I am afraid I went a bit overboard this year... unexpected, didn't want to spent any money (though usually allow myself a budget of ~200€ , just in case)
probably getting another 2/4/100 SAS special from ultravps in AMS (~33€/y) and pre-ordered a special deal with VM Specialist for NYC & LON (2x40€/y) ;-)
so I am already about 100€ short on the budget, but on the other hand I'll consolidate on some older services... I will... probably. ?♂️
I also had some existing services upgraded to this years terms free of charge with f.i. freerangecloud and again hosthatch - much appreciated as existing customer, thank you!
0.5GB KVM LA 7.5$/y Hostdo
0.5GB KVM LA 8.0$/y anyNode
0.5GB KVM BU 5.0€/y AlphaVPS
0.5GB KVM NL 6.00€/y Clouveo
1.0GB KVM US 0.50$/m Dataideas
1.0GB KVM DE 9.00€/y vserver.site
1.0GB KVM NL 12.00€/y Alwyzon
1.0GB KVM US 12.00$/y SpartanHost
+
5.00$/y NullRoute
However, I also did renew:
1.0GB KVM BU 12.00€/y AlphaVPS
1.0GB KVM NL 12.00€/y Naranjatech
1.0GB KVM US 1TB 12.00$/y serverica
+
Lack of sleep and Coffee usage, sleep per day 4-6 hours.
Hostdo + anyNode are already working hard to keep this repo https://github.com/Ne00n/Offers up to date.
⭕ A simple uptime dashboard using UptimeRobot API https://upy.duo.ovh
⭕ Currently using VPS from BuyVM, GreenCloudVPS, Gullo's, Hetzner, HostHatch, InceptionHosting, LetBox, MaxKVM, MrVM, VirMach.
@K4Y5 said:
Oh man, quite a lot that I will probably get around to testing over the next month or so. Will be keeping the good ones and unceremoniously dropping the turds.
Most of these VMs will be replacing aging HDD / SSD OVZ and KVM boxes that I have with some providers for years - replete with old-ass, under performing and vulnerable Intel CPUs and drives that are just slow by current standards.
Anyway, here is some stuff that I bought so far:
1x @exception0x876 Black Friday Special 8G KVM in FR that I am probably going to keep for life.
1x @AnthonySmith 2GB KVM SSD special in UK with a couple of snappy E-2276G cores
I name my boxes vps0-vps9, so I'm only allowed up to ten boxes.
After this Black Friday, my list is:
vps5: Virmach KVM-Lite 384MB in Buffalo (2017 BF), Asterisk and QUIC-UDP gateway
vps7: SmartHost KVM 2GB in Los Angeles (2019 April), main website; will be canceled in 2021 March (or not)
vps8: HostSlick VZ7 4GB in Amsterdam (2019 BF), Wikipedia mirror for my father; will be canceled in 2020 December
vps9: Gullo NAT 128MB in Germany (2019 BF), Named Data Networking testbed monitoring probe
vps0: Evolution Host KVM 2GB in Oregon (2019 October, free), Docker development
vps1: MaxKVM 512MB in Singapore (2020 August), secondary repository for push-up videos; will be canceled in 2020 December, sorry but China routing is still not good after waiting 3 months
vps3: Gullo NAT 128MB in Cananda (2020 BF), primary repository for push-up videos
vps4: Spartan Host KVM 1GB in Seattle (2020 BF), currently powered off but the main website will be moved here
There's only one spot vps6 left.
Its last life was a Google Cloud free tier box, but I canceled it after idling for 2 years.
I need to save this hostname for an Oracle Cloud free tier box.
More details on the last two boxes, newly obtained this weekend:
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I am afraid I went a bit overboard this year... unexpected, didn't want to spent any money (though usually allow myself a budget of ~200€ , just in case)
2c/2G/2TB storage servarica CAN $48/y
2c/2G/40G SSD clouveo AMS 17.5€/y
4c/2G/80G SSD inceptionhosting LON 7.5€/q
2c/8G/40G NVME hosthatch NYC $30/y
2c/8G/40G NVME hosthatch LON $30/y
1c/4G/2TB storage hosthatch CHI $40/y
probably getting another 2/4/100 SAS special from ultravps in AMS (~33€/y) and pre-ordered a special deal with VM Specialist for NYC & LON (2x40€/y) ;-)
so I am already about 100€ short on the budget, but on the other hand I'll consolidate on some older services... I will... probably. ?♂️
I also had some existing services upgraded to this years terms free of charge with f.i. freerangecloud and again hosthatch - much appreciated as existing customer, thank you!
also finally made a shortcut in xshell:
?
And I bit again... Couldn't resist the dealz...
Gullo, a storage NAT VPS:
1Core, 512MB,OpenVZ,250GB HDD, 500GB Transfer, Finland, $16/yr
Ofcourse, most NAT VPS can be used "normally", atleast HTTP, when putting CloudFlare in the middle:
https://hosting.gullo.me/plugin/support_manager/knowledgebase/view/5/nat-ipv4-how-can-i-host-a-website/4/
0.5GB KVM LA 7.5$/y Hostdo
0.5GB KVM LA 8.0$/y anyNode
0.5GB KVM BU 5.0€/y AlphaVPS
0.5GB KVM NL 6.00€/y Clouveo
1.0GB KVM US 0.50$/m Dataideas
1.0GB KVM DE 9.00€/y vserver.site
1.0GB KVM NL 12.00€/y Alwyzon
1.0GB KVM US 12.00$/y SpartanHost
+
5.00$/y NullRoute
However, I also did renew:
1.0GB KVM BU 12.00€/y AlphaVPS
1.0GB KVM NL 12.00€/y Naranjatech
1.0GB KVM US 1TB 12.00$/y serverica
+
Lack of sleep and Coffee usage, sleep per day 4-6 hours.
Hostdo + anyNode are already working hard to keep this repo https://github.com/Ne00n/Offers up to date.
Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC
Not a specific Black Friday deal, but snagged this from @exception0x876:
"KVM HDD Plus US"
2 vCPU cores Xeon E5 2660
Unlimited CPU cores 2.7GHz Turbo
8GB ECC RAM
200GB HDD RAID-5 (SSD boost)
Windows Server 2019
Unmetered 250Mbps bandwidth
1 IPv4
Private networking
DDoS protection
Location - Oregon, USA
$7.99/mo. USD
Cheap dedis are my drug, and I'm too far gone to turn back.
Where you found 15€/y ? Have you an link ?
it was on page 31 on the other site.
Not on Black Friday but I also got this on 11/11:
Now that I take a good look at them, I feel like a total cheapskate...
cheapskate .... don't worry about it ... most don't want to count more than $7
How do you mean are the offer gone ? Can you give me an link ?
i checked its out of stock you can see here
oh my....added a Hosthatch 8GBram NVMe VPS in LAX
not sure what for, but at $30 its gonna be an excellent idler.
retiring all virmach related services. clean cut byebye.
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
AlphaVPS - Ryzen 3900X 4v Core 3GB RAM @ LAX
SpartanHost - 4GB E5v3 KVM VPS @ Seattle
WebHorizon - Shared-5G @ Singapore
In every democracy, the people get the government they deserve.
~Alexis de Tocqueville
Hosthatch AMS -
2 CPU core/8 GB RAM /40 GB RAID-10 NVMe/5 TB bandwidth/$30 per yearI only renewed a few servers that are actually in use from last BF.
Good.
Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC
I picked up 14 VPS at HostHatch - about $158/year.
Bought:
Renewed:
⭕ A simple uptime dashboard using UptimeRobot API https://upy.duo.ovh
⭕ Currently using VPS from BuyVM, GreenCloudVPS, Gullo's, Hetzner, HostHatch, InceptionHosting, LetBox, MaxKVM, MrVM, VirMach.
No VPS. Was hoping to rightsize some idling nexus stuff but that didn't materialize.
Got the 2 year protonmail bundle.
Linkage? I was looking for a displayport kvm that can do 4k@60hz but it's such a minefield. It's all 4k@30hz
https://www.dustinhome.se/product/5010752205/2-port-dual-displayport-usb-kvm-switch-w-audio-usb-hub
Not sure if sent outside of Sweden.
The name is
Startech 2 Port Dual DisplayPort USB KVM Switch w/ Audio & USB Hub
If you want to search for a local dealer.
https://clients.mrvm.net
My final BF loot:
That's it
As if they weren't already enough.. here's the latest one!
I name my boxes vps0-vps9, so I'm only allowed up to ten boxes.
After this Black Friday, my list is:
There's only one spot vps6 left.
Its last life was a Google Cloud free tier box, but I canceled it after idling for 2 years.
I need to save this hostname for an Oracle Cloud free tier box.
More details on the last two boxes, newly obtained this weekend:
Also, I got MXRoute 2GB, $5/year. I'm reading up SPF, etc. It'll take a while because it becomes non-idle.
Push-ups solve all the problems. Serve push-up videos from all your VPS. Never leave a VPS idle again!
Webhosting24 aff best VPS; ServerFactory aff best VDS; Cloudie best ASN; Huel aff best brotein.
If you don't mind my curiosity, where did you find these offers?
Gullo's hosting - $3/year NAT IPv4 256MB x 2
George Data Centre - $5/year Ryzen 1GB x 2
Data Ideas - $1/month Xeon 1GB x1
Inception Hosting - €5/year 3-location bundle sale x1
NexusBytes - $36/year Cyber Monday Promo x1 & 1 London Ryzen with pre-BF promo code
Ultra VPS - €1.66/month SSD-Special-1 x1
HostHatch - NVMe deal $15/year
Hostigger $59.94/year - 2cpu 8gb ram x1
thats a lot for the first time ..... it gets more if your not careful.
Indeed.. got too excited when trying to learn Linux
I guess I would be more careful next year
Then start learning : golang , docker , Kubernetes
maybe I'm here who didn't take anything. haha
should have hoped to get one of promos from @AnthonySmith but it has run out