Comments on: BuyVM – $5.95 OpenVZ VPS with 512MB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/ Hosting Websites on Bare Minimum VPS/Dedicated Servers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drmike http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34622 drmike Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:52:50 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34622 This ain't Google. The plus is worthless and probably throws things off. :) This ain’t Google. The plus is worthless and probably throws things off. :)

]]> By: Adam http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34604 Adam Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34604 I used the search function +benchmark +buyvm :) I used the search function +benchmark +buyvm :)

]]> By: 96MB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34600 96MB Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:01:37 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34600 @Adam: Your comment is awaiting moderation. I guess I typed in the wrong email address...once LEA approve this, you can see, but I did not manage to complete the tests on both times.... @Adam: Your comment is awaiting moderation. I guess I typed in the wrong email address…once LEA approve this, you can see, but I did not manage to complete the tests on both times….

]]> By: 96MB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34595 96MB Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34595 LOL, just noticed as well, Adam how did you manage to find such an old one? :) LOL, just noticed as well, Adam how did you manage to find such an old one? :)

]]> By: 96MB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34594 96MB Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:38:10 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34594 Tried just now but it could not complete the test: First try: <pre> dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/ Geekbench is in tryout mode. Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode. If you like Geekbench, please purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome. You can purchase Geekbench online at: http://store.primatelabs.ca/ If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information with the following command line: dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 -r System Information Platform: Linux x86 (32-bit) Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.pony6-1 i686 Model: Linux PC (Intel Xeon L5420) Motherboard: Unknown Motherboard Processor: Intel Xeon L5420 Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6 Logical Processors: 1 Physical Processors: 1 Processor Frequency: 2.49 GHz L1 Instruction Cache: 64.0 KB L1 Data Cache: 64.0 KB L2 Cache: 512 KB L3 Cache: 0.00 B Bus Frequency: 0.00 Hz Memory: 5.82 GB Memory Type: N/A SIMD: 1 BIOS: N/A Processor Model: Intel Xeon L5420 Processor Cores: 1 Integer Blowfish single-threaded scalar 1492 ||||| multi-threaded scalar 1546 |||||| Text Compress single-threaded scalar 1353 ||||| multi-threaded scalar 1321 ||||| Text Decompress single-threaded scalar 1447 ||||| multi-threaded scalar 1410 ||||| Image Compress single-threaded scalar 1531 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1553 |||||| Image Decompress single-threaded scalar 1197 |||| multi-threaded scalar 1206 |||| Lua single-threaded scalar 2762 ||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 2699 |||||||||| Floating Point Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar 1717 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1814 ||||||| Dot Product single-threaded scalar 3130 |||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 3276 ||||||||||||| single-threaded vector 2313 ||||||||| multi-threaded vector 2692 |||||||||| LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar 2076 |||||||| multi-threaded scalar 1900 ||||||| Primality Test single-threaded scalar 2125 |||||||| multi-threaded scalar 1991 ||||||| Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar 4454 ||||||||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 4396 ||||||||||||||||| Blur Image single-threaded scalar 3952 ||||||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 3858 ||||||||||||||| Memory Read Sequential single-threaded scalar 1612 |||||| Write Sequential single-threaded scalar 2081 |||||||| Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar 1760 ||||||| terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Aborted </pre> Second try: <pre> dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/ Geekbench is in tryout mode. Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode. If you like Geekbench, please purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome. You can purchase Geekbench online at: http://store.primatelabs.ca/ If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information with the following command line: dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 -r System Information Platform: Linux x86 (32-bit) Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.pony6-1 i686 Model: Linux PC (Intel Xeon L5420) Motherboard: Unknown Motherboard Processor: Intel Xeon L5420 Processor ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6 Logical Processors: 1 Physical Processors: 1 Processor Frequency: 2.49 GHz L1 Instruction Cache: 64.0 KB L1 Data Cache: 64.0 KB L2 Cache: 512 KB L3 Cache: 0.00 B Bus Frequency: 0.00 Hz Memory: 5.82 GB Memory Type: N/A SIMD: 1 BIOS: N/A Processor Model: Intel Xeon L5420 Processor Cores: 1 Integer Blowfish single-threaded scalar 1585 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1631 |||||| Text Compress single-threaded scalar 1695 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1744 |||||| Text Decompress single-threaded scalar 1580 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1604 |||||| Image Compress single-threaded scalar 1656 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1592 |||||| Image Decompress single-threaded scalar 1190 |||| multi-threaded scalar 1146 |||| Lua single-threaded scalar 3194 |||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 3074 |||||||||||| Floating Point Mandelbrot single-threaded scalar 1735 |||||| multi-threaded scalar 1748 |||||| Dot Product single-threaded scalar 3220 |||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 3331 ||||||||||||| single-threaded vector 2409 ||||||||| multi-threaded vector 2732 |||||||||| LU Decomposition single-threaded scalar 2133 |||||||| multi-threaded scalar 2122 |||||||| Primality Test single-threaded scalar 2633 |||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 2175 |||||||| Sharpen Image single-threaded scalar 4989 ||||||||||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 4993 ||||||||||||||||||| Blur Image single-threaded scalar 3936 ||||||||||||||| multi-threaded scalar 3990 ||||||||||||||| Memory Read Sequential single-threaded scalar 1647 |||||| Write Sequential single-threaded scalar 2157 |||||||| Stdlib Allocate single-threaded scalar 1451 ||||| terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Aborted </pre> I guess my burst RAM is not really that stable: <pre> free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 256 156 99 0 0 0 -/+ buffers/cache: 156 99 Swap: 0 0 0 </pre> By the way this is on the 15 per year 128MB box. Tried just now but it could not complete the test:
First try:

dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32
Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/

Geekbench is in tryout mode.

Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode.  If you like Geekbench, please
purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome.  You can
purchase Geekbench online at:

        http://store.primatelabs.ca/

If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information
with the following command line:

        dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 -r  

System Information
  Platform:                  Linux x86 (32-bit)
  Compiler:                  GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
  Operating System:          Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.pony6-1 i686
  Model:                     Linux PC (Intel Xeon L5420)
  Motherboard:               Unknown Motherboard
  Processor:                 Intel Xeon L5420
  Processor ID:              GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
  Logical Processors:        1
  Physical Processors:       1
  Processor Frequency:       2.49 GHz
  L1 Instruction Cache:      64.0 KB
  L1 Data Cache:             64.0 KB
  L2 Cache:                  512 KB
  L3 Cache:                  0.00 B
  Bus Frequency:             0.00 Hz
  Memory:                    5.82 GB
  Memory Type:               N/A
  SIMD:                      1
  BIOS:                      N/A
  Processor Model:           Intel Xeon L5420
  Processor Cores:           1

Integer
  Blowfish
    single-threaded scalar    1492 |||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1546 ||||||
  Text Compress
    single-threaded scalar    1353 |||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1321 |||||
  Text Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    1447 |||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1410 |||||
  Image Compress
    single-threaded scalar    1531 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1553 ||||||
  Image Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    1197 ||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1206 ||||
  Lua
    single-threaded scalar    2762 |||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     2699 ||||||||||

Floating Point
  Mandelbrot
    single-threaded scalar    1717 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1814 |||||||
  Dot Product
    single-threaded scalar    3130 ||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     3276 |||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    2313 |||||||||
    multi-threaded vector     2692 ||||||||||
  LU Decomposition
    single-threaded scalar    2076 ||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1900 |||||||
  Primality Test
    single-threaded scalar    2125 ||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1991 |||||||
  Sharpen Image
    single-threaded scalar    4454 |||||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     4396 |||||||||||||||||
  Blur Image
    single-threaded scalar    3952 |||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     3858 |||||||||||||||

Memory
  Read Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    1612 ||||||
  Write Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    2081 ||||||||
  Stdlib Allocate
    single-threaded scalar    1760 |||||||
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
Aborted

Second try:

dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32
Geekbench 2.1.13 : http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/

Geekbench is in tryout mode.

Your copy of Geekbench is in tryout mode.  If you like Geekbench, please
purchase it so we can continue to make Geekbench awesome.  You can
purchase Geekbench online at:

        http://store.primatelabs.ca/

If you've already purchased Geekbench, enter your license information
with the following command line:

        dist/Geekbench21-Linux/geekbench_x86_32 -r  

System Information
  Platform:                  Linux x86 (32-bit)
  Compiler:                  GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
  Operating System:          Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.pony6-1 i686
  Model:                     Linux PC (Intel Xeon L5420)
  Motherboard:               Unknown Motherboard
  Processor:                 Intel Xeon L5420
  Processor ID:              GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
  Logical Processors:        1
  Physical Processors:       1
  Processor Frequency:       2.49 GHz
  L1 Instruction Cache:      64.0 KB
  L1 Data Cache:             64.0 KB
  L2 Cache:                  512 KB
  L3 Cache:                  0.00 B
  Bus Frequency:             0.00 Hz
  Memory:                    5.82 GB
  Memory Type:               N/A
  SIMD:                      1
  BIOS:                      N/A
  Processor Model:           Intel Xeon L5420
  Processor Cores:           1

Integer
  Blowfish
    single-threaded scalar    1585 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1631 ||||||
  Text Compress
    single-threaded scalar    1695 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1744 ||||||
  Text Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    1580 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1604 ||||||
  Image Compress
    single-threaded scalar    1656 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1592 ||||||
  Image Decompress
    single-threaded scalar    1190 ||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1146 ||||
  Lua
    single-threaded scalar    3194 ||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     3074 ||||||||||||

Floating Point
  Mandelbrot
    single-threaded scalar    1735 ||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     1748 ||||||
  Dot Product
    single-threaded scalar    3220 ||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     3331 |||||||||||||
    single-threaded vector    2409 |||||||||
    multi-threaded vector     2732 ||||||||||
  LU Decomposition
    single-threaded scalar    2133 ||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     2122 ||||||||
  Primality Test
    single-threaded scalar    2633 ||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     2175 ||||||||
  Sharpen Image
    single-threaded scalar    4989 |||||||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     4993 |||||||||||||||||||
  Blur Image
    single-threaded scalar    3936 |||||||||||||||
    multi-threaded scalar     3990 |||||||||||||||

Memory
  Read Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    1647 ||||||
  Write Sequential
    single-threaded scalar    2157 ||||||||
  Stdlib Allocate
    single-threaded scalar    1451 |||||
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
Aborted

I guess my burst RAM is not really that stable:

 free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           256        156         99          0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:        156         99
Swap:            0          0          0

By the way this is on the 15 per year 128MB box.

]]> By: Yomero http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34588 Yomero Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:28:39 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34588 LOL this comment is from June, 2010 LOL this comment is from June, 2010

]]> By: Adam http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34586 Adam Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:17:08 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34586 I already checked your review but will check the comments as well, Thanks Maybe you can update the review with a Geekbench output :) I already checked your review but will check the comments as well, Thanks

Maybe you can update the review with a Geekbench output :)

]]> By: 96MB http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34580 96MB Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:12:34 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34580 @Adam: I did one on my low end blog: http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-iii-buyvm/ And I highly recommend you to read the comments there, the pony put in a pretty good comments explaining a few things in the review:http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-iii-buyvm/#comment-6 @Adam: I did one on my low end blog: http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-iii-buyvm/
And I highly recommend you to read the comments there, the pony put in a pretty good comments explaining a few things in the review:http://www.96mb.com/96mb-low-end-vps-review-part-iii-buyvm/#comment-6

]]> By: Adam http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34573 Adam Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:01:57 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-34573 Can we see more benchmarks results from Buyvm VPS from other customers? Compared with the many customers they have, I have found only few benchmarks - CPU and I/O and network speed. Can we see more benchmarks results from Buyvm VPS from other customers?

Compared with the many customers they have, I have found only few benchmarks – CPU and I/O and network speed.

]]> By: Francisco Dias http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-27049 Francisco Dias Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:07:21 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-27049 I apologize about that, but we've been spending our time focusing on improving all of our nodes performance before we rolled out another batch of stock. If you've decided to move onwards to another host I wish you the best of times with them :) Francisco I apologize about that, but we’ve been spending our time focusing on improving all of our nodes performance before we rolled out another batch of stock.

If you’ve decided to move onwards to another host I wish you the best of times with them :)

Francisco

]]> By: Unrealable http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-27048 Unrealable Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:41:06 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-27048 Well i waited for like 3-4 weeks just to get a slot in FRANTECH what’s up with that? It's been like this for like 2 years? You guys need to step your game up, just sayin.... Well i waited for like 3-4 weeks just to get a slot in FRANTECH what’s up with that? It’s been like this for like 2 years? You guys need to step your game up, just sayin….

]]> By: Peter http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-23149 Peter Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:06:08 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-23149 Francisco Dias you have any new news on the availability on all VPS from $ 15 'year? No because it is a long time that says "Out of Stock" ... Thanks in advance Francisco Dias you have any new news on the availability on all VPS from $ 15 ‘year? No because it is a long time that says “Out of Stock” …
Thanks in advance

]]> By: Francisco Dias http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21322 Francisco Dias Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21322 Not quite :) That node had a power issue the day before but never ran a FSCK. We had to reboot the node to FSCK it and correct it (hense why it went 'read only'). As you can see later on the client is fine and was even offered a credit for the issue. Francisco Not quite :)

That node had a power issue the day before but never ran a FSCK. We had to reboot the node to FSCK it and correct it (hense why it went ‘read only’).

As you can see later on the client is fine and was even offered a credit for the issue.

Francisco

]]> By: James B http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21283 James B Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:37:42 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21283 I hope they are not overselling their servers You experience bad performance and another customer experience the node runs out of space? Hard disk full on buyvm node07? http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1020396 The probably just shuffle customers around to different nodes when they complaint I hope they are not overselling their servers

You experience bad performance and another customer experience the node runs out of space?

Hard disk full on buyvm node07?
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1020396

The probably just shuffle customers around to different nodes when they complaint

]]> By: Francisco Dias http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21273 Francisco Dias Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:25:49 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21273 Hi Kevin, Go ahead with the ticket and we'll see if there was any errors in your provision :) Thanks, Francisco Hi Kevin,

Go ahead with the ticket and we’ll see if there was any errors in your provision :)

Thanks,

Francisco

]]> By: Kevin http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21270 Kevin Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:48:51 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-21270 I use this for a small game that doesn't really take up much memory. It's pretty terrible for some odd reason and it's pretty laggy compared to a worst vps that other people use. [IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/Kunaininja/benchmarkvps.png[/IMG] this is my score for 512m plan I think it might have something to do with the server, requesting a change at the moment. Anyways, throwing it out there. I use this for a small game that doesn’t really take up much memory. It’s pretty terrible for some odd reason and it’s pretty laggy compared to a worst vps that other people use.

[IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/Kunaininja/benchmarkvps.png[/IMG]
this is my score for 512m plan

I think it might have something to do with the server, requesting a change at the moment.
Anyways, throwing it out there.

]]> By: calvin http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15219 calvin Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:53:58 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15219 looks like it's recovered already. anyway, thanks for the quick response. looks like it’s recovered already. anyway, thanks for the quick response.

]]> By: Francisco Dias http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15214 Francisco Dias Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:39:49 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15214 Much worse :/ All of Fremont #1 had a power outage just now. We're getting everything online and a tech is helping as they can, but FMT 1 is a big location so they're busy as hell helping everyone. Francisco Much worse :/

All of Fremont #1 had a power outage just now.

We’re getting everything online and a tech is helping as they can, but FMT 1 is a big location so they’re busy as hell helping everyone.

Francisco

]]> By: calvin http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15213 calvin Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:33:43 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-15213 It seems node03 down again? :/ It seems node03 down again? :/

]]> By: JP http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-14343 JP Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:12:28 +0000 http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/buyvm-5-95-openvz-vps-with-512mb/#comment-14343 Thanks Francisco. Yes, I think I missed my payment. Thanks Francisco. Yes, I think I missed my payment.

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