Brandon from ProvisionHost emailed me their VPS plan for the LowEndBox readers. It’s actually available on their VPS plan page, although the “Order” link is borked. Never mind, here is the correct link to order “PHVPS.5” which is $6.45/month. You get
- 256MB memory
- 10GB storage
- 250GB/month data transfer
- OpenVZ/SolusVM
Servers in Dallas with Databank. Brandon actually provided me a test VPS with IP 64.31.36.158 for you to do traceroute test. Again I don’t have time to do any comprehensive testing. So here’s some quick points:
- No burstable memory. Errr.
- 4x Xeon E5620 threads/cores at full speed. Pretty good.
- ~150 MB/s on a
dd conv=fdatasynctest. Sweet. - I can download at full 100Mbps from Cachefly.
Company has been established in Canada since July 2010. It has got a Facebook page, a Twitter profile, got some nice reviews on both, although it is more focused on gaming servers rather than more general VPS. From its About page, it stated that “its founder, Brandon Chow, has brought the company from a one man to a multi-man operation” — I wonder how many people are working there. Still, nice Minecraft themed website, pretty decent performance (although I might be on an empty box), although you might be able to find a reliable 256MB node at cheaper price elsewhere.
Final note from me today. I am actually going on a road trip with my family for the next 2 weeks, starting tomorrow. I’ll be driving >700km tomorrow so I better get off the computer now. There are still heaps of emails from providers who wish to get listed — they might still have a chance if I can manage to get some reliable HSPA connection :) But don’t be alarmed if LowEndAdmin appears to have disappeared for a while.
Meanwhile there are some things to think about, especially regarding to our community here. The “v2” has been running for 8 months now I think, but is OSQA really the best for LowEndTalk? Or are people happier with an ordinary forum setup? Please keep the LET discussion going on there, and use this blog post to talk about ProvisionHost.
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Run Your Own AI LLM Model on a LowEnd VPS for Only $2.49 a Month! Part Two: Web UI
LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
Thanks for taking the time to list our offer and it’s Brandon from Provision Host. To clarify a few things all of our VPSs are discounted due to having recently released them. Also the tests were conducted on a VPSNode that was 3/4 full too and are constantly monitoring them for optimal performance. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or submit a ticket to us.
Have you looked at Vanilla? It’s a similar layout to OSQA but the interface is much, much nicer.
Have a good road trip!
Hi LEA, where are you from? I’m guessing somewhere in SEA or maybe Australia :P
Drive safety :)
Oh no!!! LEA is another runner!!! lol n_n
Enjoy the vacation :D
Any test files available?
Test File Link: http://64.31.36.158/100mb.test
Ditto
Happy vacation mate! Drive safely especially when you are heading inbound OZ, lots of wild crocs and roo crossing the road out there.
next deap pool: LEB for 2 weeks :p
drive safely LEA, and have a nice trip.
*dead pool -___-
btw, i really want to know about openvz + minecraft things. can anyone give me some result? it’s very interesting to see running this stuff in openvz box.
Minecraft runs fine in OpenVZ, faster then Xen because of no overhead, however if your OvZ provider oversells like the server is on crack, then its worse.
I personally hate OSQA, but if you want to keep something similar I second Vanilla, or even bbPress from the makers of WordPress.
“Please keep the LET discussion going on there, and use this blog post to talk about ProvisionHost.”
For those that were wondering additional IPs are an extra $1.50 /month.
any plans for kvm/xen?
Not currently although we do plan on adding them soon for nearly the same cost. However we are a different from some providers and do not oversell/overload our nodes, even though it is common with OpenVZ.
Initially, the actual dedicated server is cheaper compared to sever co-location,
however in the long run they be expensive. For example, you do not own the
equipment, so you are not responsible for maintenance.
Often when people think of collocation they imagine
hundreds of servers piled on top of each other in a large room
somewhere; and because of that they don’t think it’s a secure type of hosting.