NetOrigin - AUD$6 256MB OpenVZ VPS in Los Angeles

Mar 17, 2011 @ 1:19 am

Spotted this offer somewhere — NetOrigin is currently doing a launch special on their Los Angeles VPS products. 50% off recurring discount when you use the promo code VPSLAUNCH. Their “VPSOne” product would be AUD$6/month after the discount (~$5.90 USD). Direct sign up link here.

256MB guaranteed/512MB burstable memory
50GB storage
200GB/month data transfer
2x IPv4 addresses
OpenVZ/SolusVM

Generous disk space there. Los Angeles CA based servers. Net Origin is based in Perth Australia. That might mean non-Australians can get 10% less (they don’t have to pay GST, similar to VAT in EU), although the checkout form does not seem to update the final cost. Can’t really determine the creation date of the domain, although netorigin.(net|org) were both created in Oct 2010. Domain is registered to Shaun as a “sole trader”, although from a brief lookup on WebHostingTalk.com.au there seems to be multiple staffs working for Net Origin. Previous dealings include ConnextHosting.com.au (apparently sold to BurstNetworks) and ConnextNet.com (which got sold as well). We’ll see…

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6 Comments

fugoki:
Looks like it’s the first 10 customers…
Net Origin We are celebrating the launch of our VPS Hosting plans! The first 10 customers can now get a 50% off lifetime deal when ordering any of our VPS Hosting plans. Use the promotional code “VPSLAUNCH” to take advantage of the exclusive offer.
March 17, 2011 @ 2:10 am | Reply
TheLinuxBug:
IP & Test file?
March 17, 2011 @ 3:53 am | Reply
Shaun M:
Hello everyone,
Just to clarify things.
ConnextHosting was run by Luke Conley in 2009. I was simply a system administrator for ConnextHosting back then. Times have very much changed. ConnextNet wasn’t run by Luke at all. I did own ConnextNet and I sold it due to other commitments.
Net Origin isn’t going anywhere as we have a significant amount of capital invested. We have a team of staff members to assist customers so we definitely aren’t a one man run hosting provider.
@TheLinuxBug: Please send us an email to sales [-at-] netorigin.com.au if you require a test IP and speedtest file.
Best Regards,
Shaun M
March 17, 2011 @ 6:41 am | Reply
James:
Promo does not work:
The promotion code entered has already been used
March 18, 2011 @ 4:11 am | Reply
- Yomero:
  fugoki:
  “Looks like it’s the first 10 customers…”
  March 18, 2011 @ 6:23 am | Reply

Shah:

One of the first 10 customers

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 2666.635
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5333.27
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 2666.635
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5333.28
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 2666.635
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5333.28
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3230 @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 2666.635
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 5333.66
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=16k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
268435456 bytes (268 MB) copied, 3.64723 seconds, 73.6 MB/s

# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=16k count=64k conv=fdatasync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 17.4587 seconds, 61.5 MB/s

# wget cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2011-03-19 07:14:26-- http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 205.234.175.175
Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `100mb.test'

100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 3.56M/s in 32s

2011-03-19 07:14:58 (3.13 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]




[root@alpha ~]# wget cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2011-03-19 07:17:14-- http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 205.234.175.175
Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `100mb.test.1'

100%[======================================>] 104,857,600 3.29M/s in 30s

2011-03-19 07:17:43 (3.34 MB/s) - `100mb.test.1' saved [104857600/104857600]

March 20, 2011 @ 9:58 am | Reply