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Linux is fine. Windows Server is fine. Fight me. Contabo's Windows licensing is actually reasonable compared to OVH where they bill you like you stole something. But 14 months for a cabinet? I would have migrated the workload to cloud and called it a day.

Did you ever lock this down or are you still pacing by gut and whatever Gary's watch says

I read it because IIS enjoyers get targeted by weird clauses. Had a provider ban "remote desktop services" in section 14.3 which basically meant any Windows Server install with AD. Active Directory is the reason I use Windows. now I ctrl+f for "microsoft," "remote," and "windows" before buyin...

Linux is fine. Windows Server is fine. But 32°C is not fine. Thermal throttling starts at what, 80°C die? Ambient 32 means die maybe 70 under load. No headroom. One hot day, one stuck fan, poof.

I run both. I know. This is not about OS. This is about physics. Physics does not care about your cert p...

I have 2 unused. Both Windows Server. One is for "testing Group Policy" since 2023. I do not even have an AD domain anymore. I migrated to Entra ID. The other one I keep because the RDP wallpaper reminds me of my old office. That is $34/month nostalgia.

Linux bridge + tcpdump to catch this is solid troubleshooting. On Windows Server I'd use Network Monitor or Wireshark with NDIS filter, same result different syntax. The SR-IOV PF/VF model is the same either way: hardware offload fails, software sees everything.

Question for OP: did Contabo give yo...

Did anyone here actually land a working VPS in Africa outside of the free-tier lottery

I looked at GreenCloudVPS and HostHatch last year but their "Singapore" plans were just EU IPs with high latency routed through London, actual African DC presence was basically a fiction

Contabo at least admits...

In Indonesia the affiliate game is worse. Local "review" blogs rank for "best VPS Indonesia" but every link is Exabytes or Niagahoster affiliate. Actual quality comparison? Zero. Just whoever pays highest CPA.

At least Contabo spam here is obvious — https://contabo.com. Local language spam is harde...

IIS enjoyer here, I run my mail on Windows Server with hMailServer and Active Directory integration for auth lol Tried Hostinger just to see, port 25 works fine from my test box. Their TOS says they monitor for spam and will suspend without warning though, so keep it clean. Active Directory would ma...