Sean, from OpenITC, has apparently been trying to get listed for a few months now. But oblivious to him, we have a new method for offers. This offer was posted on LowEndTalk a week ago and appears to be exclusive to LowEndBox & LowEndTalk.
OpenITC KVM offer:
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OpenITC have been in business for nearly 5 years and their company is a registered ‘partnership’ in the UK. They were featured many times before under their subsidiary “XenVZ” but obviously that brand isn’t really usable for KVM so they’d prefer to be OpenITC from now on. XenVZ were first listed in 2008 and, we suspect, once offered the cheapest vps plan ever at the time. Users will use OpenITC’s own custom coded control panel to manage their virtual servers as apposed to the popular SolusVM. 37.5GB of Off-site ftp backup space is included with this offer. Seen as they haven’t been listed in nearly a year, please share you experiences with them or XenVZ below.
With their panel, you can install any Operating System you like via the recovery console (VNC or Spice with TLS) and you can virtually mount any CD/DVD from a HTTP server, basically allowing you to install any .iso. You can also set the disk driver and the network model. Whilst it fully supports both IPv4 and IPv6, at present only rDNS on IPv4 addresses can be instantly configured. Cgroups have been fully implemented, allowing OpenITC to control CPU and Disk I/O.
Disk throughput is capped at 180MB/s and Disk IOPS is capped at 540 (Completely Fair Scheduler). They accept both Paypal & Google Checkout as payment methods and have a 14 day refund policy. As well as allowing VPN and Adult content, IRC is also allowed but only on request. Legal content only.
Network Information
Their KVM nodes are online at the RapidSwitch datacenter in Maidenhead, UK. They are a RIPE NCC member and thus their IP space is fully owned by themselves. From this simple search, they appear to have a lot of it. They have a 100% SLA with their upstream provider.
Test IPv4: 149.255.96.39
Test IPv6: 2a03:ca80:8000::1
Test File: http://149.255.96.39/test50mb.bin
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Very nice custom CP. <3
I have one of the super-cheap Xen VPS and it’s been top notch for the last couple of years, incredibly stable. If I had a need for a plan like these I wouldn’t hesitate to buy from these guys.
1024m RAM, $6.5, KVM, the deal looks good.
Very happy with their Xen VPS.
I hope this KVM (that much cheaper) also performs well.
Will I be able to install Windows 2008 server with my own license key?
And what would be the node spec (CPU) and RAID level?
Hello,
Yes, you can install Win2008. We’ll need to mount the ISO for you – simply pre-configure your VPS with ide and e1000 and boot it from the centos 6 netinstall ISO. We’ll take care of the rest.
Host node spec varies. We’re bringing kvm02 online in a few hours which is Dual E5520s. We’re using hardware RAID10 with battery backed cache.
Thanks for the info. Just placed an order. Stuck at Manual Verification.
Wonder how long it would take.
I’ve cleared the approvals backlog. I was waiting until I had completed setup of kvm02.
what if I want virtio as the disk driver since it’s 25x faster than IDE
You can, but you’ll have to install the virtio drivers after you have installed Windows.
Speed of your network, pls. and how long do this deal last?
Hello,
1000mbit. Example from mirrors.coreix.net:
10% [==========>] 429,239,184 103M/s eta 36s
It’ll last until sold out which may not be so long.
Regards,
Sean McRobbie
OpenITC.co.uk
xenvz’s reputation is legendary. hope its at the same quality
Can use virtio for both disk and network?
Indeed, you can change it any time within our control panel.
allow tun tap?
Hello,
Yes, it is KVM so you install the OS yourself giving you full control to use tun/tap.
when i order can you help us installed kloxo panel becouse last time i use KVM i am not successfully intalled kloxo panel just 1 time but when restared machine that not work again, can you help us ?
Hello,
We’re available to do work on your unmanaged VPS at £22.50 per 30 minutes.
Make an order and also placed under pending.
Hello,
These are processed regularly throughout the day.
Thanks. I have received the invoice, and made the payment. Now still thinking what OS to load to this KVM.
CentOS 6 of course… 😉
What to think about? 😛 http://hammurabi.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/6.0.6/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.6-i386-netinst.iso
I installed debian wheezy on my VPS.
Just place an order and been waiting for your review.Happy to have KVM to play around for first time. 🙂
I already have one of these running for a couple of weeks. I’ve been so happy with the service I’ve ordered another one to try out something for a client.
The service from Sean & Co is nothing short of excellent.
Anyone tried any benchmarks ?
right now:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/output.img bs=8k count=32k
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
268435456 bytes (268 MB) copied, 27.2117 s, 9.9 MB/s
That’s slow, really slow 🙁
Did one now too, machine was taking to long to boot debian 6.06
root@kvmitc:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 128.752 s, 8.3 MB/s
yep, i can see HDD lags 🙁
Anyway, even with these lags, 70 GB of backup space is OK for 7$/m 🙂
Hi Guys,
Sorry about this. For some reason cgroups for a lot of VPS are missing (about 1/3rd) so any of these VPS can ruin the experience for all. I am now working on fixing this.
cgroups have been re-created however I still need to get to the bottom of why they were missing in the first place. Are VPS performing OK now?
Nice offer. has bought one week ago.
Got a request for a copy of my driving license and utility bill. Did anyone else receive similar request? Kind of weary of e-mailing my driving license. Would be marginally better if there was some secured way of uploading that. Opinions?
I think you can add big red watermark, like “ONLY FOR openitc”, and remove some numbers, etc
Make sense. Thanks.
eek – io performance terrible – two DD’s run a couple of hours apart:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=64k count=64k of=test conv=fsync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 442.883 s, 9.7 MB/s
dd if=/dev/zero bs=64k count=64k of=test conv=fsync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 404.861 s, 10.6 MB/s
You know disk speed isn’t everything…
you’re kidding right ? everything below 40MB/s is super slow
Can you guys try again now please? (not all at once! :P). There was an issue with missing cgroups that has been rectified.
Yeah, I’m guessing he’s never tried to use a box with that sort of IO!
Its working much better this morning, thanks for looking at it, Sean.
And there goes my super cool VPS because people have orgasms on doing disk rape.. 🙁
I’m currently on node KVM1, Sean was offering this on IRC a few weeks back, so I’ve been able to play around with it for a while.
To keep it short, this VPS is now my primary production server. I’m thoroughly pleased with the level of service I’m receiving in terms of the generous specifications and incredible performance.
I suspect the reasoning for the ‘slow’ disks above, is because a lot of people are performing installs and setting up their systems – Disk intensive stuff.
I highly recommend this offer. Cheers Sean!
There were indeed a heck of a lot of installs at once. Combine that with missing cgroups for whatever reason which has now been rectified. As I have said please re-test again though not all at once. I am now seeing about 74MB/s on a test VPS.
Can OpenITC provide a 256Mb XEN offer?
LowEndXen 2012: 128MB RAM, 2.5GB space, 40GB monthly data transfer
Options range from £1.30 monthly to £35.64 per 36 months (£0.99/month!)
View all options here: https://clients.openitc.co.uk/order/type/9
2012 Special: 256MB RAM, 5GB Disk, 125GB Monthly data transfer
£2.00 per 1 month(s) recurring, £0.00 setup
https://clients.openitc.co.uk/order/product/239
Thanks! Looking for 256 XEN yearly offer and no info about burst/vswap on website
Xen does not have either burst, nor vswap, but it does have swap partition if the offer includes it (most do).
I have around a hour free today. Just put one a Debian LEMP on the server. Run a simple test. My conclusion. Great network connection, great IO under KVM spec. Here are details:
CPU model : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6)
Number of cores : 4
CPU frequency : 2266.746 MHz
Total amount of ram : 1010 MB
Total amount of swap : 1972 MB
System uptime : 51 min,
Download speed from CacheFly: 27.9MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: 3.08MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Dallas, TX: 4.14MB/s
Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: 3.83MB/s
Download speed from Linode, London, UK: 45.6MB/s
Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: 10.8MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: 3.97MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: 8.24MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: 8.19MB/s
Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: 14.6MB/s
I/O speed : 71.4 MB/s
I think I will keep this for long.
very nice network. is the io speed with virtio?
@jcaleb Yes, I use virtio for better IO performance.
It’s Downed. No one reply to my ticket.
Hmm? We have no nodes offline at the minute. I can’t find your ticket – please re-submit it.
I was told while doing any action from last day.
“Our systems are still processing your previous request “OS Reload VPS: vps4954.vm” or it did not complete successfully. You may clear this lock should you wish to perform this action anyway. Please note this can be dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. Our locks are designed to prevent any damage to your service if something unexpected occurs – we cannot be held responsible if you clear a lock and something bad happens.”
I was told while doing any action from last day.
“Our systems are still processing your previous request “OS Reload VPS: vps4954.vm” or it did not complete successfully. You may clear this lock should you wish to perform this action anyway. Please note this can be dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. Our locks are designed to prevent any damage to your service if something unexpected occurs – we cannot be held responsible if you clear a lock and something bad happens.”
Hello,
I have found your ticket and we have been waiting to hear back from you. We need you to supply us with a copy of your account number and security phrase so that we may investigate for you. You can find these within “My Account”. Once you have these please send us another message via our contact form.
It’s fine now. Sorry for troubling you.
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 180.433 seconds, 6.0 MB/s
ioping /
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=1 time=39.3 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=2 time=41.3 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=3 time=157.6 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=4 time=275.8 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=5 time=107.3 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=6 time=36.0 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=7 time=164.6 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=8 time=230.3 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=9 time=48.7 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=10 time=815.5 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=11 time=114.5 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=12 time=213.6 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=13 time=156.9 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=14 time=24.4 ms
4096 bytes from / (ext3 /dev/root): request=15 time=25.7 ms
— / (ext3 /dev/root) ioping statistics —
15 requests completed in 17236.1 ms, 6 iops, 0.0 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 24.4/163.4/815.5/191.2 ms
Right now, the disk (kvm02 node) is slow as hell. Lets hope it improves after a few days when everyone’s finished installing and benchmarking their VPS.
Hello,
Yes, all sorts are running including an instance of DBAN!
I am investigating and will get this fixed one way or another.
Hi Guys,
Sorry for all the trouble. I have tracked this down to write cache being disabled on the hardware RAID controller. It turns out that the battery powering the write cache on the controller has died and we failed to get an alert via SNMP. When the battery fails, the write cache is automatically disabled for safety.
We will attempt to replace the battery without powering down the server shortly. Failing that we may have to power down 🙁
Regards,
Sean McRobbie
OpenITC.co.uk
I purchased the first month after the second month or the price?
From your mail:
We are now scheduling an emergency shutdown of all VPS so we can resolve the disk I/O problem.
Date: 08/Jan/2013
Window: 13:30 for 2 hours
Duration: less than 1 hour
————
What is the timezone you refer here?
UK so 20 minutes from now.
I submitted the order, why my order canceled?
Date: 08/Jan/2013
Window: 13:30 for 2 hours
Duration: less than 1 hour
Yeah, it is now. My server was taken offline just minutes ago.
Hope they will bring better IO back after this.
Engineers are working on the server now. Disk I/O should be as those on kvm01 have been enjoying as it is the same RAID controller.
Regards,
Sean McRobbie
OpenITC.co.uk
Hi Guys,
Is the I/O problem solved now?
root@kvmitc:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 15.4497 s, 69.5 MB/s
Much better now 😀
Hi Guys,
We’re low on stock now. I am bringing additional servers online but it’ll maybe be about 24 hours before we can put orders through. We expect these to sell out very fast too on a first come first served basis. Once kvm03 is sold out that’ll be the offer expired.
2 test with dd
dd if=/dev/zero bs=64k count=64k of=test conv=fsync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 63.2669 seconds, 67.9 MB/s
dd if=/dev/zero bs=64k count=64k of=test conv=fsync
65536+0 records in
65536+0 records out
4294967296 bytes (4.3 GB) copied, 40.0851 seconds, 107 MB/s
its getting better now
Well just ordered one as my other UK yearly vps is about to expire but the order is subject to manual approval. I hope it was easier.
Additional capacity brought online. Orders are flowing once again.
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync; unlink test
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 23.18 s, 46.3 MB/s
Can’t seem to order on the website … hang on page https://clients.openitc.co.uk/order/page6.php , after trying to create and account or log in
That could have been me with a very long running database transaction. Sorry about that 🙁
Nice deal you’re offering (thanks!). I ran into a snag while trying to place my order … got this message:
“Based on your particulars, your order has been flagged for manual review by a member of staff. Once approved, an invoice will be raised and sent out by email.
Though this typically takes only a few hours, it may take longer depending on third party background checks. In the event of delay, please do not contact us for an order update until at least 72 hours have passed.”
This doesn’t seem to be based on anything related to payment or fraud (I hadn’t gotten past entering in my name, address and phone number).
Anyway, looking forward to receiving my invoice. 🙂
signed up and also hit the manual order snag. whats the typical turnaround for that?
I’m a little bit surprised. I ordered about 8 hours ago. Now I’ve payed, but when I try to install my server I get an “out of stock” message?
Sean managed to fix this for me so all is good now 🙂
It was caused by us running very low on IPs. I cleared reclaimed some IPs which have helped for now but we’re so low that we can’t actually process any more orders for this offer until next week now.
Any orders placed will be left in the verification stage until sometime next week at which point we’ll activate them on a first come first served basis only billing from the date your service actually starts.
Node kvm03 itself has also sold out however we have decided to bring one more machine online next week also. After that it really will be this offer expired for good with a similar offer starting in Newcastle albeit at a slightly higher price point.
anyone know how to install virtio drivers for windows? cause it seems impossible since you there’s no virtual floppy disk or a way to swap CD-rom without rebooting