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Dacentec dedicated Opteron with 2x2TB and 4x750GB $25/mo in North Carolina

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  • jvnadrjvnadr Member

    I just received mine (ordered ~20 hours ago). I am installing it now via KVM

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  • S3phyS3phy Member

    @MikePT said:
    Anyone got their server deployed?
    I know its been like 18 hours since I paid, they do mention 24h deployment time, but still, just curious.
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!
    (Mr El Cheapo never resists to ask for more free stuff).

    This will be a Plex server, let's see how it performs.
    If its performance sux, I'll just set it to Plesk server instead. :p

    Haven't deplayed mine yet. I forgot to ask for extra Yeti, darn. I should open a ticket and ask for it.

    I am sure you know this, but based on benchmark it should handle one transcode without any issues. Any plans on partitioning? I was thinking of raid 1 and raid 10 for the 750gb disks. Another thing I was thinking would be JBOD, but older disks might be risky.

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  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @MikePT said:
    Anyone got their server deployed?
    I know its been like 18 hours since I paid, they do mention 24h deployment time, but still, just curious.
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!
    (Mr El Cheapo never resists to ask for more free stuff).

    This will be a Plex server, let's see how it performs.
    If its performance sux, I'll just set it to Plesk server instead. :p

    Mine arrived sometime in the early hours of this morning, not actually done anything with it yet.

  • MagicalTrainMagicalTrain Member
    edited July 2017

    @S3phy said:

    @MikePT said:
    Anyone got their server deployed?
    I know its been like 18 hours since I paid, they do mention 24h deployment time, but still, just curious.
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!
    (Mr El Cheapo never resists to ask for more free stuff).

    This will be a Plex server, let's see how it performs.
    If its performance sux, I'll just set it to Plesk server instead. :p

    Haven't deplayed mine yet. I forgot to ask for extra Yeti, darn. I should open a ticket and ask for it.

    I am sure you know this, but based on benchmark it should handle one transcode without any issues. Any plans on partitioning? I was thinking of raid 1 and raid 10 for the 750gb disks. Another thing I was thinking would be JBOD, but older disks might be risky.

    Raid 10/f2 for the 2x2tb and probably raid 5 for the 4x750g disks is what Im planning. Still struggling with actually using raid 5 for any kind of data though. Might just go with raid 10 for both.

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  • YuraYura Member

    @MikePT said:
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!

    If you mention Yeti, you will wait for a week and your server will never get deployed :o

    True story.

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  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran
    edited July 2017

    MagicalTrain said: And with the /30, shouldnt it be 2 usable ips?

    WSS said:

    No.

    4 total IPs.

    network  
gateway  
YOU  
broadcast

    I believe you CAN use the "network" IP as well. This might be breaking some standards or best practices, but it should work. Provider-wise, this does not create any issue for them (don't be afraid to experiment). I would also try using the broadcast IP btw, although this has much less chances of working compared to the network one.

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  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @rm_ said:

    MagicalTrain said: And with the /30, shouldnt it be 2 usable ips?

    WSS said:

    No.

    4 total IPs.

    network  
> gateway  
> YOU  
> broadcast

    I believe you CAN use the "network" IP as well. This might be breaking some standards or best practices, but it should work. Provider-wise, this does not create any issue for them (don't be afraid to experiment). I would also try using the broadcast IP btw, although this has much less chances of working compared to the network one.

    A major ISP once assigned the broadcast IP for us to use, it worked with zero issues, but we still tore the shit out of them once we realised.

  • saibalsaibal Member

    @Nekki said: Mine arrived sometime in the early hours of this morning

    What are the hours on those HDDs?

  • jon617jon617 Veteran

    Anyone else got CentOS 7 installed on their Opteron box?

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @jvnadr said:
    I just received mine (ordered ~20 hours ago). I am installing it now via KVM

    Yeah mine was ordered 20:30h ago, but no update yet.
    I've been painting my bedroom so no rush here tbh.

    @Nekki said:

    @MikePT said:
    Anyone got their server deployed?
    I know its been like 18 hours since I paid, they do mention 24h deployment time, but still, just curious.
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!
    (Mr El Cheapo never resists to ask for more free stuff).

    This will be a Plex server, let's see how it performs.
    If its performance sux, I'll just set it to Plesk server instead. :p

    Mine arrived sometime in the early hours of this morning, not actually done anything with it yet.

    It looks like they're following a queue, I ordered mine before you I think :P, doesn't matter too much, I still need to plan what I'll be doing with it, being Plex the first choice, and backups, then maybe will move our email servers from Rackspace to Plesk (I always end up confusing Plex with Plesk, while typing it, but it's actually correct now :P).

    @S3phy said:

    @MikePT said:
    Anyone got their server deployed?
    I know its been like 18 hours since I paid, they do mention 24h deployment time, but still, just curious.
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!
    (Mr El Cheapo never resists to ask for more free stuff).

    This will be a Plex server, let's see how it performs.
    If its performance sux, I'll just set it to Plesk server instead. :p

    Haven't deplayed mine yet. I forgot to ask for extra Yeti, darn. I should open a ticket and ask for it.

    I am sure you know this, but based on benchmark it should handle one transcode without any issues. Any plans on partitioning? I was thinking of raid 1 and raid 10 for the 750gb disks. Another thing I was thinking would be JBOD, but older disks might be risky.

    Well, I DID ask for extra Yeti... Not sure if they're aware, and this is not DbD hehehe, we'll see what they come up with. The price is damn good for the hw anyway.

    Yeah I'm thinking of running RAID 10 in the 750GB HDD's, and RAID 1 for the 2x2TB HDD's to run Plex there.
    I only transcode one at a time as well, 1080p with portuguese subtitles.

    @Yura said:

    @MikePT said:
    More than willing to wait even an extra day. They're good folks. Let's hope it comes with free YETI too, at least I asked for some free YETI, ahah!

    If you mention Yeti, you will wait for a week and your server will never get deployed :o

    True story.

    I have... Looks like I'll be crying the whole week! :P

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @saibal said:

    @Nekki said: Mine arrived sometime in the early hours of this morning

    What are the hours on those HDDs?

    I'll let you know when I do something with it, likely tomorrow evening now as I'm starting work at 3am tomorrow :-0

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Nekki said:
    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

    Hmhm I see, GMT +1 here, paid at 22:42 (GMT +1), so yours was first.

    I did select IP KVM so maybe that has influence here.
    I'll just wait.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @MikePT said:

    @Nekki said:
    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

    Hmhm I see, GMT +1 here, paid at 22:42 (GMT +1), so yours was first.

    I did select IP KVM so maybe that has influence here.
    I'll just wait.

    Likely it's the KVM, I didn't pay attention and ordered with CentOS 6.

  • S3phyS3phy Member

    @Nekki said:

    @MikePT said:

    @Nekki said:
    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

    Hmhm I see, GMT +1 here, paid at 22:42 (GMT +1), so yours was first.

    I did select IP KVM so maybe that has influence here.
    I'll just wait.

    Likely it's the KVM, I didn't pay attention and ordered with CentOS 6.

    I ordered with Ubuntu 14, and haven't been delivered either. They must be wondering how to partition the darn things... And how to add the extra yeti for @MikePT

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Nekki said:

    @MikePT said:

    @Nekki said:
    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

    Hmhm I see, GMT +1 here, paid at 22:42 (GMT +1), so yours was first.

    I did select IP KVM so maybe that has influence here.
    I'll just wait.

    Likely it's the KVM, I didn't pay attention and ordered with CentOS 6.

    Ah ok those may be faster, they might be using PXE installs.

    @S3phy said:

    @Nekki said:

    @MikePT said:

    @Nekki said:
    @MikePT my order was paid at 20:23 BST yesterday.

    Hmhm I see, GMT +1 here, paid at 22:42 (GMT +1), so yours was first.

    I did select IP KVM so maybe that has influence here.
    I'll just wait.

    Likely it's the KVM, I didn't pay attention and ordered with CentOS 6.

    I ordered with Ubuntu 14, and haven't been delivered either. They must be wondering how to partition the darn things... And how to add the extra yeti for @MikePT

    Lets pray for extra Yeti! I'm honestly planning to keep this server for a long time.

    Peering could be better to Portugal but I think it will be enough for my needs.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    I appear to be missing a 750GB disk...

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Nekki said:
    I appear to be missing a 750GB disk...

    Wont show at all? Might just be ruined?

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    MikePT said: Wont show at all? Might just be ruined?

    Yup, definitely nothing showing, I'll ticket it. I want it reinstalling to Debian anyway (why that's an option in the panel but not on the order form is beyond me).

    [root@spicy ~]# lsblk -o KNAME,TYPE,SIZE,MODEL
KNAME TYPE   SIZE MODEL
sr0   rom   1024M DVD-ROM DDU1678A
sda   disk   1.8T WDC WD2003FYYS-0
sda1  part   250M 
sdb   disk   1.8T WDC WD2003FYYS-0
sdb1  part   1.8T 
dm-0  lvm    1.8T 
dm-1  lvm    7.8G 
dm-2  lvm      1G 
sdc   disk 698.7G ST3750330NS     
sdd   disk 698.7G ST3750330NS     
sde   disk 698.7G ST3750640AS
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  • DamianDamian Member

    If any of you people end up not using it, let me know and I'd like to take over billing etc for it from you.

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  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Nekki said:

    MikePT said: Wont show at all? Might just be ruined?

    Yup, definitely nothing showing, I'll ticket it. I want it reinstalling to Debian anyway (why that's an option in the panel but not on the order form is beyond me).

    > [root@spicy ~]# lsblk -o KNAME,TYPE,SIZE,MODEL
> KNAME TYPE   SIZE MODEL
> sr0   rom   1024M DVD-ROM DDU1678A
> sda   disk   1.8T WDC WD2003FYYS-0
> sda1  part   250M 
> sdb   disk   1.8T WDC WD2003FYYS-0
> sdb1  part   1.8T 
> dm-0  lvm    1.8T 
> dm-1  lvm    7.8G 
> dm-2  lvm      1G 
> sdc   disk 698.7G ST3750330NS     
> sdd   disk 698.7G ST3750330NS     
> sde   disk 698.7G ST3750640AS   
>

    Yeah its missing or not working at all.
    They probably run PXE installs and they havent updated their order forms to reflect all available OS.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    Whilst I'm at it, disk ages:

    Model Family:     Western Digital RE4
Device Model:     WDC WD2003FYYS-02W0B0
Power_On_Hours          0x0032   082   082   000    Old_age   Always       -       13754

Model Family:     Western Digital RE4
Device Model:     WDC WD2003FYYS-02W0B1
Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       2118

Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
Device Model:     ST3750330NS
Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51249

Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
Device Model:     ST3750330NS
Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51244

Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
Device Model:     ST3750330NS
Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51244
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  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran
    edited July 2017

    @Nekki said:
    Whilst I'm at it, disk ages:

    > Model Family:     Western Digital RE4
> Device Model:     WDC WD2003FYYS-02W0B0
> Power_On_Hours          0x0032   082   082   000    Old_age   Always       -       13754
> 
> Model Family:     Western Digital RE4
> Device Model:     WDC WD2003FYYS-02W0B1
> Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       2118
> 
> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
> Device Model:     ST3750330NS
> Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51249
> 
> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
> Device Model:     ST3750330NS
> Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51244
> 
> Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda ES.2
> Device Model:     ST3750330NS
> Power_On_Hours          0x0032   042   042   000    Old_age   Always       -       51244
>

    5,8 year old hdd's (750GB), that's old but ok if they're working fine.

    The rest seems to be just fine... That's not bad.

    Network tests pls?

    Also, to EU would be great.

  • saibalsaibal Member

    @Nekki said: Whilst I'm at it, disk ages:

    At least one of the 2TBs is almost new :)

  • NekkiNekki Veteran
    edited July 2017

    saibal said: At least one of the 2TBs is almost new :)

    1.5 years ain't bad either. Had low expectations for the 750GB drives, so no loss.

    MikePT said: Network tests pls?

    What do people use for benchmarking network these days, still good ol' bench.sh? If so:

    wget freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bash
Benchmark started on Sun Jul 30 22:28:05 EDT 2017
Full benchmark log: /root/bench.log

System Info
-----------
Processor   : Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1385
CPU Cores   : 4
Frequency   : 800.000 MHz
Memory      : 7870 MB
Swap        : 7999 MB
Uptime      : 13:00,

OS      : CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
Arch        : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel      : 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
Hostname    : spicy


Speedtest (IPv4 only)
---------------------
Your public IPv4 is CUNT

Location        Provider    Speed
CDN         Cachefly    84.7MB/s

Atlanta, GA, US     Coloat      87.5MB/s 
Dallas, TX, US      Softlayer   50.5MB/s 
Seattle, WA, US     Softlayer   22.6MB/s 
San Jose, CA, US    Softlayer   22.8MB/s 
Washington, DC, US  Softlayer   15.2MB/s 

Tokyo, Japan        Linode      5.17MB/s 
Singapore       Softlayer   6.68MB/s 

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net     13.7MB/s
Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb    78.6MB/s 


Disk Speed
----------
I/O (1st run)   : 124 MB/s
I/O (2nd run)   : 115 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 115 MB/s
Average I/O : 118 MB/s
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  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    Response already, support are on the case, didn't expect that on a Sunday.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran
    edited July 2017

    @Nekki said:

    saibal said: At least one of the 2TBs is almost new :)

    1.5 years ain't bad either. Had low expectations for the 750GB drives, so no loss.

    MikePT said: Network tests pls?

    What do people use for benchmarking network these days, still good ol' bench.sh? If so:

    > wget freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh -O - -o /dev/null|bash
> Benchmark started on Sun Jul 30 22:28:05 EDT 2017
> Full benchmark log: /root/bench.log
> 
> System Info
> -----------
> Processor : Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1385
> CPU Cores : 4
> Frequency : 800.000 MHz
> Memory        : 7870 MB
> Swap      : 7999 MB
> Uptime        : 13:00,
> 
> OS        : CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
> Arch      : x86_64 (64 Bit)
> Kernel        : 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
> Hostname  : spicy
> 
> 
> Speedtest (IPv4 only)
> ---------------------
> Your public IPv4 is CUNT
> 
> Location      Provider    Speed
> CDN           Cachefly    84.7MB/s
> 
> Atlanta, GA, US       Coloat      87.5MB/s 
> Dallas, TX, US        Softlayer   50.5MB/s 
> Seattle, WA, US       Softlayer   22.6MB/s 
> San Jose, CA, US  Softlayer   22.8MB/s 
> Washington, DC, US    Softlayer   15.2MB/s 
> 
> Tokyo, Japan      Linode      5.17MB/s 
> Singapore         Softlayer   6.68MB/s 
> 
> Rotterdam, Netherlands    id3.net     13.7MB/s
> Haarlem, Netherlands  Leaseweb    78.6MB/s 
> 
> 
> Disk Speed
> ----------
> I/O (1st run) : 124 MB/s
> I/O (2nd run) : 115 MB/s
> I/O (3rd run) : 115 MB/s
> Average I/O   : 118 MB/s
>

    Yeah I always use that one... But there seem to be many around and I need to self-host one of those to add some mirrors.

    Network speed to Leaseweb's NL location is pretty impressive.

    Edit: First thing I do, is disable CPU Governator, I hate the automatic throttle.

    I'm able to achieve 20Mbps to Portugal only, fiber FTTH.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    MikePT said: Edit: First thing I do, is disable CPU Governator, I hate the automatic throttle.

    Yeah, I forgot about that, no point doing anything now as Dacentec are putting the server rescue mode to see what went wrong and I'm going to Debian anyway.

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  • MagicalTrainMagicalTrain Member

    @Nekki wasnt kidding.

    They have quite a lot more available to install than during buying: (also Centos 7 and newer Debian/Ubuntus)




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  • hzrhzr Member

    MikePT said: Network speed to Leaseweb's NL location is pretty impressive.

    This not NL, if it's the same script I remember, it dowlnoads from leaseweb CDN which can be WDC US East.

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