Mark from VirtuallyDedicated/RockMyWeb emailed me their new LowEndBox special — $7/month will get you the following package
- 512MB memory
- 40GB storage
- 500GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/VPSGrid
Servers are in ChicagoSouth Bend, where their new “cluster” is. The package does look very much alike Rizie’s Chicago offer that I posted just a moment ago — same amount of memory, same disk space, monthly data transfer amount, server location, etc. RockMyWeb however is running their own “VPSGrid” and “cloud server” platform, which is glorified OpenVZ VPS with extra features, such as high availability failover, load balancing, and instant upgrades, according to their FAQ. $1/month more expensive though.
RockMyWeb/VirtuallyDedicated has been around for quite a while.
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What is the CPU units offered for this exclusive offer? Which DC in Chicago?
Below is ping and traceroute from Malaysia: –
# ping -c 10 208.53.145.23 PING 208.53.145.23 (208.53.145.23) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=262 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=285 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=277 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=287 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=282 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=6 ttl=54 time=283 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=7 ttl=54 time=263 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=8 ttl=54 time=255 ms 64 bytes from 208.53.145.23: icmp_seq=9 ttl=54 time=258 ms --- 208.53.145.23 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 9 received, 10% packet loss, time 9032ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 255.718/272.965/287.113/11.955 ms, pipe 2 # traceroute 208.53.145.23 traceroute to 208.53.145.23 (208.53.145.23), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 *.*.*.* (*.*.*.*) 0.566 ms 0.473 ms 0.349 ms 2 219.93.218.176 (219.93.218.176) 7.263 ms 10.508 ms 9.298 ms 3 49.60.in-addr.arpa.tm.net.my (60.49.55.9) 21.727 ms 24.536 ms 22.559 ms 4 10.55.192.26 (10.55.192.26) 254.846 ms 256.367 ms 255.464 ms 5 paix.99.xe-0-1-0.cr1.pao1.us.nlayer.net (198.32.176.13) 287.543 ms 289.773 ms 308.246 ms 6 * ae1-50g.cr1.sfo1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.143.169) 311.504 ms 314.410 ms MPLS Label=531134 CoS=2 TTL=1 S=1 7 te1-1.ar1.slc1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.96) 291.475 ms 313.582 ms 292.315 ms MPLS Label=306 CoS=2 TTL=1 S=1 8 xe-2-1-0.cr1.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.22.142.101) 291.675 ms 301.390 ms 284.434 ms MPLS Label=315438 CoS=2 TTL=1 S=1 9 ae0-30g.cr2.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.111.154) 298.921 ms 310.249 ms 316.545 ms 10 as30058.xe-2-0-5.ar1.ord1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.110.90) 262.296 ms 279.407 ms 283.616 ms 11 66.90.127.177 (66.90.127.177) 287.155 ms 288.110 ms 285.687 ms 12 v13.virtuallydedicated.com (67.159.5.13) 287.360 ms 281.896 ms 284.449 ms 13 * 208.53.145.23 (208.53.145.23) 258.468 ms 283.977 msOops, missed a question. No burst RAM?
There’s been awful lot of Chicago based lowend VPSs lately.
Need more Xen or Vmware or KVM :D
I’ve been with RockMyWeb.com a.k.a VirtuallyDedicated.com since they made an offer via LEB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/virtuallydedicated-153-months-openvz-vps-with-384mb/.
The package offered comes with no burst RAM (the one with burst RAM cost $10/mo) and they are using VPSGrid for their VPS control panel.
The only downtime I’ve experience is when they bought new machine and move me from east coast Data Center to a new one and got a new IP so I have to adjust things.
To sum up, based on their service to me and our communication via e-mail about several delicate things that I can’t post in this forum, Mark is honest and I’m a satisfied customer. :)
@Jamie that’s because FDC is located in Chigaco and they are cheap but their network is not really any good.
Hello,
Just to clarify, our new DC does not use FDCServers. This is just where our web site is hosted. You can traceroute/ping cloud.rockmyweb.net for the new DC. It is hosted outside of Chicago on mainly Level3 bandwidth.
Thank you.
Are you sure? I get mostly Cogent.
tracert cloud.rockmyweb.net
And an rWHOIS on the IP ( http://whois.domaintools.com/67.214.182.68 ) shows you are in Colo Store which is South Bend, Indiana – it’s not even in the same state as Chicago – it’s on the other side of the water.
Its about 50-50 between Cogent/Level3 on their upstream( http://www.robtex.com/as/as12260.html#asinfo )according to BGP announces.
So it is not “mainly Level 3” and it’s not “in Chicago”.
Hello,
It is mostly Level3 as stated in that graph. We find about 70% of routes go through Level3. Sure you will have some go through Cogent but mostly it picks the best route for the user.
As I said it is outside of Chicago not in Chicago. Dark fiber is used to deliver bandwidth from Chicago to our datacenter. You should find barely any difference between us and any provider in Chicago and you will find that most providers that claim Chicago are also outside of the city limits.
RockMyWeb is a good company, i had 2 VPS with them for a year or so, never had any issues. I think i didn’t open more than 2 tickets in all that time. Glad to see new offers! :)
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you are satisfied with our service.
almost 1 and half year with rockmyweb.com and as their name. its rock your vps with best.
Mark,
Do you have an option to choose OS on the “LowEndBox special” page?
Hello,
You can choose the operating system in the control panel after the ordering process. If you can’t find the OS your looking for we can most always add it. We have the standard offerings available all ready though.
Thank you,
Mark
Anyone bought this offer or any offer from their website? If yes, please show the /proc/cpuinfo output. However, I can’t find any money guarantee back from here or their website. Thanks :)
Hello Wing,
Maybe I can help you out with a question? You can always email us at sales@rockmyweb.net if you have a question. The CPU offering on the lowendbox plan allows for you to burst to an entire CPU. If you need to use more than one CPU then your most likely better off upgrading to a larger plan. We don’t allow 4-CPU bursts on our low end plans, however I don’t see what benefit that would be for a normal user except for a 10 minute benchmark. As if you were bursting to multiple CPUs with any provider with a plan around $7 your most likely to get suspended very quickly.
You will find that our dedicated CPU resources will be better than any one else in our price range.
Thank you,
Devon
Ok, will email you again :)