Limited (3) 100GB NVMe $6/m KVM VPS

MikeA

Hi all,

I have three of the following plan:

1 Core (E-2136, Shared)
1GB DDR4 ECC
100GB NVMe SSD
5TB @ 500Mbps (1Gbps In)
DDoS Protected w/ Network Firewall Access & rDNS
$6.00 per month
https://extravm.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=165

This is only available in the Montreal, Canada location. Orders for this in others will be refunded.

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Otherwise you can check out the normal plans and use "LET10" to get 10% off recurring.

1 Core (i7-7700K, Shared)
512MB DDR$ RAM
6GB SSD/NVMe
2TB @ 300Mbps
DDoS Protected w/ Network Firewall Access & rDNS
$3.00 / month
https://extravm.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=186
Available in: Montreal, Canada | Gravelines, France | London, United Kingdom (no stock) | Vint Hill, Virginia

1 Core (i7-7700K, Shared)
1GB DDR4 RAM
13GB SSD/NVMe
3TB @ 500Mbps
DDoS Protected w/ Network Firewall Access & rDNS
$6.00 / month
https://extravm.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=178
Available in: Montreal, Canada | Gravelines, France | London, United Kingdom (no stock) | Vint Hill, Virginia

1 Core (Ryzen 2700, Shared)
1GB DDR4 ECC RAM
15GB SSD
1TB @ 1Gbps
DDoS Protected 10Gbps
$6.00 / month
https://extravm.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=12
Available in: Dallas, Texas

Looking Glass:
https://bhs.lg.extravm.com
(Click the drop down to choose other locations)

Payment Methods:
~ PayPal
~ Stripe (Credit/Debit Card)
~ PaymentWall (100+ Local Gateways)
~ Coinbase (BTC, ETH, LTC, USDC)
~ Mail in Payment (US Residents Only)

All servers come with 1 IPv4 and 1 IPv6 address. Setup is not instant but usually under 10 minutes as all new clients are manually reviewed.

zhujiwiki

100GB NVMe,nice.

uptime

and then there were two ...

@cybertech - heads up

Kiwi83

100GB NVMe SSD $6/mo
Oh boy!
Oh boy!

nullnothere

I'm very keenly interested in that 512MB DDR$ RAM

I love RAM that spews $ on usage...
I hate RAM that chews $ on usage...

uptime

65 MB/s to Chicago, 7 seconds to Mars!

100% 1024MB  65.3MB/s   00:15    

(to HostHatch / Psychz Chicago)

feels good man

cpu is respectable, E-2136 seems to be clocked at 3.3 GHz, 16 MB cache

flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36
clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl 
xtopology pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt 
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch 
invpcid_single ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp kaiser fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms 
invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 arat

haven't "optimized" the disk performance yet but seeing sequential writes to LVM on LUKS at 850+ MB/s

seems to be a pretty decent deal all around for $6

EDIT2:

on closer inspection, speed to Mars seems to vary between from about 3 to almost 23 minutes. I was about to put in a support ticket but got a response before I could even hit the submit button - apologizing for the limitations of the speed of light. Apparently they're working on some experimental wormhole cache which may explain my initial faster-than-light results ... something to look forward to I guess, hopefully it may be ready for release by next Black Friday.

alvin

Nice offer , 100G NVMe...speed also pretty good

Kiwi83

Limited (3)

Does it mean only 3 available?
Oh boy, I need to hurry.

cybertech

@uptime said:
65 MB/s to Chicago, 7 seconds to Mars!

100% 1024MB  65.3MB/s   00:15    

(to HostHatch / Psychz Chicago)

feels good man

cpu is respectable, E-2136 seems to be clocked at 3.3 MHz, 16 MB cache

flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36
clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl 
xtopology pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt 
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch 
invpcid_single ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp kaiser fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms 
invpcid rtm mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 arat

haven't "optimized" the disk performance yet but seeing sequential writes to LVM on LUKS at 850+ MB/s

seems to be a pretty decent deal all around for $6

EDIT2:

on closer inspection, speed to Mars seems to vary between from about 3 to almost 23 minutes. I was about to put in a support ticket but got a response before I could even hit the submit button - apologizing for the limitations of the speed of light. Apparently they're working on some experimental wormhole cache which may explain my initial faster-than-light results ... something to look forward to I guess, hopefully it may be ready for release by next Black Friday.

good deal. still holding out mate, after recent disappointments

uptime

recent disappointments

who hurt you?

EDIT2:

don't worry, there will be others

cybertech

@uptime said:
who hurt you?

f***pipe , and another which is ok after all but no use for 20GB ram

uptime

@cybertech - yeah, that's living la vida low-end for ya -

sometimes it's good to take a break and enjoy what you've already got.

I'm just glad I'm not hooked on gameserver dedis or something like that ...

just wanted another extraVM, that's all. (I can quit any time I want!)

dahartigan

uptime said: I can quit any time I want!

Just one more little servery-poo randers then I'll stop, I promise bud!

cybertech

@uptime said:
@cybertech - yeah, that's living la vida low-end for ya -

sometimes it's good to take a break and enjoy what you've already got.

I'm just glad I'm not hooked on gameserver dedis or something like that ...

just wanted another extraVM, that's all. (I can quit any time I want!)

yeah not so much gaming vps; now after ECC ones... the E-2136 is indeed new poison especially with NVMe.

uptime

the 1GB DDR4 ECC on this one is just enough to wet my whistle

I managed to hold out for a few hours though ...

enjoyed the delusion of control for a while, until I was over it ...

then checked some benchmarks and was off to the races lol

ZRBLOG

You deleted my account?i try "Lost Password Reset" view "No client account was found with the email address you entered",and i Register view "The following errors occurred:
A user already exists with that email address
Please complete the captcha to continue"
Maybe because I didn't buy anything.

manlivo

Oh! Out of stock

imok

I wasn't interested when I saw this thread with no comments. Now that it's OOS, I really want it.

Oh the mind.

MikeA

@ZRBLOG said:
You deleted my account?i try "Lost Password Reset" view "No client account was found with the email address you entered",and i Register view "The following errors occurred:
A user already exists with that email address
Please complete the captcha to continue"
Maybe because I didn't buy anything.

I don't think I deleted your account, I've been asleep, but I don't know who you are.

datanoise

cybertech said: f***pipe

Has the i/o problem been fixed quickly?

TimboJones

@ZRBLOG said:
You deleted my account?i try "Lost Password Reset" view "No client account was found with the email address you entered",and i Register view "The following errors occurred:
A user already exists with that email address
Please complete the captcha to continue"
Maybe because I didn't buy anything.

Those types of catch 22's can happen when you've signed up for something but haven't clicked the verify email url that got emailed to you. So the account is in limbo.

MikeA

@ZRBLOG Your account was closed 2-3 weeks ago, I won't state why here, but I re-opened it. Either way you were too late if you wanted the promo plan anyway.

I have have more in 2-3 weeks in other locations.

cybertech

@datanoise said:

cybertech said: f***pipe

Has the i/o problem been fixed quickly?

It's okay now.

MikeA

@cybertech said:

@datanoise said:

cybertech said: f***pipe

Has the i/o problem been fixed quickly?

It's okay now.

I guess you'll have to get one of mine then.

ZRBLOG

This is an invalid response.

uptime

yarrrr ... samples so far indicate this is indeed the pharmaceutical-grade NVMe

"when you boot it, you'll know where those extra $2 per month went"

cybertech

@uptime said:
yarrrr ... samples so far indicate this is indeed the pharmaceutical-grade NVMe

"when you boot it, you'll know where those extra $2 per month went"

some iops please?

MikeA

@ZRBLOG said:

@MikeA said:
@ZRBLOG Your account was closed 2-3 weeks ago, I won't state why here, but I re-opened it. Either way you were too late if you wanted the promo plan anyway.

I have have more in 2-3 weeks in other locations.

Maybe you don't know who I am,because my account is still closed.

The name is the same, "zbrlog". A new password was sent to you earlier. Just open a ticket if there are problems.

@uptime said:
yarrrr ... samples so far indicate this is indeed the pharmaceutical-grade NVMe

@cybertech said:
some iops please?

The E-2136 NVMe VPS plans use MZQLB1T9HAJR-00007 drives. They aren't the fastest write/highest iops for NVMe, but they are higher capacity enterprise drives.

Eventually, the NVMe plans will be phased out as the KVM Game plans switch to only NVMe.

cybertech

canada NVMe now looky interesting. will lie in ambush for the next wave.+

is the canada looking glass rate limited?

MikeA

@cybertech said:
canada NVMe now looky interesting. will lie in ambush for the next wave.+

is the canada looking glass rate limited?

No, but it is slower than it should be. The BHS looking glass is on one of the KVM Game servers and they are still capped at 250Mbps, I was able to get around 200Mbps on it.

TheLinuxBug

Quick anecdotal review of the 512MB / 6GB NVMe VM:

Pros:

• Quick deployment
• Snappy interface
• Easy rDNS updates
• IPv6
• Reasonable support ticket response time ( 1-3 hours) with comprehensive replies
• Continued to work through complex issue until a mutual resolution could be found without becoming frustrated and left ticket open without trying to quickly push the issue to resolved.

Cons:

• Initially the node my server was on was not stable and would reboot randomly (though after several ticket responses back and forth where the host took responsibility and was honest about the issue, I was moved to a now stable node)
• Small disk size -- however, noting it is NVMe space and more premium, this really is to be expected, though I think I would have been okay with a larger amount of SSD space in my use case instead.

Summary:

There were some initial growing pains going in, however, support was responsive and honest. They calmly worked through the issue and offered multiple options as solutions instead of forcing the issue - refund, moving to another node, etc. Sent out an announcement to all customers on the affected node and communicated well with customers during the migration to a new node - which after the services have now been stable.

Panel was easy to use and offered all the functionality I was looking for. Server deployment was painless and the server snappy. rDNS updates can be done from the panel easily.

Overall usability, ease of setup and quality is a 9/10 after a month of services. Have a 6 month term, so will try to check back as that term ends with any changes in service level.

my 2 cents.

Cheers!

MikeA

@TheLinuxBug said:
though I think I would have been okay with a larger amount of SSD space in my use case instead.

If you need more, PM me or open a ticket. If space is available on the system it can be done. Thanks though.

willie

Had something like this from ExtraVM's BF promo a couple years ago. Couldn't believe it, fastest VPS I ever had despite the ping distance. Kept renewing month after month even though it was idling, because it was hard to let go of a VPS that responsive. Finally did manage to cancel it but man it was nice while I had it.

TheLinuxBug

Wanted to do a quick 3 month in update to my review:

Pros:

• Quick deployment
• Snappy interface
• Easy rDNS updates
• IPv6

• Reasonable support ticket response time ( 1-3 hours) with comprehensive replies
  Continued to work through complex issue until a mutual resolution could be found without becoming frustrated and left ticket open without trying to quickly push the issue to resolved.

• Stable - After my original issue, things have now been stable for the last 3 months

Cons:

• Initially the node my server was on was not stable and would reboot randomly (though after several ticket responses back and forth where the host took responsibility and was honest about the issue, I was moved to a now stable node)
• Small disk size -- however, noting it is NVMe space and more premium, this really is to be expected, though I think I would have been okay with a larger amount of SSD space in my use case instead. (to note, I was offered some more for free but didn't take them up on it cause it wasn't needed for now, thanks for the offer anyways @MikeA )

Summary:
Highly recommended!

There were some initial growing pains going in, however, support was responsive and honest. They calmly worked through the issue and offered multiple options as solutions instead of forcing the issue - refund, moving to another node, etc. Sent out an announcement to all customers on the affected node and communicated well with customers during the migration to a new node - which after the services have now been stable.

Panel was easy to use and offered all the functionality I was looking for. Server deployment was painless and the server snappy. rDNS updates can be done from the panel easily.

Overall usability, ease of setup and quality is a 10/10 after 3 months of services. Have a 6 month term, so will try to check back as that term ends with any changes in service level.

my 2 cents.

Cheers!

WebGuru

@TheLinuxBug said:
Wanted to do a quick 3 month in update to my review:

Pros:

• Quick deployment
• Snappy interface
• Easy rDNS updates
• IPv6

• Reasonable support ticket response time ( 1-3 hours) with comprehensive replies
  Continued to work through complex issue until a mutual resolution could be found without becoming frustrated and left ticket open without trying to quickly push the issue to resolved.

• Stable - After my original issue, things have now been stable for the last 3 months

Cons:

• Initially the node my server was on was not stable and would reboot randomly (though after several ticket responses back and forth where the host took responsibility and was honest about the issue, I was moved to a now stable node)
• Small disk size -- however, noting it is NVMe space and more premium, this really is to be expected, though I think I would have been okay with a larger amount of SSD space in my use case instead. (to note, I was offered some more for free but didn't take them up on it cause it wasn't needed for now, thanks for the offer anyways @MikeA )

Summary:
Highly recommended!

There were some initial growing pains going in, however, support was responsive and honest. They calmly worked through the issue and offered multiple options as solutions instead of forcing the issue - refund, moving to another node, etc. Sent out an announcement to all customers on the affected node and communicated well with customers during the migration to a new node - which after the services have now been stable.

Panel was easy to use and offered all the functionality I was looking for. Server deployment was painless and the server snappy. rDNS updates can be done from the panel easily.

Overall usability, ease of setup and quality is a 10/10 after 3 months of services. Have a 6 month term, so will try to check back as that term ends with any changes in service level.

my 2 cents.

Cheers!

That's a good review i am also a happy customer of ExtraVM from last 2 years. There are a few things missing from your review:

Firewall Rules / Mitigation Activation / DDos Attack Notifications these all features that ExtraVM integrated into their interface through OVH API are not available in VMs offered by most of the OVH providers

MikeA

Thanks guys,

AlexJones

I'd like also to comment on extravm. I have been using them for 3 years (anti ddos game vps) and I have had very good uptime and the times when the vps did go down such as when all of BHS was offline I was promptly given credit no ticket required. I've had no attacks leak through the filter and excellent performance.
Overall extremely excellent service from @MikeA especially at the price point.

MikeA

@AlexJones said:
I'd like also to comment on extravm. I have been using them for 3 years (anti ddos game vps) and I have had very good uptime and the times when the vps did go down such as when all of BHS was offline I was promptly given credit no ticket required. I've had no attacks leak through the filter and excellent performance.
Overall extremely excellent service from @MikeA especially at the price point.

3 years? Long time for a VPS, thanks