1 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=2 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=3 time=0.2 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=4 time=0.2 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=5 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=6 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=7 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=8 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=9 time=0.1 ms
4096 bytes from . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6): request=10 time=0.1 ms

--- . (xfs /dev/cciss/c0d0p6) ioping statistics ---
10 requests completed in 9002.2 ms, 7905 iops, 30.9 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.1/0.2/0.0 ms

Geekbench results were great due to full CPU access: (Online View)

root@edis:~/dist/Geekbench21-Linux# ./geekbench_x86_32
Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/

System Information
  Platform:                  Linux x86 (32-bit)
  Compiler:                  GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
  Operating System:          Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-amd64 x86_64
  Model:                     Linux PC (Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz)
  Motherboard:               Unknown Motherboard
  Processor:                 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
  Processor ID:              GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2
  Logical Processors:        24
  Physical Processors:       2
  Processor Frequency:       2.53 GHz
  L1 Instruction Cache:      0.00 B
  L1 Data Cache:             0.00 B
  L2 Cache:                  256 KB
  L3 Cache:                  0.00 B
  Bus Frequency:             0.00 Hz
  Memory:                    256 MB
  Memory Type:               N/A
  SIMD:                      1
  BIOS:                      N/A
  Processor Model:           Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5649  @ 2.53GHz
  Processor Cores:           24

Integer
  Blowfish
    single-threaded scalar    1908 |||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    26422 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Text Compress
    single-threaded scalar    2171 ||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    24156 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Text Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    2162 ||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    29020 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Image Compress
    single-threaded scalar    1888 |||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    20406 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Image Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    1695 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    16593 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Lua
    single-threaded scalar    3428 |||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    30015 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Floating Point
  Mandelbrot
    single-threaded scalar    2322 |||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    31260 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Dot Product
    single-threaded scalar    3789 |||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    36285 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    4434 |||||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded vector    39357 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  LU Decomposition
    single-threaded scalar    2354 |||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    18519 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Primality Test
    single-threaded scalar    3759 |||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    35808 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Sharpen Image
    single-threaded scalar    6033 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    57129 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Blur Image
    single-threaded scalar    5715 ||||||||||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar    58383 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Memory
  Read Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    4969 |||||||||||||||||||
  Write Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    7533 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  Stdlib Allocate
    single-threaded scalar    4254 |||||||||||||||||
  Stdlib Write
    single-threaded scalar    3227 ||||||||||||
  Stdlib Copy
    single-threaded scalar    5907 |||||||||||||||||||||||

Stream
  Stream Copy
    single-threaded scalar    4404 |||||||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    5084 ||||||||||||||||||||
  Stream Scale
    single-threaded scalar    3535 ||||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    4619 ||||||||||||||||||
  Stream Add
    single-threaded scalar    3322 |||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    4027 ||||||||||||||||
  Stream Triad
    single-threaded scalar    3800 |||||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    3247 ||||||||||||

Integer Score:               13322 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Floating Point Score:        21796 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Score:                 5178 ||||||||||||||||||||
Stream Score:                 4004 ||||||||||||||||

Overall Geekbench Score:     13727 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

UNIX Bench results were also great (considering that the score was lower due to the large amount of cores):

Benchmark Run: Thu Jun 28 2012 19:06:30 - 19:43:09
24 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       14620147.2 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     2830.9 MWIPS (10.1 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               2730.8 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        830615.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          231283.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       1606249.2 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             1187071.3 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 124305.7 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                               8896.3 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   5502.5 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   2976.4 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         957628.0 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   14620147.2   1252.8
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       2830.9    514.7
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       2730.8    635.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     830615.2   2097.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     231283.9   1397.5
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    1606249.2   2769.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    1187071.3    954.2
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     124305.7    310.8
Process Creation                                126.0       8896.3    706.1
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       5502.5   1297.8
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       2976.4   4960.6
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     957628.0    638.4
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1091.5

Conclusion:

In conclusion I believe that EDIS are a great host with great performance. The pricing is low but judging on my experience with support staff the cost is not representative of the excellent response times and performance. Their panel is slightly lacking but the average user will have no trouble using it to get their VPS up and running! I would highly recommend EDIS (especially for European clients) as they seem to be highly experienced and provide their users with a lot of power.


Please give EDIS a try and report on findings! Thanks for reading, tips and suggestions are appreciated!
Review written by maxexcloo (contact), results may not be accurate as providers change over time.

Frank

41 Comments

  1. Joe:

    No IPv6? What’s up with that?

    July 8, 2012 @ 5:13 am | Reply
    • It’s for the vServer. We can get IPv6 if we buy the KVM :)

      July 8, 2012 @ 6:57 am | Reply
    • William:

      IPv6 support in Linux-VServer is very basic and unstable (requires patches, which in turn requires then that we can’t update vServer until a new patch is released….) – KVM has v6 :)

      July 8, 2012 @ 10:55 am | Reply
  2. 24 cores @_@ What if some abusing all of these CPU cores :O

    July 8, 2012 @ 7:01 am | Reply
    • William:

      Depends on how long, if it is all the time the VPS will be limited to 1-4 cores.

      July 8, 2012 @ 10:56 am | Reply
  3. Hello @LEB Community,

    TNX a lot for the review! We are very greatful for every kind of feedback we receive. Our administration-interface is being worked on permanently and with your invaluable feedback, we are able to provide even better solutions.

    Please let me add the following information, that our services are available in multiple locations.
    (You will find test IP addresses, test-patterns to measure download speeds and a couple of other “looking glass” tools on the corresponding links).

    http://at.edis.at/ :: Graz, Austria :: multi gigabit location
    http://de.edis.at/ :: Frankfurt, Germany :: 100 MBit/s upstreams
    http://is.edis.at/ :: Hafnarfjordur, Iceland :: multi gigabit location
    http://fr.edis.at/ :: Paris, France :: 100 MBit/s location
    http://us.edis.at/ :: Chicago, USA :: multi gigabit location
    http://pl.edis.at/ :: Warsaw, Poland :: multi gigabit location
    http://it.edis.at/ :: Milan, Italy :: 100 MBit/s location
    http://uk.edis.at/ :: London, UK :: 100 MBit/s location
    http://ch.edis.at/ :: Zurich, Switzerland :: 100 MBit/s location
    http://se.edis.at/ :: Stockholm, Sweden :: multi gigabit location

    Hong Kong (KowloonCN), Valparaiso (Chile), Madrid (Spain) services are in the pipeline and about to be launched.

    PROMOTIONS:

    LEB7USD gives you a KVM STARTER (no matter which location) for US$ 7.00,– (EUR 5.32, was EUR 6.49)

    https://manage.edis.at/whmcs/cart.php?a=add&pid=10&promocode=LEB7USD

    Accepted Payment methods:
    Creditcards (all! – Also Debit and Prepaid cards and “nameless” anonymous cards, Securecode and Verified by VISA supported!)
    PayPal checkout and PayPal subscriptions

    We are always being asked about the difference between VRS and KVM products. To make sure you are ordering the right product, we compiled a quick comparison on our websites’ FAQ section http://en.edis.at/what-is-the-difference-between-kvm-and-vrs-products_95_16.htm

    Best regards
    Gerhard @ EDIS


    Our international phonelines are open 24/7

    T United Kingdom +44 20 35140582
    T U.S.A. +1 516 4410096
    T Hong Kong +852 580 82949
    T South Africa +27 10 5003728

    FREELINES are open Monday to Friday 08:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m. CET

    T Austria freeline 0800-PROVIDER (0800 7768 4337)
    T Switzerland freeline 0800-PROVIDER (0800 7768 4337)
    T Germany, freeline 00800-REGISTER (00800 7344 7837)
    T Holland, freeline 00800-REGISTER (00800 7344 7837)

    July 8, 2012 @ 9:28 am | Reply
  4. Heard good things about these guys, looks half decent so far.

    Nice to see some good providers still out there.

    July 8, 2012 @ 9:19 pm | Reply
    • >> looks half decent so far.

      Hi Paul,
      you should give us a try. Maybe we are even more than “half” decent (51% ;-)
      Cheers and have a good one,
      Gerhard

      July 9, 2012 @ 7:59 am | Reply
      • Daniel:

        I am sure they are fully decent, from my own experience too :)

        July 24, 2012 @ 10:01 pm | Reply
  5. bays:

    often heard people mentioned about Minstall
    what about it actually ? a package to remove all unnecessary stuff ?
    how do i get it ?

    July 9, 2012 @ 3:43 am | Reply
    • paul:

      github.com/maxexcloo/Minstall

      It removes unnecessary stuff from a stock Debian distro (and maybe some others), replaces apache with nginx, and a few other things iirc.

      July 9, 2012 @ 4:00 am | Reply
  6. I have not posted on here for ages, but I just wanted to say that the support I have received from EDIS has been second to none. No problems with the server, just me making strange requests and every time quick responses.

    July 9, 2012 @ 10:53 am | Reply
  7. Bobby:

    Agree, they are very good. Unstability on their first (?) .se node, but moved to new now, hopefully fixed.

    Else, I have 0 compaints.

    My .at is a rock (..up 144 days, 20:52 .. :) and .is looks same deal.

    Also, I wouldn’t say their CP is lacking much, I like it. RDNS is ticket on most of my Solus’ anyhow, so.. Fantastic and unique provider :)

    July 9, 2012 @ 6:05 pm | Reply
  8. I’m still waiting for HongKong :-)

    July 10, 2012 @ 5:15 am | Reply
  9. Great provider.
    I am their 256MB KVM user @CH for about 4 months. Totally satisfied.
    They have got 3 more clients via me. ;)

    July 10, 2012 @ 1:47 pm | Reply
  10. Sergio:

    I have SE KVM, Completly satisfied. They’re great!

    wget http://gb.releases.ubuntu.com//precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
    –2012-06-19 17:19:49– http://gb.releases.ubuntu.com//precise/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso
    Resolving gb.releases.ubuntu.com… 194.169.254.10, 2a01:450:10:1::10
    Connecting to gb.releases.ubuntu.com|194.169.254.10|:80… connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
    Length: 735358976 (701M) [application/x-iso9660-image]
    Saving to: `ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso’

    100%[======================================>] 735,358,976 23.1M/s in 40s

    2012-06-19 17:20:29 (17.6 MB/s) – `ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso’ saved [735358976/735358976]

    July 12, 2012 @ 7:54 am | Reply
  11. Stefan:

    Has anybody managed to get Zeroshell running on a KVM?

    They allow you to boot from it but Zeroshell doesnt let me assign an ip.

    July 13, 2012 @ 11:01 am | Reply
  12. Stefan:

    it doesnt recognize the nic, so i doubt that anybody can do more than boot it (at the kvm) ?

    July 13, 2012 @ 11:13 am | Reply
    • William:

      Likely, since we have no official support for that distro (it was added on a customer request) we can’t really provider any help for it.

      July 13, 2012 @ 11:18 am | Reply
      • Stefan:

        How much do you charge for additional ip addresses and how can i get some?

        I dont see an option to order them.

        July 14, 2012 @ 10:58 pm | Reply
        • Stefan:

          Never mind, i am stupid.

          It is right there when signing up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          July 15, 2012 @ 2:13 am | Reply
  13. EDIS is quite good but there are big differences between the locations/nodes.
    I actually have four VPS and Graz is the best place.
    I probably will take some more later this year in locations where I don’t have a VPS yet.

    July 14, 2012 @ 8:30 am | Reply
  14. Shaking Around:

    Are the VPS also powered by “100% heimischer Wasserkraft” like the dedicated servers?

    July 15, 2012 @ 12:53 am | Reply
    • William:

      Yes, in Austria only however – by best guess most others are mainly nuclear powered.

      July 16, 2012 @ 12:31 pm | Reply
  15. Gary:

    Any plans to offer KVM + SSD?

    And one of your support guys told me you plan to phase out VRS, any timescale for that? And what happens to those of us who have VRS services? :)

    July 19, 2012 @ 12:41 pm | Reply
    • William:

      Hi,

      No, SSD will likely be outphased, VRS will be likely stay for current customers (and likely also be sold in future, but maybe other OS base).

      July 30, 2012 @ 5:01 pm | Reply
  16. sekar:

    Hi,

    I recently purchased VRS ADVANCED SSD based on this review ie., july 20,2012 and had a disk I/O ranging from 80-84 MB/s, then shifted to KVM basic and to my surprise the disk i/o was around 15-22 MB/s, and it was very slow. This was in swiss server. Still waiting for their reply and it’s almost 48 hours till now no reply. Anyhow it looks like I lost 10.99 euros based on this review.

    the following results are of KVM basic plan disk I/O:

    root@lamp ~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; rm test
    16384+0 records in
    16384+0 records out
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 50.9571 s, 21.1 MB/s
    
    root@lamp ~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; rm test
    16384+0 records in
    16384+0 records out
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 72.2362 s, 14.9 MB/s
    
    root@lamp ~#  dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; rm test
    16384+0 records in
    16384+0 records out
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 67.4827 s, 15.9 MB/s
    
    July 24, 2012 @ 7:02 am | Reply
    • sekar:

      Hi,

      I reverted back to VRS ADVANCED SSD and they provided me a new node.
      The results of the dis I/O is as follows

      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 12.3429 s, 87.0 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.275 s, 80.9 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 15.055 s, 71.3 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 16.6946 s, 64.3 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 13.9535 s, 77.0 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 18.7432 s, 57.3 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 12.9484 s, 82.9 MB/s
      root@vserver:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 19.9717 s, 53.8 MB/s
      

      Is this the average SSD speed with other vendors?

      The cachefly test showed

      root@vserver:~# wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
      --2012-07-24 14:13:18--  http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
      Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 140.99.93.175
      Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|140.99.93.175|:80... connected.
      HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
      Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
      Saving to: `/dev/null'
      
      100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 5.68M/s   in 17s
      
      2012-07-24 14:13:35 (5.91 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [104857600/104857600]
      
      
      July 24, 2012 @ 2:16 pm | Reply
      • breton:

        > oflag=dsync

        why would use that? Try canonical

        dd if=/dev/zero of=iotest bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync

        July 24, 2012 @ 6:57 pm | Reply
      • [root@ss1 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=1M count=1k oflag=dsync;rm -f test
        1024+0 records in
        1024+0 records out
        1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 10.8771 s, 98.7 MB/s
        [root@ss1 ~]#

        Your find most people dont use dsync, the normal command is something like this;

        [root@ss1 ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/output.img bs=8k count=256k
        262144+0 records in
        262144+0 records out
        2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 3.83426 s, 560 MB/s

        Give that a try instead of dd dysnc

        July 24, 2012 @ 7:14 pm | Reply
        • sekar:

          I tried with breton’s command the result is

          
          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=iotest bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
          16384+0 records in
          16384+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 19.3802 s, 55.4 MB/s
          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=iotest bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
          16384+0 records in
          16384+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 14.7411 s, 72.8 MB/s
          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=iotest bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
          16384+0 records in
          16384+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 15.6647 s, 68.5 MB/s
          

          And with mvpsSimon’s command the result is

          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/output.img bs=8k count=128k
          131072+0 records in
          131072+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 0.939665 s, 1.1 GB/s
          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/output.img bs=8k count=128k
          131072+0 records in
          131072+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 14.8572 s, 72.3 MB/s
          root@vserver:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/output.img bs=8k count=128k
          131072+0 records in
          131072+0 records out
          1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 14.0293 s, 76.5 MB/s
          

          Anyhow, the performance is ok.

          July 24, 2012 @ 7:45 pm | Reply
  17. Mister:

    I’ve been looking to get a small VPS at EDIS, but I am in doubt about a small detail: does the VPS get iptables or is the firewall exclusive to the web interface they talk about in the product page?

    I really need iptables for my own scripts which dynamically allow or block some ips.

    September 7, 2012 @ 12:00 pm | Reply
    • Mister:

      Just want to update anyone who may read this, I have contacted EDIS and they have informed me that iptables is not available on vServer.
      Therefore I will need to look for something else (they do have KVM which *should* support those modules).

      September 7, 2012 @ 3:15 pm | Reply
      • William:

        KVM does certainly :)

        October 13, 2012 @ 6:44 pm | Reply
  18. Mike:

    Hey all,

    I just want to say, I’m 100% happy with EDIS. It’s just a super amazing host, I purchased a server from them 1 month ago, and I haven’t had a single, yes a single problem with them, not even a second of downtime, for the price, I’m very very very impressed! Speechless.

    Kind Regards,

    Mike

    September 14, 2012 @ 9:03 pm | Reply
  19. adi:

    can run torrent for private tracker ??

    October 13, 2012 @ 6:40 pm | Reply
    • William:

      If you get abuse no, else we can’t monitor your traffic anyway.. so take a guess :)
      (Also, not in the USA)

      October 13, 2012 @ 6:43 pm | Reply
  20. Customer086:

    Well i am a customer of EDIS for almost full month, and i have really important thing to add to this. Their vServer VPS’s are shared and monitored for abuse. But, architecture of vServer virtualization does not include I/O allocation and control, so if any customer run some HDD intensive task effectively slow whole server. And that happens few times a day(customer backup i presume). Servers are powerfull and this has only minor impact on performance. Biggest problem is guaranteed downtime every 24h of about 5-15min. Starts around 00:40 CET and finish about 20min lather. Load goes above 100 for ~20min and I/O is around 70% used. Impact on hosted sites are in some cases waiting for 10-20 sec to load or complete downtime. Other than that i have no other complains and as i understand this is normal and not going to change. I do have monitoring that can prove all of this. I have VPS’s in multiple locations and it is same. Also on new site i see no guarantee of uptime…

    January 8, 2013 @ 2:09 am | Reply
  21. lupetalo:

    That is not entirely true. They do have a lot abusers, but also some new system where abuse can’t be longer than 60 sec, and offending box is being restarted. For a week i had no problems with slow io.

    January 15, 2013 @ 10:11 pm | Reply
  22. Rammo:

    My experience with edis is all but good. I would never ever recommend them to anyone!

    Here is the story:

    I ordered a VPS on 1st of Mars. It took them over 24h hours to deliver. I even had the time to send them a mail asking whats going on.

    I didnt have the time to start using the vps due to other stuff coming up for me, but sometime around the 20th of Mars, i started using it.

    I noticed immediate that my vps was rebooted frequently. Asking them, i sent them an email.

    Example:
    reboot system boot 3.2.0-4-amd64 Fri Mar 21 22:03 – 22:06 (00:03)
    reboot system boot 3.2.0-4-amd64 Fri Mar 21 14:58 – 22:06 (07:08)
    reboot system boot 3.2.0-4-amd64 Fri Mar 21 02:20 – 22:06 (19:45)
    reboot system boot 3.2.0-4-amd64 Thu Mar 20 07:34 – 22:06 (1+14:31)

    Reciving an automaed mail from them saying “we currently have issues on one of our hostnodes in Amsterdam.”

    Replying to them that my vps is located in Sweden…

    Mails continue on the 23rd at 11am.. “Its been down now for a long time and i can not connect currently, and i have not been for 30 minutes. What is going on, why is there no information on the status page?”

    No reply during the day, another mail is sent from me at 9+PM

    “Still problems, loosing connection, >50% packetloss, no information, no reply from you, what the hell is going on?!”

    Getting really frustraded, having no information this continues…

    On the 25th, i recieve an email

    “Dear customer,
    do the issues still persist? They should’ve been fixed already.”

    Ofcourse, its still not fixed. I even asked to get compensated for the downtime. No reply to thoose emails.

    On the 26th, its time again. Machine is offline. Sending them both traceroutes from multiple locations showing its impossible to reach the machine, i recieve a late reply

    “Hello,

    I reset your VPS using _your_ VPS admin-panel – looks like the instance got stuck.
    after the reboot the vps is responding normally.”

    This time, the host was offline for 24h…

    Please bear in mind that i have no services running yet!

    One thing they are really good at is to send you the invoice for their ****** service. I will never ever be a customer of theirs, and im letting everyone know to stay as far as possible from them since they dont seem to give a **** about their customers.

    Stay away from this company!

    April 24, 2014 @ 2:08 pm | Reply

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