Nixcom - $4.99 512MB Xen VPS Exclusive Offer

Sep 08, 2010 @ 2:43 am

Updated October 2011: Martin from Nixcom has decided to terminate the service. See this comment and replied comments for discussions.

Martin from Nixcom.ca has sent me an exclusive offer on their new Xen nodes in Baltimore MD. Two packages, and I suspect these are Canadian dollars (so less when you convert to USD).

VPS-256-xLEB (order link)
256MB memory/512MB swap
10GB storage
500GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
$2.99/month or $7.99/quarter

VPS-512-xLEB (order link)
512MB memory/1024MB swap
20GB storage
1000GB/month data transfer on 100Mbps
$4.99/month or $12.99/quarter

Updated: Xen nodes have all been sold out (just over an hour after I posted the above offer), but Martin has kindly set up some OpenVZ boxes. Same price, same spec. Chicago DC. Order VPS-256-oLEB, and Order VPS-512-oLEB.

You can use onyx.nixcom.ca for ping/traceroute test. The actual server is dual-core i3-540 with 8GB memory and RAID1. Low end desktop grade stuff but very good bang for the buck. It is a very good deal though which I think might be below cost. So it is a loss leader to gain market share and available in very limited amount.

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94 Comments

philderbeast:
just ordered one
i couldn’t set up a pay pal subscription though as it gave me an error on the paypal site….
September 8, 2010 @ 3:12 am | Reply
Alex:
ordered one
September 8, 2010 @ 3:33 am | Reply

philderbeast:

VPS was provisioned afer about 20mins and all is running well

some quick tests on the performance:

Venus:~# uname -a
Linux Venus.guildgear.com 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5xen #1 SMP Thu Jul 1 19:41:05 EDT 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Venus:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k; sync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 8.19216 s, 131 MB/s
Venus:~# wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
--2010-09-07 23:46:21--  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 10.8M/s   in 9.0s

2010-09-07 23:46:30 (11.1 MB/s) - `100mb.test' saved [104857600/104857600]

looks good so far… lets hope they last more then a week

September 8, 2010 @ 3:48 am | Reply

philderbeast:
forgot to mention my server was provisioned on the oynx node they gave to test above.
September 8, 2010 @ 3:50 am | Reply
rm:
Out of stock on both items :)
September 8, 2010 @ 3:55 am | Reply
zalee:
It seems that both package already out of stock. Good deal though, but doesn’t last long.
September 8, 2010 @ 3:55 am | Reply
LowEndAdmin:
Very limited amount indeed.
September 8, 2010 @ 3:57 am | Reply
Martin:
hehe, thanks for your business!
It seems that this good deal is very popular!!! We have some ressources left but we have to wait for more IPs to be set on this node. We will have more stock available soon :)
Thanks to everyone, and a BIG thanks to LowEndBox :)
September 8, 2010 @ 3:57 am | Reply
philderbeast:
@martin can I suggest you have a look at the paypal error I mentioned earlier?
September 8, 2010 @ 4:15 am | Reply
Martin:
No subscription has been set for now. Did you took a 3 month term? If so, after that, would you like we deal something out for a long term deal?
September 8, 2010 @ 4:18 am | Reply
Martin:
Two spaces left for tonight on VPS-256-xLEB deal :)
September 8, 2010 @ 4:22 am | Reply
zalee:
Already placed an order. Thanks for bringing it back, hope more to come Martin
September 8, 2010 @ 4:32 am | Reply
Martin:
Just did the setup of your vps, enjoy :)
September 8, 2010 @ 4:35 am | Reply
Martin:
It’s been a rush… I don’t know why, I’m tired ?! ;) Anyone want a deal like this on openvz? We got a lot of place on openvz nodes … Let me know, we will deal something out :)
September 8, 2010 @ 4:49 am | Reply
zalee:
@Martin Surely that would add an advantage, for me personally i can work on OpenVZ or XEN. Most of readers here prefers XEN though. Let me know if there is such package and i’d like to know if you have reseller program on VPS. Thanks and brgds
September 8, 2010 @ 5:31 am | Reply
Enrick:
@Martin Hello buddy, send me openVZ deal …. vps.network@ovi.com
September 8, 2010 @ 5:50 am | Reply
Gunnar:
Hi Martion.
If you can give the same deal in OpenVZ, please let me know.
mailto: sajtxl.webhosting(at)gmail.com
September 8, 2010 @ 6:55 am | Reply
Gunnar:
Sorry, Martin.
September 8, 2010 @ 6:55 am | Reply
philderbeast:
@martian i signed up for the 1 month, but when i try to set a paypal subscription to have it paid for automaticly i get and error
something about it can only be dong on a buissness account?
September 8, 2010 @ 7:32 am | Reply
Tom:
Out of Stock on both orders, can we get a 100mb test file from some readers?
September 8, 2010 @ 7:51 am | Reply
Dirk:
@Martin: OpenVZ is fine for me too.
Do you offer the same in Montreal too?
dirk at woodstone dot nu
September 8, 2010 @ 8:28 am | Reply
Dirk:
(forgot to subscribe, sorry)
September 8, 2010 @ 8:29 am | Reply
skomes:
Damn, I missed out, but good deal.
Too bad, would have really like a Canadian VPS for my Asterisk/Freepbx IP-PBX setup.
September 8, 2010 @ 9:38 am | Reply
Martin:
Openvz deal will be set today, thank you for your interest and patience :)
Openvz deals, will be available on both nodes: Chicago AND Montreal…
I’m gonna try to contact everyone ASAP on that offer, and we will update this post too :)
Have a good day,
Martin
September 8, 2010 @ 11:59 am | Reply
Dirk:
@Martin: and in Baltimore? Also do you offer native ipv6 addresses?
September 8, 2010 @ 12:20 pm | Reply
Sidahmed:
@Martin: Do you have any plan to offer VPS-512-xLEB back?
September 8, 2010 @ 12:30 pm | Reply
Sandro:
i wonder why I ping it so high :| 320ms
September 8, 2010 @ 6:26 pm | Reply
Gunnar:
From Sweden about 128ms, thats normal for this long distans
September 8, 2010 @ 6:29 pm | Reply
Martin:
Ping is fine as normal here… It depends on where you from…
September 8, 2010 @ 6:31 pm | Reply
Martin:
Openvz deals will be posted here in about 3 hours, stay tuned ! :) I have a busy day of work, some tickets from new users to answer and some troubleshoot…
September 8, 2010 @ 6:33 pm | Reply
Martin:
@sidahmed no ipv6 on all our nodes, sorry :o/
September 8, 2010 @ 6:34 pm | Reply
Tom:
Martin, give us the speed test file.
September 8, 2010 @ 6:55 pm | Reply
cchi:
Any more Xen deals Martin? I guess most here prefer Xen (correct me if I am wrong..).
September 8, 2010 @ 6:58 pm | Reply
Martin:
We don’t want to put a speed test file.. It is too fast for you guys! :P lol tonight we gonna bring you a speed test file :)
September 8, 2010 @ 6:58 pm | Reply
Sandro:
it was a temp problem…now I ping 150ms
September 8, 2010 @ 7:00 pm | Reply
Sidahmed:
@Martin: Thanks, Any ETA about Xen 512MB deals?
September 8, 2010 @ 7:07 pm | Reply
Tom:
Ping is kinda unstable (124min 136max 10 ping jumps), but routing to lithuania seemed good, lt->telia->nlayer-singlehop and I think I maxed out with 1.9MB’s on your file.
PS:Muahah found it on WHT http://adm.nixcom.ca/files/test.tar.gz ;P
PSS:I’ll order a xen if you come back with that offer ;)
September 8, 2010 @ 7:30 pm | Reply
Martin:
You found for chicago node, not baltimore ;) better luck tonight :P
September 8, 2010 @ 7:46 pm | Reply
cchi:
Hi Martin, will you only offer Openvz deals? Please just let us know whether you will offer Xen or not. so we dont need to come back here, and the admin of this site can switch this to Openvz category…
September 8, 2010 @ 8:06 pm | Reply
Gonzalo:
I wanted a xen-512MB, but it is out of stock right now. That is too bad.
From Spain ping is around 160ms.
Will I ever see a cheap Spanish vps ??
September 8, 2010 @ 8:33 pm | Reply
Martin:
VPS-256-xLEB – 1 available.
September 8, 2010 @ 9:57 pm | Reply
Sidahmed:
I have placed my order, are you going to have 512MB deals? I’m interested in that as well.
September 8, 2010 @ 10:04 pm | Reply
Sidahmed:
@Martin, Thanks very much, you have had tough day today.
Are you going to offer XEN 512MB deals again? interested in it as well.
September 8, 2010 @ 10:45 pm | Reply
Martin:
OpenVZ deals are ready on our billing system and nodes.
VPS-256-oLEB
SPACE: 10 GB
MEMORY: 256 MB
BURST: 512 MB
BANDWIDTH: 500 GB
http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=45
VPS-512-oLEB
SPACE: 20 GB
MEMORY: 512 MB
BURST: 1024 MB
BANDWIDTH: 1000 GB
http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=46
There you go :)
September 8, 2010 @ 10:49 pm | Reply
Martin:
XEN is sold out, we are trying to find a solution ASAP. The best solution could be to buy a new node. We are dealing with our DC right now. That’s why we are offering openvz solution for some users. Sorry about that.
September 8, 2010 @ 11:41 pm | Reply
LowEndAdmin:
I have updated the post to include the OpenVZ packages.
September 8, 2010 @ 11:45 pm | Reply
Martin:
@LowEndAdmin Thank you very much :) Just an update, we offer it to our Montreal, Canada node too :)
September 9, 2010 @ 12:16 am | Reply
Sidahmed:
Thanks Martin,
You are doing great.
I have received my VPS.
September 9, 2010 @ 12:57 am | Reply
Martin:
@Sidahmed your TWO VPS :P hehe Great review, thanks :)
September 9, 2010 @ 12:59 am | Reply
Sidahmed:
@Martin, My TWO VPSs. (Smile).
I’m enjoying it right now, and thanks LEB, you proved to be very useful.
September 9, 2010 @ 1:10 am | Reply
Martin:
yep, LEB rulz :P
September 9, 2010 @ 1:23 am | Reply
Wing Loon:
Do you have stock available in Canada DC?
September 9, 2010 @ 1:58 am | Reply
skomes:
Can you post an IP for your Montreal DC?
September 9, 2010 @ 4:47 am | Reply
Dirk:
And how can we order in Montreal and Baltimore?
Don’t see an option to select the DC….
September 9, 2010 @ 5:22 am | Reply
Martin:
@skomes ip for montreal: web.nixcom.ca
@Dirk : We host an openvz node in montreal on: web.nixcom.ca
September 9, 2010 @ 5:26 am | Reply
Dirk:
@Martin: and how do I order it? Same link and set Montreal in the remark field?
Do you also have something in Baltimore (like the original XEN offer)?
September 9, 2010 @ 5:30 am | Reply
Martin:
order the 256 or 512 deal and then open a ticket to say you want it in montreal. both nodes have a lot a space left.
regards,
Martin
September 9, 2010 @ 5:36 am | Reply
Tom:
@ Martin
Oh, then please post a right one ;)
September 9, 2010 @ 6:12 am | Reply
Dirk:
@Martin: order placed and ticket open….
September 9, 2010 @ 6:49 am | Reply
vRozenSch00n:
@Martin – just order a Order 3months VPS-512-oLEB, unfortunately the subscription is not working, so please remind me a week before the next payment due.
September 9, 2010 @ 8:26 am | Reply
canthoville.com:
it seems it’s not a instant-setup billing system.
September 9, 2010 @ 9:20 am | Reply
Fabienne:
Order placed. Waiting everything is setup as requested. Opened ticket for setup VPS on Montreal node.
September 9, 2010 @ 9:25 am | Reply
Asim Zeeshan:
Look like I missed the limited XEN deals
@Martin any ETA on XEN plans? I want XEN plz
September 9, 2010 @ 9:45 am | Reply
Ron:
Going to give them a try for a month I think. Almost didn’t after reading a post on WHT, and seeing the “personal” use of a “business” twitter account… but I’ll give them a chance I guess. At 4.99 CAD/month can it *really* be that bad?
September 9, 2010 @ 9:48 am | Reply
Ron:
Or not, they’ve sold out – again.
September 9, 2010 @ 9:50 am | Reply
Ron:
Ugh, nevermind, either I clicked the wrong order link, or they got stock in again.
September 9, 2010 @ 2:08 pm | Reply
Ian Lai:
No surprise here, their OpenVZ VPS seems to be out of stock as well now. Fortunately, I managed to order one. Would love to get started on it soon (as my sandbox!) – awaiting setup…
September 9, 2010 @ 4:08 pm | Reply
techDarko:
Both show out out of stock again.
September 9, 2010 @ 6:27 pm | Reply
Martin:
Two VPS-256-xLEB in stock for Chicago node!
September 10, 2010 @ 7:05 pm | Reply
Asim Zeeshan:
@Martin when is XEN coming?
September 10, 2010 @ 7:06 pm | Reply
Martin:
@Asim Still dealing with our DC for a new node.
September 10, 2010 @ 7:08 pm | Reply
vRozenSch00n:
@Martin – This xen link http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=43 out of stock, but this openVZ link worked http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=45 and I’ve just placed an order. Let’s see how it is going within 3-6 months time, maybe we can work something out.
September 10, 2010 @ 7:27 pm | Reply
vRozenSch00n:
@Martin – Wow, that’s fast! Thank’s a lot.
September 10, 2010 @ 7:35 pm | Reply
Martin:
@vRozenSch00n No problem :)
September 10, 2010 @ 7:48 pm | Reply
Caridy:
@Martin, where can I get more information about these two configs? Even the regular price plan page don’t have too much information:
http://nixcom.ca/vps.html
September 11, 2010 @ 4:48 am | Reply
magephp:
All Out of Stock
September 11, 2010 @ 1:15 pm | Reply
Marko:
Is there any available slot for use?
September 11, 2010 @ 4:27 pm | Reply
Tom:
They have 2 VPS’es left on there normal plans and they don’t seem to bother with adding new nodes.
Rus should probably add one more host to his portfolio lol.
September 12, 2010 @ 9:54 am | Reply
Asim Zeeshan:
@Tom Rus as in Rus Foster? if so, only a host would go to him (be merged) if they want to see bad support and lots of downtimes
September 12, 2010 @ 10:14 am | Reply
Tom:
Yes I do mean him and I think he’s doing a lot better then the host owners who sold out.
September 12, 2010 @ 11:37 am | Reply
Asim Zeeshan:
@Tom No offense but I think otherwise
@Martin still waiting for XEN
September 13, 2010 @ 10:19 am | Reply
Sidahmed:
@Martin, some one here also waiting for Xen 512MB plan.
September 13, 2010 @ 10:22 am | Reply
Simeon:
Another person here hoping that the Xen packages will be made available again.
September 13, 2010 @ 2:17 pm | Reply
Martin:
VPS-256-oLEB
SPACE: 10 GB
MEMORY: 256 MB
BURST: 512 MB
BANDWIDTH: 500 GB
http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=45
VPS-512-oLEB
SPACE: 20 GB
MEMORY: 512 MB
BURST: 1024 MB
BANDWIDTH: 1000 GB
http://my.nixcom.ca/cart.php?a=add&pid=46
Stocks added on these two deals :)
September 15, 2010 @ 3:00 am | Reply
Martin:
Some space left! Hurry up.
September 17, 2010 @ 1:10 am | Reply
pinguin:
@martin : please create my VPS…
September 18, 2010 @ 6:38 am | Reply
Martin:
Anyone interested in that kind of offer:
XEN Virtualization
512Mb RAM
1024Mb SWAP
50Gb SPACE
1000Gb BANDWIDTH
1 IP
For $9.99/month ? (probably with a quarterly deal)
If so, give us your mail, we are preparing a new node for XEN services :)
September 18, 2010 @ 4:52 pm | Reply
Asim Zeeshan:
Are there XEN nodes up? any restocking on XEN PV?
October 11, 2010 @ 8:19 pm | Reply
JP:
Any new stock on OpenVZ?
October 14, 2010 @ 8:30 am | Reply
newbie:
If I can, I want a $4.99 or 30GB Space for $5.99,maybe BW 600G ok…
October 20, 2010 @ 10:17 am | Reply
Martin:
@newbie send us an email to sales (at) nixcom (dot) ca telling what you expect to have exactly… We will make you a custom quote :)
October 21, 2010 @ 1:53 am | Reply
Martin:
Sorry to everybody, All LEB mail was sent to my junk folder :(
October 21, 2010 @ 1:54 am | Reply
Martin:
New XEN offer soon! :)
October 21, 2010 @ 2:01 am | Reply
innya:
Martin, are you going to restock 512mb xen soon? or new xen offer?
October 28, 2010 @ 2:48 am | Reply

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