Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
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Re: Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
#2Giving away some free servers during October to some fellow HN'ers. The beta code is good for one server hardware claim and 500 GB of bandwidth during October.
Uptano is my new project and I'm looking for early adopters and feedback. Enjoy, and Thanks!
Edit: Opened up some more slots for people.
Re: Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
#3I signed up to check it out, and it definitely looks cool... The connection is lightning fast, but I'm wondering what other server options you'll have in the future. I'd love to have a few servers that are I/O beasts, and others full of 128GB or 256GB of RAM. Right now, we pay so much to Amazon each month, and we're playing with other options.
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#4I cannot seem to find any information on what kind of connectivity they have/peering. Also, do you get anything like iKVM or even a way to power cycle it?
It sounds like anything you run is going to be virtualized anyways or at least under a hypervisor, or else why the 7.5GB of RAM?
Re: Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
#5I cannot seem to find any information on what kind of connectivity they have/peering. Also, do you get anything like iKVM or even a way to power cycle it? It sounds like anything you run is going to be virtualized anyways or at least under a hypervisor, or else why the 7.5GB of RAM?
We'll be adding remote console support. You can shutdown and reboot your servers from the web.
Our network is currently connected to nLayer, Tiscali, PCCW/BTN, and peered with Equinix and a bunch of others. We'll be adding a number of additional providers as well. Our US West1 location is in downtown LA, where just about everyone has a presence.
Yes, your hardware is dedicated to you alone, but you launch virtualized instances on it. They run on OpenVZ, which has very minimal performance overhead compared with things like Xen.
Thanks for the questions.
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#6I signed up to check it out, and it definitely looks cool... The connection is lightning fast, but I'm wondering what other server options you'll have in the future. I'd love to have a few servers that are I/O beasts, and others full of 128GB or 256GB of RAM. Right now, we pay so much to Amazon each month, and we're playing with other options.
Yeah, we're going to announce a number of new hardware profiles in the coming weeks. We'll eventually have a number of "extreme" hardware profiles that are specialized for certain use cases.
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#7No IRC? From https://uptano.com/aup:
UPTANO's services may only be used for lawful purposes. Users may not use UPTANO's Services to engage in, foster, or promote illegal, abusive, or irresponsible behavior, including:
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Internet Relay Chat IRC servers, bots, clients, or anything related to IRC.Re: Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
#8I cannot seem to find any information on what kind of connectivity they have/peering. Also, do you get anything like iKVM or even a way to power cycle it? It sounds like anything you run is going to be virtualized anyways or at least under a hypervisor, or else why the 7.5GB of RAM?
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Re: Offer HN: free dedicated server for October on Uptano. LIMIT REACHED
#9No IRC? From https://uptano.com/aup : UPTANO's services may only be used for lawful purposes. Users may not use UPTANO's Services to engage in, foster, or promote illegal, abusive, or irresponsible behavior, including: ... Internet Relay Chat IRC servers, bots, clients, or anything related to IRC.
Not sure I appreciate the implication that IRC is somehow unlawful.
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#10That's funny; I've never seen a 7.5 GB DIMM before. And I didn't know they still make 120 GB disks.