C2: Affordable X86-64 Servers

Post by SeckinJohn » Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #30

tluyben2 wrote: post #6

Invite only.... So you cannot even get them. What's the use of this announcement?

I think I have a number of invites, but the site is very slow at the moment.

Post by imdsm » Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 12:11 PM UTC

networked wrote: post #57

voltagex_ wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm happy to run any benchmarks people like (within reason). I can also compare to most AWS instances if you like.

Please run nbench [1]. I ran it on the C1 in April 2015 and got the following results: CPU : 4 CPU L2 Cache : OS : Linux 3.2.34-29 C compiler : gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) libc : libc-2.19.so MEMORY INDEX : 5.859 INTEGER INDEX : 8.164 FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 5.770 For comparison, here are an Intel Atom N450, a Core 2 Duo L7500 and a Raspberry Pi 1 Model B: CPU : Dual GenuineIntel Intel(R) Atom(TM)…

    C1 root $ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run
    sysbench 0.4.12:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark

    Running the test with following options:
    Number of threads: 1

    Doing CPU performance benchmark

    Threads started!
    Done.

    Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 20000


    Test execution summary:
        total time:                          686.1683s
        total number of events:              10000
        total time taken by event execution: 686.1557
        per-request statistics:
             min:                                 68.59ms
             avg:                                 68.62ms
             max:                                 70.83ms
             approx.  95 percentile:              68.62ms

    Threads fairness:
        events (avg/stddev):           10000.0000/0.00
        execution time (avg/stddev):   686.1557/0.00

    VC1 root $ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run
    sysbench 0.4.12:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark

    Running the test with following options:
    Number of threads: 1

    Doing CPU performance benchmark

    Threads started!
    Done.

    Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 20000


    Test execution summary:
        total time:                          45.9858s
        total number of events:              10000
        total time taken by event execution: 45.9822
        per-request statistics:
             min:                                  4.59ms
             avg:                                  4.60ms
             max:                                  4.98ms
             approx.  95 percentile:               4.61ms

    Threads fairness:
        events (avg/stddev):           10000.0000/0.00
        execution time (avg/stddev):   45.9822/0.00

Post by rfreytag » Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 12:19 PM UTC

lubos wrote: post #40

rfreytag wrote: post #28

I tried Scaleway last year. I was very disappointed with the usability of their offering (I was trying to run a simple Ubuntu Minecraft server - it was unnecessarily complicated to set up everything from ssh keys to snapshots), and stopped the account quickly. That very next day and for the first time ever my card picked up a fraudulent $3000 bar bill in Las Vegas. I don't think it was a coincidence. I cannot recomme…

How exactly is Scaleway (European company) related to some fraudulent bar bill in Las Vegas? And you didn't say what was wrong with their service.

Post by benedikt » Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC

zx2c4 wrote: post #35

zschallz wrote: post #25

The blade servers at Delimiter ( https://www.delimiter.com/ ) are even more affordable. I pay $20 a month for a dual Xeon blade with 16gb of ram. They did have a very long downtime this year with no service credit, but uptime has been reasonable over the past year. If you're looking for a hobby box it's a pretty good deal.

I got super excited at first, but then... The servers are based on: http://ark.intel.com/products/33927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E54... and http://ark.intel.com/products/47927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-L56... These are super ancient. If you're looking for affordable north american servers, OVH has the Kimsufi outlet which is cheaper and better hardware. They've got a data center in Canada and will give you American IPs from t…

Post by LoSboccacc » Wed, Mar 09, 2016, 12:24 PM UTC

zx2c4 wrote: post #35

zschallz wrote: post #25

The blade servers at Delimiter ( https://www.delimiter.com/ ) are even more affordable. I pay $20 a month for a dual Xeon blade with 16gb of ram. They did have a very long downtime this year with no service credit, but uptime has been reasonable over the past year. If you're looking for a hobby box it's a pretty good deal.

I got super excited at first, but then... The servers are based on: http://ark.intel.com/products/33927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E54... and http://ark.intel.com/products/47927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-L56... These are super ancient. If you're looking for affordable north american servers, OVH has the Kimsufi outlet which is cheaper and better hardware. They've got a data center in Canada and will give you American IPs from t…