I ordered one of their "Lightning 1024" offers probably ten minutes ago. I paid with PayPal but it still says that my VPS is pending. The only other vps I have used is Vultr, which seems to have a much better web interface, so maybe I'm just missing something. I don't see anywhere I can startup my vps or an IP to connect to. Does anyone have any experience with BoltVM?
Has anyone used BoltVM?
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DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
BoltVM...is that the host run by the youngster who forgot to renew his domain name yesterday and forgot to pay for his IP addresses the other month? No, sorry no experience with them him, other than knowing that his providing false contact info on this domain ("123 Fake Street" is an address from an eposide of The Simpsons, and the telephone number is also fake) is a violation of ICANN's terms.
Vultr is an established company with several employees, software that was written inhouse, and their provisioning is automated. . BoltVM uses off the shelf software and manually sets up their VPS's when the owner can find time in his schedule.Quote said:
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Vultr is a real company backed by a larger parent company. I would give them my money in a heartbeat over BoltVM.
BoltVM doesn't seem to really offer anything unique and the only thing that makes it different from all the other hosts on Colocrossing's network would be the very slightly differences in plans and pricing from that host vs all the others.
I'm sure your VPS will be setup soon though, and I am sure it will function, but I've not really any host on that network exceed at anything other than being the cheapest.
BoltVM doesn't seem to really offer anything unique and the only thing that makes it different from all the other hosts on Colocrossing's network would be the very slightly differences in plans and pricing from that host vs all the others.
I'm sure your VPS will be setup soon though, and I am sure it will function, but I've not really any host on that network exceed at anything other than being the cheapest.
drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Welcome @cleox.
Like @MannDude said BoltVM uses SolusVM. You will get same counter intuitive experience at any of the many thousands of shops that use the same software.
If you haven't figured it out yet, post a screencap or more info and someone here can help you get your VPS going. It's pretty simple in Solus (if it installed your VPS fine and no boot time issues).
As far as security goes, BoltVM would be no different than other small shops. Unsure who is on their support team, but that's always a concern as shops often 'employ' minors who have tendency to root through your files and effects. Not that BoltVM is a proven to have done this, just common with cheap hosts and lack of professionals. OpenVZ makes this oh so common as your processes and files are in plain view - unlike a real virtualization (Xen, KVM, etc.) that isolates things and shows normally on baremetal just as activity being made by a container. OVZ in contrast is a gazillion processes from everyone running on that server right there on baremetal view --- admins see whatever that catches their eye and blamo, poking at your stuff.
Like @MannDude said BoltVM uses SolusVM. You will get same counter intuitive experience at any of the many thousands of shops that use the same software.
If you haven't figured it out yet, post a screencap or more info and someone here can help you get your VPS going. It's pretty simple in Solus (if it installed your VPS fine and no boot time issues).
As far as security goes, BoltVM would be no different than other small shops. Unsure who is on their support team, but that's always a concern as shops often 'employ' minors who have tendency to root through your files and effects. Not that BoltVM is a proven to have done this, just common with cheap hosts and lack of professionals. OpenVZ makes this oh so common as your processes and files are in plain view - unlike a real virtualization (Xen, KVM, etc.) that isolates things and shows normally on baremetal just as activity being made by a container. OVZ in contrast is a gazillion processes from everyone running on that server right there on baremetal view --- admins see whatever that catches their eye and blamo, poking at your stuff.
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DomainBop
Dormant VPSB Pathogen
Virtualizor not Solus....he tells client Virtualizor is " extraordinarily buggy" and claims Virtualizor is really slow to answer tickets. Virtualizor then claims he never opened any tickets ...
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wlanboy
Content Contributer
@kaniini wrote an review: https://vpsboard.com/topic/5081-boltvm-review/
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sleddog
New Member
I have a Boltvm 1GB Thunder. Been excellent since Day 1 (Feb 9, 2015), except for a minor interruption during the infamous IP swap. It runs a 20-site Piwik install.
Lots of crap gets thrown at boltvm, and no doubt he has made some mistakes. But he delivers a solid OpenVz service IMO.
Lots of crap gets thrown at boltvm, and no doubt he has made some mistakes. But he delivers a solid OpenVz service IMO.
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[root@bolt:~] uptime
13:47:42 up 60 days, 14:18, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
[root@bolt:~] free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1024 391 632 0 0 315
-/+ buffers/cache: 75 948
Swap: 1024 0 1023
[root@bolt:~] pstree
init-+-cron
|-exim4
|-2*[getty]
|-kthreadd/107---khelper/107
|-mysqld_safe-+-logger
| `-mysqld---4*[{mysqld}]
|-nginx---2*[nginx]
|-php5-fpm---4*[php5-fpm]
|-rsyslogd---2*[{rsyslogd}]
|-sshd---sshd---bash---pstree
|-udevd---2*[udevd]
|-upstart-socket-
`-upstart-udev-brsleddog
New Member
@drmike: While I appreciate the fact that you "thanked" my post, I don't like the insinuations that you left in your previous post. It leaves the reader with the idea that boltvm might hire young kids who snoop in customers files. You have no evidence of this (as you've said), so why even suggest it? Everything written here is indexed and goes on the record wih Google.
I have no affiliation with boltvm, I hope he succeeds but it doesn't really matter to me.
But your "suggestion" puts him in a untenable position. If he responds it simply draws more attention to your allegations. If he responds strongly, that only makes it worse. And if he doesn't respond, then your insinuations are allowed to stand.
I'm all for exposing corruption and malpractice, but please think twice before casting aspersions on a provider with no supporting evidence.
I have no affiliation with boltvm, I hope he succeeds but it doesn't really matter to me.
But your "suggestion" puts him in a untenable position. If he responds it simply draws more attention to your allegations. If he responds strongly, that only makes it worse. And if he doesn't respond, then your insinuations are allowed to stand.
I'm all for exposing corruption and malpractice, but please think twice before casting aspersions on a provider with no supporting evidence.
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drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
I thanked you for leaving an endorsement with actual use currently as basis for such. I appreciate such.
As far as my words and readers out there reading and the almighty Google fear ... I thought I was clear. So I'll go further. I am not saying BoltVM has kiddies as 'employees'. No in fact, I think he's probably a sole proprietor. That means when his aunt was sick customers suffered without any support. When he was tired he overlooked domain matters and let such lapse. When he was in whatever other situation he fubared IPs.
When he gets hit by a stray Boeing 777 while fetching lunch, his customers will get perma offlined. This is the ugly story of guys running solo.
Whether or not he personally snoops in containers, I have nothing to indicate either way. But, you'd be hard pressed to find an OpenVZ shop that isn't in stuff deeper than they should be if they concern themselves with integrity, privacy, idealistic pursuits, etc. Lack of clarity, policy, etc. all over town about such. Big hazard in dealing with small and especially new companies is they aren't thinking about this stuff or much else and they haven't been battle tested.
Steven has always been an upstanding guy and kept a decent reputation (so long as we don't go exploring the Finkelf*ck name some attribute to him). Lately whatever is going in his world needs addressed. He's rapidly shredding his brand and good name. Sad to see it.
Tyler
Active Member
@drmike , how do you know that his aunt was sick? Of course you are the omnipresent in the hosting industry, but still how this ...
I'm not @drmike, but I believe I can help. This was his excuse in the LET thread (correct me if I am wrong and you saw it elsewhere).
Quoting Mr Finkiel:
More info:Quote said:
http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/54414/boltvm-ip-changes
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Yikes, God forbid non-automated provisioning and sales taking a break on the weekend. What's next, a de facto Barracuda shill recommending their top notch RBL? (I've never tried BoltVM and have no opinion of their services).
