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[REVIEW] Prometeus - KVM7 (Italy)
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[REVIEW] Prometeus - KVM7 (Italy)

PhilPhil Member
edited July 2012 in Reviews

Here is my review after a little bit more than two weeks using a KVM7 box from Prometeus. With the promo offer and positive comments and reviews, I could not resist to get one.

I do not work in the hosting business, and I am not related to Prometeus. {{placeholder for all the usual disclaimer stuff nobody reads}}.

Notice: that post may contain some LEE (Low End English), apologies.

VPS (http://iperweb.com/site/budget-vps.php, http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/3103/a-new-benchmark-for-letleb-kvm7-1gb-ram-35gb-sas2-disk-3tb-bw)

  • 1024 MB Ram
  • 35 GB HDD
  • 2 vCores 2.0 Ghz (Host with 2 x E5-2620)
  • 3000 GB Bandwidth, IPv4 + IPv6 (1 x /112), 1 Gbits/s

Signup & Purchase

  • WHMCS
  • Received email instructions are clear and detailed (Account, IP, network settings, SSH & VNC info). Account credentials in clear text, could be better (WHMCS related I guess).
  • VPS was delivered 23 minutes after payment. Needs setup through VNC (no pre-installed OS).

Setup & Panel

  • SolusVM Panel
  • Custom setup through VNC:
    • Network setup with DHCP enabled, defaults to Google public DNS servers,
    • Debian 6 (32 bits) minimal setup from Netinstall CD image worked flawlessly.
    • ISO images available: many Linux distros, FreeBSD, OpenBSD...

Support

Pre-sale questions: @prometeus quickly answered to my PM on LET.

Had no technical issues, but asked a few questions through the customers panel (Moderate priority). Kind and precise answer received about 4 hours and a half later.

CPU x2

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor        : 0
vendor_id        : GenuineIntel
cpu family       : 6
model            : 13
model name       : QEMU Virtual CPU version (cpu64-rhel6)
stepping         : 3
cpu MHz          : 1999.999
cache size       : 4096 KB
fdiv_bug         : no
hlt_bug          : no
f00f_bug         : no
coma_bug         : no
fpu              : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level      : 4
wp               : yes
flags            : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm pni cx16 hypervisor lahf_lm
bogomips         : 3999.99
clflush size     : 64
cache_alignment  : 64
address sizes    : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management :

Tests

Most tests were done before the Euro 2012 coupons madness. So to be fair, I've done some new tests after the coupons to check for possible impact.

Host node is pm20.

1. Tests Part 1 - before the coupons

ping done several times (stable):

$ ping -c 3 www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (173.194.35.178) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from muc03s02-in-f18.1e100.net (173.194.35.178): icmp_req=1 ttl=58 time=10.4 ms
64 bytes from muc03s02-in-f18.1e100.net (173.194.35.178): icmp_req=2 ttl=58 time=10.4 ms
64 bytes from muc03s02-in-f18.1e100.net (173.194.35.178): icmp_req=3 ttl=58 time=10.4 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 10.407/10.437/10.471/0.087 ms

Tests done 10 times, different days & random times. Results:

$ wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test
Average / Min / Max (MB/s): 38.04 / 31.8 / 40.1

$ dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
Average / Min / Max (MB/s): 183 / 110 / 246
(Most frequently between 167 and 200)

$ ioping -c 30 .
(stable around following values)
30 requests completed in 29011.8 ms, 4701 iops, 18.4 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.0 ms

GeekBench 2.3.3 score: 3936 (http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/view/765570)

OpenSSL speed test (warning: system is 32 bits, 64 bits usually gives x2 to x3 better results):

$ openssl speed rsa
                  sign    verify    sign/s verify/s
rsa  512 bits 0.000513s 0.000037s   1948.1  26720.9
rsa 1024 bits 0.002257s 0.000094s    443.0  10671.1
rsa 2048 bits 0.011534s 0.000278s     86.7   3592.7
rsa 4096 bits 0.068299s 0.000889s     14.6   1124.3

$ openssl speed rsa -multi 2
                  sign    verify    sign/s verify/s
rsa  512 bits 0.000264s 0.000019s   3780.9  53342.8
rsa 1024 bits 0.001171s 0.000048s    854.2  20947.6
rsa 2048 bits 0.006178s 0.000141s    161.9   7092.2
rsa 4096 bits 0.035866s 0.000459s     27.9   2176.4

2. Tests Part 2 - after the coupons

Tests have been done 5 times, at random hours.

  • Cachefly: network throughput is now around 30 to 31 MBits/s on average.
  • dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync: Average / Min / Max (MB/s): 119 / 69 / 213.

ioping: still pretty stable around:

30 requests completed in 29013.4 ms, 4292 iops, 16.8 mb/s
min/avg/max/mdev = 0.1/0.2/0.4/0.1 ms

Final thoughts

I am very happy with that "not so LEB" baby, which has replaced another KVM 512 box I used (lower specs, slower, and more expensive). Did not notice any network or service issue for now. Highly recommended.

Specific Pros & Cons:

  • Pro: very good deal with promo code for such a box (of course Euro 2012 coupons were even better), stable network.
  • Con: unique available location (Milan, Italy) may be a weak point for some users.
Thanked by 1NanoG6
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Comments

  • LAKidLAKid Member

    Simply, they are THE best !!!

  • Thats alot of bandwidth. are they using cogent or something?

  • Prometeus are great :)
    And also kind :D

    Thanked by 1djvdorp
  • prometeusprometeus Member, Host Rep

    @Phil thanks for the review. Indeed all the euro 2012 KVM were provisioned on pm20 :-)

    @LAKid and @ErawanArifNugroho thanks :P

    @DanielM said: Thats alot of bandwidth. are they using cogent or something?

    Most of the traffic goes through level3 or seabone (Telecom Italia Sparkle), but a 10G backup link with cogent (heavly prepended) was added a few months ago to the mix (our upstream is cdlan a small telco I'm also cto for).

  • PhilPhil Member

    @prometeus said: @Phil thanks for the review. Indeed all the euro 2012 KVM were provisioned on pm20 :-)

    So many LET neightbours on the same node, you're taking some risks, that one has no right to fail :-).

  • prometeusprometeus Member, Host Rep

    @Phil said: So many LET neightbours on the same node, you're taking some risks, that one has no right to fail :-).

    At least complaint will be all of nothing :-)

  • jcalebjcaleb Member

    I also have KVM7 from prometeus. Solid service. Excellent uptime and no problems encountered since I signed up.

    Generous amount of memory is perfect for my Java apps needs. Thanks so much @prometeus !

  • corpuscorpus Member

    Thanks for the review. I am also think to take one KVM7 from prometeus

  • NanoG6NanoG6 Member
    edited July 2012

    @Phil said: So many LET neightbours on the same node, you're taking some risks, that one has no right to fail :-).

    Ya I hope @prometeus doesn't sacrifice performance, keep it balanced :)

    @ErawanArifNugroho said: Prometeus are great :)

    And also kind :D

    Don't forget, beside all that insane discounts/coupons, He also sometimes will give domains for free :P

  • @NanoG6 said: Don't forget, beside all that insane discounts/coupons, He also sometimes will give domains for free :P

    For a domain, it would be nice. But sometimes, I'm ashamed to get something for free without any reason :D

    But if someone want to give me a free domain, I will gladly accept it. ( But ofcourse with a reason, what should I use that domain for)

  • marrcomarrco Member

    no surprise here. I just got the 4th VPS with them, definitely the best offers in Europe of 2012. Not a cheap product but a business grade service at at budget price.

    only the free geoVKS from ovh is a better deal !

  • flyfly Member

    the difference between ovh's vks and prometeus's kvm is performance, not being openvz, and ipv6.

  • marrcomarrco Member

    @kbar said: the difference between ovh's vks and prometeus's kvm is performance, not being openvz, and ipv6

    i have a OVZ vps from prometus that works great, and my OVH VKS has ipv6 too, so we can discuss about about price/performance ratio. But being the price tag set to FREE for OVH test vks i doubt you can do better than that.

    that said, i'm more than happy to pay for Prometeus great service. Ovh VKS are a test, maybe will stay free for a very long time, but I prefer the network and support of Prometeus.

  • MaouniqueMaounique Host Rep, Veteran
    edited July 2012

    @marrco said: but I prefer the network

    Indeed, one of the best networks in EU.
    The price is not low, but it beats other offers with less network and support. You get more than what you pay for IMO and this is the main point very-very few hosts can offer.
    M

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  • marrcomarrco Member

    @Maounique said: You get more than what you pay for

    this.

  • MikeInMikeIn Member

    Prometeus is very very good and are really very helpful as well...
    Special Thanks to @prometeus .
    I am really happy with their basic plan.... :) even..
    As the server is in Italy I hope it has a better response for Asian network as Well than those situated in USA...

  • LAKidLAKid Member

    the most important thing in Vps is not the price, or specs, it's uptime.
    No matter how big spec is, no matter how the price is low, etc, if the server goes down like flock of chicken killed by KFC, it's no use. The server with Prometeus DOES NOT go down..that's THE bottom line.

    Thanked by 2jcaleb Phil
  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    That's why @HostBluff is the leader on the market

  • KMyersKMyers Member

    @netomx said: That's why @HostBluff is the leader on the market

    Thanks for your recommendation, we strive to disappoint.

    Thanked by 1netomx
  • prometeusprometeus Member, Host Rep

    @HostBluff said: Thanks for your recommendation, we strive to disappoint.

    Damn! you're like a condor that hovers in the sky to tear the limbs of corpses of poor providers :-(

  • jcalebjcaleb Member

    iwebhostu is much better than HostBluff

  • PhilPhil Member

    @LAKid: thanks for your feedback about uptime. Since I use the KVM7 for two weeks only, I trust all the positive comments I've read on LET.

    @prometeus said: Damn! you're like a condor that hovers in the sky to tear the limbs of corpses of poor providers :-(

    "El cóndor pasa", and @prometeus keeps up the great service for us to enjoy :-)

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    @Phil said: El cóndor pasa

    that's not italian, if you tried to say it

  • PhilPhil Member

    @netomx said: that's not italian, if you tried to say it

    No, did not try to write italian. It's the title of a known theater play and song from Peru, where condors may be found.

    Thanked by 1netomx
  • jcalebjcaleb Member

    I can really say uptime is great, because the services I run are not auto-start on reboot. (Manual start). And ever since, the service has always been running =)

  • marrcomarrco Member

    @jcaleb, node reboot happen (leap second problem, kernel upgrade, kernel panic etc...) so you better fix that issue.

    Thanked by 2jcaleb djvdorp
  • jcalebjcaleb Member

    maybe not my node, not sure.

  • MaouniqueMaounique Host Rep, Veteran

    I had to give up BlueVM because they do not restart the machines and mines been down for days because I dont monitor often. I would expect at least restarting them after a host reboot, nothing wrong with a reboot, a few minutes downtime are to be expected from LEBs, but when the machine is not brought back up and the customer has to take care of that, then there is a problem.
    jcaleb, really you need to autostart services. Depending on your distro there are various ways, but at the last resort rc.local should be worth looking at.
    Back on topic, there were a couple of days I had serious packet loss at prometeus, but otherwise absolutely no problem for many months now.
    M

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  • prometeusprometeus Member, Host Rep

    @jcaleb said: maybe not my node, not sure.

    On Sunday 2 nodes rebooted, the downtime was more or less 10 minutes, but if your service didn't start at boot then your downtime would have been longer :-)

  • jcalebjcaleb Member

    My program is still up right now.

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