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VPS provider doesn't provide control panel. What now?
My VPS doesn't provide Solus Virtual Manager or OpenVZ Panel.
Instead they give me this crap:
The CPU, RAM and HDD do not work. I have no idea what my CPU % in real time is. I think it is just for show. Btw, I have to use the web browser to access this control panel.
Should I ask for refund?
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If provider name's not top secret, can you tell it?
Do they announce custom control panel on their Web site (i.e., were you warned about that prior to purchase)?
It just looks like a different control panel, and yeah RAM / HDD doesn't seem to be working. However, you should be able to answer some of your questions with top and some bandwidth monitoring tools. Just ssh in and go from there.
You always have to use a browser and apart from the possibly not working statistics I'd say there is everything you need. Have you contacted them about the statistics?
http://cloudatcost.com/
I emailed them 3 days ago. No answer. I'm glad I paid $17.5 for it.
That's seems cool, which provider is this?
Use top/htop in ssh to see your usage.
Looking at that you can tell the IP, power it on and off, web console.
Alright maybe your missing rDNS...
CloudAtCost the one time payment provider?
What the..... do you really think that:
A) SolusVM provides this in REAL TIME?
C) That everyone that uses servers clicks on solusvm to check what CPU use they have?
I dont even....
Yes you should absolutely ask for a refund ASAP and put the money towards a fully managed service such as wiredtree or knownhost.
edit: just re-read and my reply reads way harsher than intended, my underlying points stand though, it will have required a hell of a lot more skill and knowledge to provide that then just go with solusvm so you calling it crap due to your own lack of ability to manage a server is a bit out of line.
To be honest, I don't believe in one-time-cost VMs.
Request refund, and I suggest doing research on popular hosting forums such as WHT, prior to purchase.
Good luck!
Charges for the Services are non-refundable.
"Refunds are irrelevant. Your money will be assimilated. Chargebacks are futile"
Well, then just forget about them, and be more careful next time.
Update: read this WHT review
http://bit.ly/1rb5lAX
It contains interesting details, IMO.
I still dont know what the problem is.
OP wanted a panel with working usage graphs. Or expected Solus login.
By the way, they state they are part of http://www.fibernetics.ca/
If CloudAtCost doesn't respond, try contacting Fibernetics.
What is he meant to contact them about?
They offer no refunds.
Customer has a product that can't be used. Tech.support keeps silent. I suppose these two issues are good grounds to contact them about.
How can he not use it? Only the web-based statistics are not functional, thats hardly the product.
This.
The discussion at this stage goes meaningless.
I recommended OP whom to contact. Let him decide whether it's worth trying.
The web based statistics not working could be a result of browser security settings - i.e. if the web page is on https and the images for the statistics are served over http, depending on browser settings this could be the reason why they wouldn't be displayed.
@Chuck please try with another browser too?
We just need to make sure to use the right wording. The problem is not the product but the lack of support.
Very good point.
I agree, the lack of support looks a real problem.
I think it's understood that there is no support as it's a one-time fee. The website isn't explicit about it however.
That cant be. There always has to be basic support for the overall service.
Well if the network goes down and that yeah, I always thought it was similar to LowEndSpirit in the amount of support it provides, though. If they're a little worse... meh. That's what $17.50/lifetime buys you.
I'm not saying it's good, I just think that's the deal there.
Well, the one-time fee itself is highly suspicious. But still, because of this they cannot say they dont provide basic support for their service.
The company have been providing free SIP services for a long time, I think it's unlikely they'll just disappear. The service will continue to degrade though for sure.
Their blog and the other threads on 'em give a good background.
Providing a service for all eternity for less than 20 (and this is basically what they are advertising) is highly unrealistic, even more than what the typical summer host promises.
For all eternity, it is too much said, maybe the customer will eventually die and forget to leave the VPS to the next of kin in the will?
That being said, i prefer to give BlueVM 10 bucks a year for 512 MB KVM than this.
@Chuck
If refund is not an option you could install www.ajenti.org on your server. it will show you realtime stats and you can use it to easily manage your server, it even has a SSH client in its webinterface that works without the need of third-party plugins like java.
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