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Cheap dedicated server

iamthepizza

New Member
Hi all,

I'd like to buy a cheap dedicated server for about 10GBP / month. I was hoping for either the following or greater specifications:

1 TB HDD (though preferably 2TB)
4 GB RAM
1 Gbps (Burstable) - Preferably unlimited but anything over 10TB will probably be fine
CPU can be anything as this will be used for a seedbox
Location can be anywhere in Europe

There was a killer deal on oneprovider about three weeks ago that had all of this but their fraud prevention times meant that by the time I had cleared it, they were out of stock :(

Online.net would be OK but I was waiting for an offer from them and my current Kimsufi box expires at the end of the month - I've found the 100mbps to be a little too slow for me. I don't need to have 1 Gbps dedicated but sometimes I'd quite like to race some bigger files quickly.

Thanks in advance.
 

iamthepizza

New Member
That's not gonna happen, not at the specs you list. You could look for a VPS though.

What do you plan on using the system for?

I thought it would be possible as providers like online.net putting multiple clients on a single 1gbps uplink so you can burst up to 1gbps but not use it at 100% 24/7? I'd be looking to use it as a seedbox
 

Jonathan

Woohoo
Administrator
Verified Provider
10GBP is awfully cheap though. That will likely not cover power/BW for most providers, yet alone provide any return on the hardware itself. Then they have to think about trying to make a profit which is why companies exist to begin with ;)
 

iamthepizza

New Member
10GBP is awfully cheap though. That will likely not cover power/BW for most providers, yet alone provide any return on the hardware itself. Then they have to think about trying to make a profit which is why companies exist to begin with ;)

Ah OK thanks for clarifying this. Would you potentially be able to recommend a VPS that might work for me?
 

ChuckC

New Member
VPS with a hard drive of that size is pretty rare, but maybe somebody else knows a provider that would have this.

The other option would be maybe a Kimsufi server.
 

iamthepizza

New Member
The other option would be maybe a Kimsufi server.

I'm actually currently on a Kimsufi server - I wanted to change because I've found the port speed to be just a little bit too restricting when racing torrents.

There was an offer on LET for a storage VPS that met my requirements but by the time I found out about it, it was out of stock.
 

iamthepizza

New Member
Why not just get a seedbox?

I've had a look for seedboxes but the offers I found either had next to no storage space (~300gb) or had limited traffic (~2TB) which wouldn't really let me use the seedbox to its full capacity for racing over the month (autodl and such).
 

AndriusP

New Member
Impossible. Really. You need to increase budget if you are willing to find something follow your requirements.
 

Jonathan

Woohoo
Administrator
Verified Provider
Yep you're gonna have to make some compromises somewhere, be it price or specs.
 

CenTex Hosting

Member
Verified Provider
If you are looking for a good provider with great support then you need to be looking at something close to about 10 bucks per gig of ram. If you want a fly by night company or someone that has no support what so ever then you may get close to that price.
 

WasNotWSS

Member
Is that the one where most could not even get the servers to boot :)

That's the one. My first one was dead, and the second was so useless that I told them to just go away. I wasted days trying to save a few bucks. Even my time spent crapposting at the time was worth more than enduring broken hardware resold by incompetent buffoons.
 

Lee

Retired Staff
Verified Provider
Retired Staff
It scares me how many will use that server as a chargeable service. With, of course, 105% uptime...
 

WasNotWSS

Member
It scares me how many will use that server as a chargeable service. With, of course, 105% uptime...

That's so LET it scares me. I realize that some folks basically just want to resell whatever they're renting to pay for it and make a small profit, but assuming that it's OK to throw people who are paying for a service on an old piece of hardware with platters that have been spinning for 7 years, welp.. that's fine for my personal stuff, but anything important? No.
 
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WasNotWSS

Member
I bet some are charging more per plan than the server costs per month :)

I wouldn't doubt that. On the flipside, I don't understand why the few seemingly-competent folks who aren't trying to make a quick buck (and get free interweb) get shit on so much over there, though. Cam (Gullo), Jack H- it's not like they're pretending to be a real provider while reselling OVH..
 
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