Matt with SSDNodes sent in an exclusive offer for us, with plans based in Dallas, TX and Montreal, Canada.
SSD Nodes, Inc is a registered corporation in Delaware with file / registration number 5098270.
The hostnodes are running Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 (Dallas) Intel E5-1660 v3 (Montreal), with 64-128GB of ECC RAM, along with 4 to 8 enterprise SSDs configured in hardware RAID10. They are connected to a 1 or 10Gbps port depending on location. They claim to have achieved 1GB/s writes and 200K+ IOPS on their platform.
They offer PayPal, Credit Card, and Bitcoin as payment methods. Before ordering, please ensure you read their terms and legal documents, which are available here.
Offers:
LowEndBox Large
– 4GB RAM
– 40GB SSD
– 4x Intel E5 v3 CPU
– 4TB Transfer
– 1x IPv4
– OpenVZ/SolusVM
– $6.99/month
– $48/year
– Order Texas
– Order Montreal
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LowEndBox Medium
– 2GB RAM
– 20GB SSD
– 2x Intel E5 v3 CPU
– 2TB Transfer
– 1x IPv4
– OpenVZ/SolusVM
– $4.99/month
– $40/year
– Order Texas
– Order Montreal
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LowEndBox Small
– 1GB RAM
– 10GB SSD
– 1x Intel E5 v3 CPU
– 1TB Transfer
– 1x IPv4
– OpenVZ/SolusVM
– $30/year
– Order Here
– Order Montreal
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Locations & Test Information
Dallas, Texas (Incero)
Test IPv4: 66.11.122.222
Test file: http://66.11.122.222/test100.zip
Montreal, Canada (OVH)
Test IPv4: 167.114.120.200
Test file: http://167.114.120.200/test500.zip
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I have a monthly 4gb plan from their previous offering. The performance is good. I had an issue and the response was within 2 hours. For some reason I can’t login with an ssh certificate, but that is almost certainly not their fault.
Sorry to hear you’re having issues, if you still need help please reply to the ticket and we’d be more than happy to assist.
refund policy is not clear
Hello and thanks for your interest. We offer a 14-day refund on all orders, provided that no more than 10% of the bandwidth has been used and there has been no abuse on the server (spam, etc).
Could I install Docker then Discourse.org on the OpenVZ based server? Thanks. The price is worth to purchase comparing with other offers currently.
Thought i’d just write a quick post for anyone considering the SSD Nodes Large deal (while i wait for Centmin to install!)..
Looking at the specs and the price I had to buy one. It’s double the CPU and 4 times the RAM of my current VPS for the same price (although 1 less IPv4 Address.. but then again i’ve never used my second one!).
Latency is a little higher than my existing VPS (given it’s in Dallas vs LA) but we’re talking milliseconds that will make no difference after CDN setup. Network seems to run pretty decent and the box seems pretty quick. Signup by Paypal took me about 2 minutes and VPS setup 1 minute. 1 minute to reinstall OS after I decided against really installing Ubuntu and going back to CentOS. OS selection is quite limited but that doesn’t worry me as I really only use Centos.
If anyone needs me to run any tests let me know and i’ll be happy to do so.
Hi everyone. I’m Matt, the founder of SSD Nodes. We’ve been in business for 5 years (our first LEB offer was in 2011), and our mission is to provide amazing customer service with a high quality hosting experience. With that said, in full transparency the reason we’re able to offer these servers at such discounted rates is due to most of the support costs being removed (you’re just paying for the hosting and the support is best effort). Of course we’re still available for urgent issues, we just won’t be able to help with application-specific issues (but can still provide guidance).
I’m here if you have any questions, or you can email me matt@ssdnodes.com
You can read some reviews from our last post: https://lowendbox.com/blog/ssdnodes-ssd-openvz-vps-starting-at-2-99month-dallas-tx/
MikeN: “I’ve been using these guys for a month on a 4GB plan and it’s been good. No shenanigans.”
Amir Softic: “I just wanted to write about experience with ssdnodes, I purchased LEB large about week ago and have been testing and just moved remote desktop support application to production. I’m extremely happy with ssdnodes coming from DigitalOcean, VPS is extremely fast and reliable, I tested upload speeds and it clocked about 800 Mbps down and 300 up… pretty fast if you ask me.
Matt has been amazing to work with and although we had some issues with the application he was there to assist and on my request added new image in the image selection area… I bought whole year right away and if it stays like this I’ll be @ ssdnodes for a while.”
Devin S: “I’ve purchased the LEB Large plan. Its been 3 weeks and i’ve been very satisfied with the performance im getting out of the VPS. Great Value! Thanks Guys!”
Ethan K: “I got an LEB Small box, and I have to say that I’m quite pleased. Box is snappy and connection is fantastic. No hiccups yet.
Speedtest: http://www.speedtest.net/result/5243196500.png”
WILLIAM: “I’m about to purchase my second SSD Nodes VPS. This is largely due to the performance, scalability and data center location for my existing VPS. It also doesn’t hurt that Matt seems “aight”. lol”
Maxton: “I’ve had the LEB Extra Large server (8GB, seamlessly upgraded from the LEB Large 4GB) for about one month now and I’m very impressed. I think I’m getting much more than my money’s worth out of this server. Performance is great, support has been fine, and I haven’t had any connectivity issues so far.”
Georgi: “I purchased LowEndBox Large packet and have to say that I’m very satisfied with the service. And also Matt is very friendly and always ready to help.”
Filip: “perfect service, we run on them (LEB instance) 2 servers for non-company services and must say… work perfectly. no downtimes, cheap price, works almost without any human (if you know how to properly setup server).”
@Vijay: Is refunds all you think about?
no dude
but thats first priority
I seen many hosts like hostingcove ,mikrovps not giving service,shitty vps and no refund
Did you try contacting support?
very good question
Does virtualization technology such as SolusVM work with Docker? Your offer is really tempted, I am doubted about Docker and Discourse though.
Thanks.
Maxmind’s fraud detection doesn’t work.
With my white german IP, white phone and verified paypal order was marked as fraud!
Very quick solved issue. Ordered 4GB version. Disk is really quick.
Download speed from france to dallas ca 220 Mbit/s
I signed up for the Medium plan and got marked for fraud. I submitted a ticket, but am still waiting roughly 31 hours later. Ticket #302792.
I signed up 32 hours ago and was marked as fraud so I submitted a ticket. Still waiting for a response.
Can I order the 4GB Large plan for one month first, and then update the pay cycle to annual (according the listed price $48)?
Will docker work on these OpenVZ instances?
I signed up about 48 hours ago, and my order got marked as fraud. I submitted a ticket but am yet to hear back.
what about windows?
Hi there, this is OpenVZ, which unfortunately doesn’t support Windows.
will nested virtulaisation work?
Hi Vijay, unfortunately it won’t since OpenVZ uses containers which use the host kernel
In theory it can work, but it will kill the CPU.
Hi! Can I order 4G Large for 1 month, then change the payment frequency to yearly plan ($48/year)?
Yes of course! Just open a ticket whenever you’re ready to upgrade to yearly.
Does it support fuse?
Does it support fuse mounting?
Yes, simply open a ticket to get fuse enabled.
Hi all, we now support Ubuntu 16.04 as a default OS option. It’s available immediately, simply choose it on the sign-up page. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reply here or send me an email at matt@ssdnodes.com
This is awesome! When does this offer expire, if ever? I need to move some money around but this is probably the best deal I’ve ever seen.
Depends on availability and other factors, so not forever. But once you order the server you’re locked into that price.
It’s possible to run vagrant machines?
I seriously doubt it – it would require nested virtualization.
Nope, unfortunately, since these are already containers (OpenVZ) and use a thin virtualization layer instead of a fully virtualized environment. This means we get major performance gains, along with the flexibility of live upgrades.
Hi Matt,
I have a question about your VPS ?
Can I run multiple vm’s in the 4 GB Box by assigning them slices of RAM and may be partial CPU cores or only one VM can be run at any time
Thanks
Hey there, we don’t have a way to sub-divide your server into multiple servers. Instead the best way would be to order multiple servers (for redundancy and failover as well)
Is this deal renewable….meaning can i pay the same next year?
Yes, the pricing is “locked” and recurring for the life of the server.
When you mention the servers are connected to 1Gbps or 10Gbps depending on location, which is which?
Hi Joe, good question. Montreal is connected to 1Gbps, and Dallas is connected to 10Gbps.
Do you plan to offer a managed version?
Depends on if there’s demand for this, as managed services can get pricey very quickly (we’ve gotten the costs discounted on these since we’re taking out most of the support costs).
Quick and easy to get up and running. TOS is one of the LEAST offensive I’ve read. Kudos!
ssdnodes is a little heavy on the “welcome wagon” though. Seriously, I don’t need 10 email messages from y’all pointing out how I can reinstall one of four linuxes, and that you’re happy I’m here. ONE message with critical howto info, ONE with accounting, and ONE “welcome wagon” would be plenty. ;-)
Thanks for the great feedback! Will definitely pass this along. The initial reasoning was to make ourselves accessible while touching on critical information (security, etc). :)
Just purchased a package when read the news on WHT, the performance is good, happy with cheap VPS. Keep up the good work
Thank you for the kind words, glad to have you hosting with us.
Can you set a VPS with 6GB RAM & 80GB or 100GB Disk? How much $$?
These are our larger packages available with this discount:
Startup – LEB X-Large
4x Intel E5 v3 CPUs
8GB ECC RAM
80GB RAID 10 SSD
8TB Transfer
$8/month (billed annually at $96/year, otherwise $13.99/month)
Get started in Dallas ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=124
Get started in Canada ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=119
Startup – LEB 2X-Large
4x Intel E5 v3 CPUs
16GB ECC RAM
160GB RAID 10 SSD
16TB Transfer
$16/month (billed annually at $192/year, otherwise $27.99/month)
Get started in Dallas ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=125
Get started in Canada ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=120
Startup – LEB 4X-Large
4x Intel E5 v3 CPUs
32GB ECC RAM
320GB RAID 10 SSD
32TB Transfer
$32/month (billed annually at $384/year, otherwise $54.99/month)
Get started in Dallas ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=126
Get started in Canada ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=121
Startup – LEB 8X-Large
4x Intel E5 v3 CPUs
64GB ECC RAM
320GB RAID 10 SSD
32TB Transfer
$64/month (billed annually at $768/year, otherwise $109.99/month)
Get started in Dallas ==> https://www.ssdnodes.com/manage/cart.php?a=add&pid=138
Do the larger plan comes with additional IP?
The larger plans include 1 IP only
Massive problem in Montreal?
It appears your hardware node is having some problems, from your internet ticket notes I’ve seen you’ve already been migrated off that node.
internal* ticket notes, my apologies
How much is it for an additional IP I would like Atleast two Ips, I will probably get one of the larger plans.
Thank you for randomly flaging my account as fraud with a clean IP from Switzerland.
It does not beget of great technical knowledge when you are not able to maintain a proper fraud detection system which flags for no real reason.
Do you want my money or not? So, why flag me as fraud even before payment?
Hey there, it looks like your order was approved. We’ve had a lot of fraud issues in the past so our system is a bit sensitive when flagging, and that’s simply to protect our customers.
Does it have ddos protect?
We have DDoS protection in our Montreal facility.
Added LEB Large to another VPS I have with SSD Nodes. I use their hosting for several years, both performance and support are excellent all the time. Those wishing to get proof of my hosting with them, feel free to contact me.
Thank you very much, Konstantin. It’s been a pleasure to have you with us.
do you support private networks if i bought 2 vps ? and do you accept own ISO for OS installations ?
We don’t have a private network in our non-Enterprise plans, but you can use iptables to lock down both servers to each other for a pseudo private network. Even using a VPN between them.
No ISOs unfortunately, since this is OpenVZ.
I bought 4GB vps everything is good but unfortunately cannot update time using NTP because they don’t want to enable compability sys_time in VPS
We already have NTP on the hosts, and the guests are automatically synced from the hosts. I believe it’s more of a security feature that we don’t enable sys_time. If you have a special use case, please let me know (either here or email me matt@ssdnodes.com)
Been using SSDnodes service for a week. I am very satisfied with it. Matt is a great guy.
I bought a LEB large vps from ssdnodes and I am confused about how to set my already purchased and owned domains onto the vps, is there something i have to do in the console? Sorry for the lack of knowledge
Hello Matt,
Can I host any type of wordpress sites on your server without needing a cpanel? I’m in for the Large one in that case. Do you have any restriction on content type can be used on a site?
Thank you in advance.
Hi, the offer states 4TB transfer, but as you can pay either monthly or yearly does this transfer limit apply monthly or yearly?
Hi, is the 4TB transfer limit monthly or yearly?
Can I install docker on that type of VPS ?
Can I run openvpn, pptp or l2tp vpn on your server?
Purchased the LEB Large plan in Dallas. Setup was instant. Seems stable and responsive. Loving it so far
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hostname: 2ez (public ip )
SO: Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 (jessie) 64 bits
kernel: 2.6.32-042stab116.2
virtual: OpenVZ
cpu: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz
vcpu: 4 cores / 4800.28 bogomips
RAM: 4096 MB (34% used) / swap 0 MB (0% used)
HD: 52G (4% used) / inkling speed 1.1 GB/s
cachefly 10MB: 91.1 MB/s (probably Gigabit Port)
I had SSDNodes for 11 days and I’m not leaving because I’m dissatisfied with the service. I want to make that clear up front and anyone who has issues with SSDNodes needs to reach out to Matt Connor. He worked with me to help me try and find a solution to meet the demanding needs of the application I’ve built for my client. But after 10 days, 3 days passed the refund period I cancelled my nodes and Matt still offered me a refund.
Matt and his team are professional, courteous, and polite. I’ve spoke to Matt and 3 different employee’s via tickets and email. If you have a need for a good, professional and fast VPS look no further than SSDNodes. It’s been a very dependable service.
In the future I would use them again if they met the requirements of my needs.
hi Matt,
I ordered one package from you but your system prevent me pay the bill.
My order no. is 9180266477.
Please help me,
Thanks
Can I order additional ip ?
Do you support Fedora 23 ?
Darn….I guess the promo is over…:(
Yeah looks like it. Went to order another one the other day but it seems they are all gone :(
We have new pricing available for these (specs here): https://www.ssdnodes.com/startup-specials/