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geminitran 29d ago

Finally moved last VM off that E3-1230v2 · Dedicated Servers

endforce said:
Is Intel i226 worth the $30 premium?

For Proxmox/ESXi yes, absolutely. Realtek on Proxmox means compiling drivers or using deprecated kernels. For a Windows box or basic Linux desktop, Realtek is fine. I paid the premium for i226 specifically because I wanted SR-IOV and prop...

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geminitran 1mo ago

Finally moved last VM off that E3-1230v2 · Dedicated Servers

hankels said:
What N100 board did you go with? I need 2x nvme

I went with the Topton N100 from AliExpress, has 2x M.2 2280 plus a 2.5Gbe Intel i226. Shipped to Rotterdam in 11 days. Running Proxmox on it now with a pair of 1TB WD SN570, idle 7W at the wall measured with a Brennenstuhl PM23...

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geminitran 9mo ago

Is cPanel still worth it in 2024? · Web Hosting

CloudPanel user checking in. Free, fast, but no end-user email management to speak of. Fine for devs, death for shared hosting.

Richard's customers sound like classic shared hosting. CloudPanel is not the answer.

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geminitran 10mo ago

Looking for community project to contribute to · General Discussion

uma said:
SQLite backend

This is the first useful thing I've read. The project README only mentions PostgreSQL. Is the SQLite path documented somewhere, or did you hack it yourself?

I want to run this in Rotterdam on a small VPS. Not OVHcloud, their routing to Netherlands is weird from my...

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geminitran 11mo ago

6 months on a CloudCone 'too cheap to be real' dedi · Deals & Offers

Rotterdam, I am at Leaseweb Amsterdam actually, colo. Their cloud is overpriced but bare metal is fair. The thing about these "too cheap to be real" offers: they are real until they are not. CloudCone has been around years, they did not exit-scam, they just degrade quality at margin. I prefer honest...

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geminitran 1y ago

Contabo Ryzen boxes keep dying on me · Web Hosting

I run a small hosting co in Rotterdam, we tried Contabo wholesale for a client who insisted on "cheap dedi with lots of cores." Took one look at the board when it arrived, sent it back un-racked. Asrock B550M Pro4, single NIC, no IPMI header soldered. Couldn't even add a PiKVM easily because the BMC...