Updated December 2011 — Both eNetSouth.com and eNSCloud.com stopped resolving since 11 November 2011. It has been confirmed that Brandon has done a runner.
Brandon from eNS Cloud emailed me about their LowEndBox exclusive offer. The cheap VMWare VPS appears to be a good seller for them, and now they are offering even cheaper (and a bit smaller) VMWare packages. For $4.45/month you can get the following Linux Cloud VPS:
- 200MB memory
- 30GB storage
- 1500GB/month data transfer
- VMWare
They have also reduced the pricing from their current 256MB and 384MB servers to fit into LowEndBox’s threshold.
- 256MB Linux Cloud VPS — 30GB Storage, 1500GB transfer — $5.45/month
- 384MB Linux Cloud VPS — 30GB Storage, 1500GB transfer — $6.99/month
You need to use this ordering link to access the special price. I think this offer will expire by the end of August like their current WHT offer (if not earlier). They are now also accepting PayPal payments. Chicago servers.
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The Founder at LowEndBox
The original owner of LowEndBox known as LowEndAdmin or LEA for short founded LowEndBox in 2008 and created the concept of hosting applications on low resource Low End Boxes. After creating the roots of the community that we know today, LEA stepped aside and allowed others to carry the torch forward.
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The website is very hard to navigate.
Someone said they only take credit cards ? is this true?
I wont pay with anything other than paypal.
You are not authorized to view this page
Oh, i didnt read the post.. Thanks they do take paypal.
From Singapore.
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The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing computer is on this list.
HTTP Error 403.6 – Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
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This is most likely another one node host. Domain registered for a year, and yet it’s 3m Alexa, from google it seems they advertised nowhere besides WHT. I’d stay away from this offer.
agree with Tom even if VMware is tempting… I’ll see in a few months if they’re still up and running.
The fact they’re running IIS scares me a little bit. If we charitably assume they know what they’re doing (oh look, both nameservers allow recursive queries…), people who are competent with Windows hosting rarely know their way around Linux. Or vice-versa, for that matter, obviously, though people who are competent with Linux hosting probably don’t run IIS often…
These guys know what they’re doing. Email them for some personal attention and additional information if you’re concerned.
Wow – you guys are a tough bunch. :)
@Jackk – Noted. I also agree that the site needs a redesign.
@Minh@Minh Meo’s Blog – Will you let me know the first two octets of your IP address?
@eLohkCalb – Same, will you let me know the first two octets of your IP address?
@Tom – I’m going to extend some professionalism to you even though you did not extend it to me. While I can understand your reservations we are most certainly not a one node host. We have multiple nodes in Chicago. Our secondary NS (ns2.enscloud.com) is on a virtual instance on our server in Dallas, TX. Do traceroutes to ns2.enscloud.com everything we use for production is with ColoCrossing. Please note the Dallas node is only for secondary DNS, backup SMTP and disaster recovery. We are in the works to get services up in San Jose, CA as well. We also have enough infrastructure to impress most anyone in Alabama (thats where we started) but due to network issues we are moving from there. Look at the domain we started with http://www.enetsouth.com — its registered a little longer than enscloud.com — we started out as most in this business doing regular hosting but decided in the long term to move away from that. Yes, you are correct that I primarily advertised at WHT. It seemed logical to do that. Thats why I bought the membership. Where else would you rather see me advertise that would ease your concerns? Hopefully not where throwing some money in a bucket will get you up on the list even if do not deserve to be there. Please don’t take this response as hateful but I think it is a tad premature to say “I’d stay away from this offer’ when you do not know what we have to offer.
@Chris34 – We will be here.
@Mike – While I agree with the majority of your statement, I am failing see any concern with how if our corporate/management site is hosted on IIS makes any statement about our ability to perform? I thought one of the most logical advantages of a VPS solution is so that the customer is able to have 100% control (and OS choice) of their environment. So what I use for those two sites has no impact on what a customer of eNetSouth chooses for his hosting environment. I feel the need for me to tell you what OS the ESX hypervisor uses is not needed. And while appreciated, I can assure you that charity is not needed for me to know what I am doing. :)
I appreciate the comments and constructive criticism. If you have anymore questions/concerns please let me know.
Brandon
They actually sound pretty good. Some decent plans and services. I wish their site was easier to navigate though.
I’ve been using eNetSouth for a few months now and have been very satisfied with their services. Their support team is *incredibly* receptive to any questions I’ve had and have gone out of their way to assist me, even when they didn’t have to.
anyone know anything about their network? providers etc…
@Mark – We will make getting our site redesigned a priority.
@Spencer Johnson – Thank you.
@Joe Merit – We have partnered with ColoCrossing exclusively to provide colocation services. They have the ability to be dynamic and supportive at all times. That is the level of performance we have to have.
ColoCrossings datacenter in Chicago is at Dupont Fabros Technology. IP transit is nLayer.
This is DC information:
http://www.colocrossing.com/datacenter/illinois/chi1
Our off-site backup node is again with ColoCrossing in Dallas, TX. IP transit is Internap and Level3.
This is the DC information:
http://www.colocrossing.com/datacenter/texas/dfw1
If you would like to trace or do a download speed test:
ns1.enscloud.com 75.102.10.131 (Chicago)
ns2.enscloud.com 72.249.94.226 (Dallas)
Test file Downloads:
10MB http://cvps-chi1.enscloud.com/speedtest/10mb.bin
100MB http://cvps-chi1.enscloud.com/speedtest/100mb.bin
Thanks
Brandon
@Brandon
I’m not sure which one IIS detects, but the IP assigned by ISP is 121.7.x.x, and the ISP transparent web proxy is in the 220.255.7.x range.
:-)
@eLohkCalb — This should be fixed for you now. I am sorry for that.
Brandon
@Brandon: Any chance of a promo discount on your 1GB Linux VPS?
@inquiring geek – Lets talk and see what we can work out. If you dont mind, email me at brandonc@enetsouth.com
Thanks
Brandon
OK. I will send you a note referencing this thread. Thanks
Well you’re willing to offer a discount here in the comments, and according to a WHT review you doubled somebody’s RAM for free, so why would anyone bother paying these prices when you’re giving out discounts but no in public?
No point in paying more than everyone else.
@Khasar — I have no control over what somone posts. Good or Bad. How about this for a change. Some honesty. I did double his RAM. However he also purchased a very, very large amount of storage in with that deal. He has a lot of movies and needed room to keep them.
So — yes, I did double his RAM bundled with a storage purchase.
Lets look at this logically — Customer purchases VPS.. Customer needs more storage — Customer agrees to storage quote with addition to RAM. I agree.
I will sweeten the deal. Purchase a VPS from me using the link provided in the deal. Open a ticket to double your ram and I will do it free of charge. I would do this for you or anyone else coming from here. This offer stands as long as I make the offer availble.
How is that for being fair? All I want is to provide a excelent service to my customers. I will put my money where my mouth is. Will you?
Thank you
Brandon
I wanted to add this is retro — meaning if you have purchased a server from me this week since this offer has been posted using the link.. Open a ticket to double your ram. It will be done.
Even though the review post talked about above was part of a whole seperate deal I refuse to let someone make me to look like I treat customers differently. It’s just not a good way to do business. Regardless of the truth.
Thanks
Brandon
Do you have any future plans of expanding to the Dallas, TX or a west coast location? And if you do, if I were to order one now in Chicago, would it still be possible to transfer it to the new location in the future? Thanks.
@David – Our focus right now is to have service available on the west coast ASAP. Texas was a logical choice based on geography to have a backup.
Of course you can be relocated once we are up in San Jose. If I don’t you can always come call me out on this thread. I don’t like bad rep. :)
Regards,
Brandon
@Brandon – Thanks! I just ordered the 256MB Linux Cloud VPS. I’m in Asia so a San Jose, CA location would be great. Hopefully Chicago will be ok, too, for the time being.
I tried downloading the enscloud test file that was posted from my DSL line in Asia (during a peak usage time) and compared it to download tests from my Linode in Fremont, CA and ThrustVPS in Los Angeles, CA. eNS Cloud did very well.
(bandwidth graph here:)
http://a.imageshack.us/img96/9507/enscloudspeedtest01.png
Downloading the enscloud test file from Linode was also good:
2010-08-06 16:52:01 (10.6 MB/s) – `100mb.bin’ saved [104857600/104857600]
And from ThrustVPS:
2010-08-06 17:55:12 (9.60 MB/s) – `100mb.bin’ saved [104857600/104857600]
I’ve just ordered one, too.
@David – Why not test in Asia? US network looks always fast enough.
vps:~# wget http://cvps-chi1.enscloud.com/speedtest/100mb.bin
--2010-08-06 12:09:29-- http://cvps-chi1.enscloud.com/speedtest/100mb.bin
Resolving cvps-chi1.enscloud.com... 75.102.10.130
Connecting to cvps-chi1.enscloud.com|75.102.10.130|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `100mb.bin'
100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 6.74M/s in 26s
2010-08-06 12:09:56 (3.83 MB/s) - `100mb.bin' saved [104857600/104857600]
vps:~#
From my VPS in Hetzner, DE.
Just ordered 256MB Linux Cloud VPS, waiting for provisioning.
Also, I open a ticket to double my RAM (see comment #22) :)
Now I’m waiting to get my hands on the server.
@Brandon: Email sent.
Thanks all for good discussion.
@iamwf – This was my test from Asia here:
http://a.imageshack.us/img96/9507/enscloudspeedtest01.png
@David – Looks amazing, speed even better than Linode Fremont. Thanks.
Is there a frontend control panel where you can reload OS at your own will etc.?
@Brandon
What’s the RAID type on your servers? 1? 5? 10?
@Teril you can add your could VPS instant again with various OS such as Cento, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD,Ubuntu (8.4 to 10.4)and window 2008(base on ur account level). All OS offer 32 and 64 bits except Window2008 per their spec.
Double ram is very tempting.
I am going to order one….:)
I have test account and tried it when I saw their earlier promo on WHT and it’s very fast(I am in Midwest).
Man.. I still have too many vps both good and bad one with good bargain prices.
I should start letting them go :(
Nice one, I’m interested in buying a VPS since i read somewhere that it’s good for hosting your own autoresponder. I dont know the type of plan I can go for. Pls anyone enlighten me?
Thanks in advance
‘Bosun
@terii – RAID 10.
@everyone – I am setting up accounts right now for all who have orderd. Wow guys — thank you!
@Brandon can u pls respond to my previous comment
Ordered the 384mb. Put in support ticket for double ram as promised.
Result: My new 768mb VPS ready and online about an hour later!
Thanks Brandon and eNS Cloud support
I added the Unix Bench results for my new eNS Cloud VPS on this lowendtalk post, so I don’t clutter this thread:
http://www.lowendtalk.com/topic/new-ens-cloud-vps
Hi. I just received my VPS login info, looks very good so far.
Personal opinion: VMWare is better than other virtualization solution, providing you almost a “dedicated machine” (you can run on your own kernel)
@Brandon: If I will delete/recreate the machine, that will keep “double my RAM” bonus ? :)
@Brandon: Can I add a second IP to my VPS ?
That is corret. You are free to run any kernel you choose. We do not get into the kernels with our images — They are base stock images straight from the site.
One note to keep in mind. I know this for fact on CentOS 5.4+.. The kernel was compiled with a 1000hz tick. Which is OK in a normal world. However, in a virtual world the 1000hz clock is rough on the instance. The kernel will consume a lot of resources (high load shown in TOP even when it is not doing anything) trying to keep track of what the interupts are doing. So make sure if it is CentOS that you keep the divider=10 in the grub.conf file on the kernel line. This would apply to any OS that is compiled at 1000hz. Some kernels even are compiled to accept a NoHZ option as well.
So if any of you are looking at TOP and see a load of hanging around 3 to 5 even though the server is not doing anything we will need to make sure you kernel can support 100hz. All of them do.
@Sorin — Sure, since you took advantage of it during the promotion I will keep my word as long as you own the account! Open a ticket with me if you want your image redone.
@Sorin — Yes, additional IP allocations are $1.00/mo open a ticket and I will take care of it.
Regards,
Brandon
@Brandon
Any chance of getting some extra storage on these plans instead of your generous offer of double the ram?
Cheers,
Andrew.
Have ordered their VPS last week.
unixbench result is here : http://206.217.140.211/enscloud_pagi.txt
So far so good.
We get 2 cpu cores.
@brandon
Will you also give me a double RAM :D
i Placed order
now waiting to get it setup its still says
“Your server is currently awaiting provisioning from Support. You will be notified when complete.”
I guess i got this offer wrong
I only got an ip (206.217.138.144) wich resolvs to a customer domain (www.greenkneesadventures.com) and only a “username” to login
no root access at all seems this is shared space with a shared ip not a VPS-container
I wonder how i shall point my domain to this when the RDNS dont match
Seems i misread the offer here…to bad
@Jim Snow
I do not want to say your are incorrect because the customer is always right? Right?
So I will help you out.
206.217.138.144 is not even provisioned yet on our network. I also see that you are correct that RDNS resolving to that. However, 206.217.138.144 is not your IP. So that does not matter.
Have we made a mistake on telling you what your IP is? Let’s see.
Also, since you say you just got a login that tells me that you are maybe the Ubuntu customer I set up recently.
You do realize by default the root login is locked in Ubuntu? It’s nature of the OS.
Please see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
I can assure you (as well as others can that have read this and have subscribed to our service) this is not a shared space. This is also not a VPS container. We don’t do containers where they virtualize the kernel.
This is a true virtualized instance. It’s the next best thing to having a true dedicated box.
One thing too it would help if you would let me know who you are. Also, since you have not opened a ticket I can’t identify you. It would help to try that before you make assumptions and post incorrect statements.
I’m here to help if you will let me know who you are!
Regards,
Brandon
Well i´m sorry its a typo
the ip is 206.217.138.146 wich resolves to pop3.greenkneesadventures.com
and i never saw root blocked on Virtual neither dedicated servers
@ Jim Snow — OK – That is better. I know who you are now.
1) RDNS is being corrected by our ISP. This is a new block we had to get due to exhausting the previous one. It might take 12-24 hours for everything to propagate.
2) We did not lock it.. Ubuntu 10.4 does this. Not eNetSouth. I assume others have compromised the built in security of the OS by enabling it from the way it was intended. That would scare me more.
However, if you read in the document from Ubuntu.com: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
Scroll down to where it says “Enabling the root account”. They tell you how to do it. Or we will be happy to do it for you if requested.
Please let me know if you need any assistance.
Brandon
Well thx for the rdns fix i Gained root access by simply do a “sudo passwd root” and so it works now
@Jim Snow — Excellent. I’m glad everything is partially ok now. RDNS is being handled.
So now will you take back the comment that we sold you a shared box? :) :)
@Bondox – I missed your request earlier. I am sorry! For a simple autoresponder I would think the smallest 200MB plan would be more than enough.
@Brandon – eNetSouth
yes i do but you have to admit that i looked that way..
i never got supplied a username for a server other then root
@Jim Snow – I do admit that if I did not know that is how Ubuntu is out of the box then I would assume that. I can assure you we don’t do business any way but legit. So if you feel something is not right I appreciate the call out.
On a side note. We give out root on other images because that is how they are out of the ISO. Ubuntu is just that way and we leave it baseline for customers to customize to their liking.
Brandon
So far mine has been excellent. I only wish I’d gotten the larger plan. It looks like a good deal.
@david
yes things are fine now =)
@Brandon: Hi. I have send you a ticket regarding OS reinstall. There is a control panel option to do that myself ? I can’t find it in web interface. :)
Regards,
/Sorin
@Brandon: Please reply to support ticket 1037. Seems that you pay more attention here than in your ticketing system. Thanks in advance.
Actually — no its equal.
I replied to you last night — I suppose I made a mistake or you did not get it? You should have gotten it via email. I tend to not touch peoples services until they tell me to do so. :)
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Of course you will.
We will need to reboot your instance to make the changes take place. Let us know when we can take your box down for the upgrade.
Brandon said to upgrade anyone who asks that signed up from lowendbox.com
Thanks
eNetSouth Support
On 8/6/2010 4:00 AM, support@enscloud.com wrote:
> ==========================================================
> If you wish to send a response reply only above this line
>
> Dear *edited* ()
> You have opened Support Request#: ID 1037 on 08/06/2010 at 03:57:41 with a severity response of low.
>
> You submitted the following issue:
> ATTN: Brandon
>
> Hello,
>
> In reference to:
> http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/ens-cloud-4-45-200mb-vmware-vps-exclusive-offer/#comment-7210
>
> Hope I get to enjoy the same privilege. :)
I wanted to add that this promotion will be ending at 12:01 AM – Monday 8-9-2010. So if you want in you better hurry.
If I have not done everything that I said I would do — let me know and it will be corrected.. Otherwise, I appreciate everyone who has allowed me to service them. We will be running more promotions in the future.
Brandon
just signup and submit ticket for double RAM…. (ticket: 1074)
Support too busy for active clients?
Hey Brandon,
You’re probably busy with all the new orders coming in from LEB but can you respond to ticket #1054.
I want to completely terminate my account at the end of the service period. Don’t worry about the part asking to add the lowendbox deal to my account as I no longer want it either.
@jackskin – No we are not too busy. We are getting swamped today though and I have been down a person this weekend. email me brandonc@enetsouth.com it will be handled.
@Matt your ticked was responded to about 2 hours ago.
Brandon
ticket* not ticked.. :)
hi Brandon,
still waiting for provisioning and doubled RAM…
@Josh – Tons of signups today. Let me see where we are with you.
Brandon
@Josh — send me a email brandonc@enetsouth.com and let me know your panel login. And I can give you a update on your server. I can’t find a “Josh” in our user DB.
Brandon
brandon,
there is my ticket number in comment #60
LEB, sorry for using comment section :(
you may delete comment
@Brandon: Can you please answer to ticket #1057 from control panel ? Thanks :)
@Sorin — Done!
Brandon, I’ve registered for a VPS and have been waiting for a little while now. How long does setup take? Thanks!
@Sean you should have your confirm email. If you do not let me know.
email support@enscloud.com and cc brandonc@enetsouth.com
Thank you!
Brandon
Does anyone make “SNAPSHOT MANAGER” & “FLASH KVM” in enscloud control panel work?
They two items do nothing while clicking. I’m waiting for the solution before deploying my site.
Guys — again let me remind you that LOWENDBOX IS NOT A SUPPORT FORUM, regardless how responsive the provider is over here. Any more of these “hey please answer my ticket number 12345” comment will be removed.
I haven’t been a customer of eNS cloud long but so far I’m impressed. The VM itself is fast and responsive. The support has been very good. Overall I’m very happy with this service.
Had a flaky start, but the support staff is incredibly helpful and got me on my way! Fast box and great service for a cheap price. Couldn’t recommend more!
@Brandon: Strange, I couldn’t find the $4.45 for 200MB/1.5TB offer. 256MB/1TB for $5.99 by default instead.
When browsing to http://www.enscloud.com/, I get the following:
HTTP Error 403.6 – Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
:(
I’m just connecting from home over a dynamic IP from my ISP in New Zealand.
Absolutely amazing customer service – if you don’t get your VPS from Brandon and team then you are missing out. This is a genuine comment from a real client!
I wanted to let everyone know that we have a resolution in place for being able to manage your instance better. This was the #1 complaint we received from customers. Support sent out email today to all customers with instructions on how to get logged on.
Thanks everyone!
Brandon Crawford
The vSphere Web Access is excellent. Thanks for getting it setup.