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[HOLIDAYS SPECIAL] Luna Node Dynamic: Hourly-Billed Cloud Servers in Canada
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[HOLIDAYS SPECIAL] Luna Node Dynamic: Hourly-Billed Cloud Servers in Canada

hbjlee17hbjlee17 Member, Host Rep
edited July 2015 in Offers

Luna Node Dynamic - the Canadian cloud virtualization platform (KVM)

Luna Node Dynamic is a powerful cloud virtualization platform featuring rapid virtual machine deployment, snapshotting capabilities, an API for automation, complementary server monitoring and DNS hosting, security groups, detachable volumes, and more. We have locations in Toronto and Montreal, providing reliable virtual private server hosting using the KVM hypervisor and the OpenStack software suite.

We are offering a special promotion for Canada Day and Independence Day! Sign up via this link to have the initial deposit amount reduced to $9.00, and also get an extra $3.00 on the first deposit (one-time coupon, where you pay $9.00 and get $12.00).

Pricing

All plans come with a 1gbps network port, unmetered internal traffic, KVM virtualization (with support for installation from custom ISO's), and optional storage on a distributed Ceph RADOS cluster.

  • 512 MB - 1 vCPU, 15 GB storage, 1000 GB bandwidth, $0.005 hourly ($3.6 monthly)
  • 1024 MB - 2 vCPU, 20 GB storage, 1500 GB bandwidth, $0.0072 hourly ($5.18 monthly)
  • Special 2048 - 2 vCPU, 20 GB storage, 2000 GB bandwidth, $0.0097 hourly ($7.00 monthly)
  • Special 1536 - 1 vCPU, 15 GB storage, 2000 GB bandwidth, $0.0072 hourly ($5.18 monthly)

See full plan list here.

Features

We offer a rich set of cloud features to fit your needs, no matter the application.

  • Hourly billing: create and destroy virtual machines at any time, and only pay for the hours used. Our service is prepaid, and payments can be made via Paypal or Bitcoin.
  • Custom operating systems: add custom ISO and qcow2 images directly from the panel by submitting a URL to the image; once the panel has finished downloading your image, you can begin provisioning VMs from it immediately.
  • Live snapshots: snapshot your running VM at any time (no need to even turn it off!). The disk state will then be saved on a distributed filesystem, and can be cloned to provision more instances with the same configuration, or simply kept as a backup.
  • API: a powerful API is available to programatically manage your servers and other cloud services.
  • Private virtual networks: isolate your network traffic and get more control over your network configuration.
  • Load balancers: HTTP(S) and TCP load balancers can be created within virtual networks to easily set up a distributed and redundant service.
  • Detachable volumes: create arbitrary-sized block devices (volumes) and attach/detach them to virtual machine instances on the fly. Volumes are stored on a reliable, distributed Ceph RADOS cluster.
  • Security groups: define external traffic restrictions on a VM-group level to make securing your software easy.
  • Startup scripts: specify shell or cloud-config scripts to be run the first time your new VM instances boot.
  • Server monitoring and DNS hosting: we offer complementary server monitoring (with various checks such as ping, TCP connect, and HTTP substring, and alerts over e-mail or SMS) and DNS hosting.

Get started by registering an account in our panel!

You can open a ticket within the first week to request a refund of remaining credit on your account, no questions asked.

Locations

All standard plans and cloud features are available in both our Toronto and Montreal locations. We feature premium DDoS filtering in Montreal, capable of protecting against large network-level attacks.

About

Based in British Columbia, Canada, LunaNode Hosting Inc. first launched in August 2013, focusing on low-cost, reliable KVM virtual private server hosting. We use OpenStack for our back-end and an in-house billing / VM management panel called lndynamic on the front-end. We are committed to security and privacy and believe in the necessity of free software (see our GitHub). Our staff consists of experienced developers, system administrators, and network engineers; we are constantly monitoring and improving our infrastructure to ensure maximal uptime, and developing new tools to help you better manage your virtual machines.

Upload your PGP key to https://lunanode.com/gpgmw to receive encrypted email from our mail server.

New features

  • Volumes can now be extended in size; volume creation from volume snapshots has also been implemented
  • Virtual machines can be resized (as long as the new plan has a larger disk size; disk shrinking is unsupported)
  • We now offer server management via the ticket system at $60.00/hour (billed in fifteen-minute increments)
  • We've redesigned and simplified the virtual machine details page
  • Various service functions have been added to the API

Links:

Comments

  • Can a virtual machine be used, say once a week, shutdown and backed up each time, and then restored once a week and you're charged only during the hours that you use it?

  • perennateperennate Member, Host Rep

    ladismantler said: Can a virtual machine be used, say once a week, shutdown and backed up each time, and then restored once a week and you're charged only during the hours that you use it?

    That is possible. You need to release the CPU/memory resources by deleting the instance though. So what you would do is

    • Create volume from Volumes tab from a template
    • Boot instance from volume
    • To shutdown, de-associate floating IP and delete instance
    • To boot back up, create instance and re-associate floating IP
  • hbjlee17hbjlee17 Member, Host Rep
    edited July 2015

    perennate said: To boot back up, create instance (boot from the same volume) and re-associate floating IP

    Or alternatively

    1. take a snapshot of your current vm

    2. deassociate the floating ip and then delete instance

    3. to boot backup, create instance from snapshot and re-associate floating ip.

  • Any chance the promotion will be extended until January 6th?
    Which CPU do you provide with the roubaix VMs? Which Kind of dos protection? At last, what type is the storage on non-ssdcache instances ?
    Thank you in advance.

  • perennateperennate Member, Host Rep

    Geekoine said: Any chance the promotion will be extended until January 6th? Which CPU do you provide with the roubaix VMs? Which Kind of dos protection? At last, what type is the storage on non-ssdcache instances ? Thank you in advance.

    I think you posted in the wrong thread! This promotion is from July. The FR 20% off and Bitcoin double up promotions expire on January 1 and probably will not be extended.

    Roubaix VMs come with Xeon D-1540 CPUs and include OVH's Anti-DDoS Pro mitigation system.

    All instances have either SSD-cached storage or pure SSD storage. Pure SSD storage is only available in Toronto.

    Thanked by 1Geekoine
  • Y es, i apologize. I was talking about the holiday promotion. Thank you

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