VPS hosted in Australia!
Starting from $6.60 AUD
Up to: 4 vCore @3.5Ghz, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB local SSD disk and 4TB traffic !!
+ 100Mbps bandwidth
+ Free anti-DDos protection
+ No setup fees.
Available Now in limited-quantity in Sydney or Singapore OVH datacenters.
$6.60:
1 vCore(s)
3.5 GHz
1 GB RAM
30 GB SSD
1 TB Traffic
For those playing at home, $6.60 only nets you:
1 vCore(s)
3.5 GHz
1 GB RAM
30 GB SSD
1 TB Traffic
This seems better/comparable to lightsail VPS and linode for the price. Is there another option for the same money that provides more than "only" what you've listed?
HostUS has fairly cheap OpenVZ VPS in Sydney - I think mine is 4c/2gb/70GB/3TB/1gbps for like $9.50USD a month.
This is more comparable to KVM (a full VM) rather than OpenVZ (containers). I don't think OVH offers containers.
HostUS doesn't offer KVM in Sydney.
If you have one, I'm curious what CPUs they use — can you run cat /proc/cpuinfo?
Other factors include what the virtual-to-physical ratio is, i.e. whether they can actually handle all users hitting the CPU and maxing out their allocated RAM at the same time. And just how much performance suffers if they can't. CPUs are almost always oversold at these prices, while RAM is usually fine. (Your "4 cores" don't necessarily mean much if there's 20 other VPSes on the same hardware and only 8 physical cores…)
Ooh, nice and surprisingly modern. I'm used to seeing OpenVZ servers running on Westmere/Nehalem-era CPUs (L5639, L5540, L5520 on the really terrible ones, etc.)
I too also have a HostUS VPS in Sydney (from this deal). The performance is quite unstable, i.e. high iowait or stealth resulted from other VPS on the same server.
@XeKToReX: The OVH ones aren't reporting CPU model but they seem to be Broadwell - I'd guess E5-1620 v4 based on their dedicated offerings and the clock speed.
Dunno what the contention on these VPSes will be, but best-case single-thread should beat the lower-clocked 2620 v3 by ~33% according to benchmarks.
HostUS wins on bandwidth quota though :)
Can't figure out how to add in cPanel. Assume you cannot add on to their VPS options.
Stupid question perhaps, but what sort of things can you do with a VPS? I don't do any tech/web work so there's no need to use it for those sorts of projects, but what else can they be used for?
It's basically a light (Linux) server sitting in a location with high bandwidth.
Common uses include:
kvm or openvz?
Says KVM on the page.
Can I run Ubuntu 16.04 x64 from this VPS?
Looks like it's available on the order page.
I mean, it's not like they're making any of this hard to find…
apologies, that was lazy on my behalf This is all new territory for me.
Why is this a deal - whats the normal price?
Presumably it's a deal compared to other AU servers. I haven't looked much at local services recently, but compare e.g. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/257567 — I would consider this a deal compared to that one.
@rep, is the an option to buy more bandwidth quota if needs be?
Hi @geek001,
You cannot upgrade your bandwidth quota on these VPS.
If needed, you may upgrade your VPS to one with a higher quota .
Alternatively, for higher quota or even unlimited traffic, you may consider a dedicated server.
Thanks
OVH's dedicated servers only come with 3TB/month as well, or unmetered 100Mbps as $160 option. Nothing in between?
Now I'm curious, and this is a bit off-topic, but… are there any public details of the hosting setup for OzB? What kind of hardware keeps the site up? :)
@elusive: here are the providers we use
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/ozbargain_architecture#hos…
The site itself runs on 4x 4GB & 2x 8GB VPS at BinaryLane, running web server, cluster of PHP servers, Python app server, MySQL master & slave, redis server, memcached servers & Sphinx for search.
1TB traffic in Australia… Hehe xd
it will make a decent seedbox
Do you do any free student hosting? (I have a .edu.au email and student ID)
We don't do free student hosting but we support startup with our Digital Launch Pad Program, have a look here: https://www.ovh.com.au/dlp
Quick question out of curiosity; does anyone else find it odd when a company doesn't put its ABN details on its website?
They have their ACN in the T&Cs: 612 612 754
I know what their ABN/ACN is. And I'm aware it is on a PDF attachment. That wasn't my comment.
My comment was that I find it odd when a company doesn't list it on their actual website.
Eh. Hardly unusual. The only place I can find it on the Coles and Myer websites are in the T&Cs too.
I feel like it's only the small businesses that actually plaster it somewhere obvious. Like, "hey! we're a legitimate business! even though you've probably never heard of us…"
Edit: Commbank puts it in the footer.
@elusive: I probably should have phrased that better. Company providing internet based services. eg TPG, iinet, Dodo, Exetel, Belong, Fusion, NBN Co, etc.
Unless you are suggesting that TPG (2nd largest internet provider) and Belong (Subsidiary of Telstra) are "small" businesses?
And yes, I have never heard of OVH Australia, who have only been registered since last year, so them providing an ABN in an easy to find location so I can check their registration and trading history would give me more confidence in using their services.
@Tiggrrrrr: they are 3rd largest infrastructure provider in the world. They are huge in Europe. I am more surprised why they bothered to open in Australia…
While we're at it, yes, I would consider Belong as 'small' (read: relatively unknown). You'll notice Telstra proper and Optus don't do it. Vodafone does, MelbourneIT doesn't, Exigent does, so … yea, hardly a rule. Even the ones that do tend to put it in small print in the footer - I've only seen it in an obvious location on otherwise-empty-ish sites.
Anyway, that's just how I felt (hey, you were asking if others found it odd), but in truth it's just a matter of design. OVH is likely using the same template across their international sites, and the information is there if you look for it - there's no need to shove it in your face. It's probably ~50:50 whether any given AU site does it.
Do you pay gst if you purchase vps from singapore datacentre? If i'm in Perth, would it be better to get vps from Singapore rather then Sydney?
I think you pay GST to an Australian business entity that's registered with GST, regardless where service is hosted. As of Singapore vs Sydney, you'll need to actually do a traceroute to see whether it actually has lower latency. You may want to check whether there's looking glass for OVH SG.
However do consider that any disruption over the submarine cables is going to make hosting overseas a lot worse. For example current cable cut due to typhoons. Ping time from Sydney Telstra to my VPS in Singapore is even worse than Sydney to New York at the moment.
Thanks @scotty,
I couldn't find the au and sg ip addresses to trace route against.
However do consider that any disruption over the submarine cables is going to make hosting overseas a lot worse. For example current cable > cut due to typhoons(subtelforum.com). Ping time from Sydney Telstra to my VPS in Singapore is even worse than Sydney to New York at the moment.
Ah yeah, need to put this into consideration as well. cheers :)
6.60 VPS is 1 Core/1GB/30GB SSD
OP - Provide the options instead of going all baity and switchy.