[QUOTE=gparent;38362226]Hey guys.
Is it possible to have a live chat to discuss my latest ticket?[/QUOTE]
I assume that's the failover IP one (resolved)? I'm still looking for ways to do this, but it does look like a limitation of OVZ.
What you could do, however, is add both IP's as A-records on the DNS server, which will balance requests between the two and also continue if one were to fail.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;38383114]I assume that's the failover IP one (resolved)? I'm still looking for ways to do this, but it does look like a limitation of OVZ.
What you could do, however, is add both IP's as A-records on the DNS server, which will balance requests between the two and also continue if one were to fail.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I wanna do real failover though, not that crap DNS stuff. It won't do in my case, anyway.
I know you can do it on OpenVZ, and I know a guy on IRC who could help us if you're willing to cat some config and work on it a bit (he's done it before). If you're willing to do that, I can try and setup a meet. I'm willing to pay a small premium for the trouble if it can help you sway, and then you can use that knowledge to setup other people in the future.
This all depends on how you do routing and what not, so that's why I don't know exactly what the problem is and why I can't just have that guy diagnose the issue on his own.
[QUOTE=gparent;38384510]Yeah, I wanna do real failover though, not that crap DNS stuff. It won't do in my case, anyway.
I know you can do it on OpenVZ, and I know a guy on IRC who could help us if you're willing to cat some config and work on it a bit (he's done it before). If you're willing to do that, I can try and setup a meet. I'm willing to pay a small premium for the trouble if it can help you sway, and then you can use that knowledge to setup other people in the future.
This all depends on how you do routing and what not, so that's why I don't know exactly what the problem is and why I can't just have that guy diagnose the issue on his own.[/QUOTE]
If you could shoot me any details to [email]nick@oxygem.com[/email] I'll do my best to get this setup (free of course), it's a very interesting idea. Can also arrange an IRC-meet as well...
[QUOTE=ShaRose;38340713]Well, I ordered one just a few minutes ago (moving from vpsno.de aka allgamer), but now I'm kind of worried from reading this: Except for a few times where it was out of control they never had to restart my vps, and I've easily had uptimes of a few months. From what I'm reading here, it seems like it is going down every few DAYS.[/QUOTE]
I am a very happy customer for over 2 years now and the uptimes have always been great.
Exceptions like hardware updates should not be a problem right?
[QUOTE=LuaStoned;38388705]I am a very happy customer for over 2 years now and the uptimes have always been great.
Exceptions like hardware updates should not be a problem right?[/QUOTE]
I don't want to be a dick because this is way above the level of technical prowess that I expect from any regular VPS hoster, but if you want to get really "enterprise" and "SLA" about it, OpenVZ is flexible enough to do live migration of VPSes across different nodes.
You could, in theory, use vzmigrate to perform a live move, and then upgrade your server while the VMs are running elsewhere. Then, you migrate them again. If you ever implement this though it should probably be automated, there's no other sane way to do it that isn't easily prone to human error.
Kernel upgrades might be a problem, I wonder if ksplice handles it even with OpenVZ. It's probably crashy if it even does.
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Kernel upgrades might be a problem, I wonder if ksplice handles it even with OpenVZ. It's probably crashy if it even does.[/QUOTE]
We use kSplice, they provide updates to the OVZ kernel and we've not seen problems caused by it in over a year now :)
As for migrations, it's certainly possible to do it while the source VM is online, however not while the new VM is online. For the second copy you could easily do it via rsync. Data could still be lost/different on the two VM's due to DNS propagation though (assuming your hosting a public service which is writing data).
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;38394082]We use kSplice, they provide updates to the OVZ kernel and we've not seen problems caused by it in over a year now :)[/QUOTE]
Oh cool, I wasn't trying to imply you guys were gonna be crashy if you used ksplice, I just didn't think it would be officially supported and since they write custom modifications for their patches, I assumed the worst.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;38394082]As for migrations, it's certainly possible to do it while the source VM is online, however not while the new VM is online.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, what I meant is that you could handle node upgrades by migrating your live VMs to another node, then do your [I]thang[/I] and then migrate off again.
DNS "propagation" shouldn't be a problem because this assumes a setup where you are capable of routing from either one of your nodes seamlessly. The worst you (should) get is a few TCP connections losing some packets.
Anyway, I think this shows pretty well why this is tricky and why sometimes it's simpler to shutdown the node without doing any of it :)
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;38394082]We use kSplice, they provide updates to the OVZ kernel and we've not seen problems caused by it in over a year now :)
As for migrations, it's certainly possible to do it while the source VM is online, however not while the new VM is online. For the second copy you could easily do it via rsync. Data could still be lost/different on the two VM's due to DNS propagation though (assuming your hosting a public service which is writing data).[/QUOTE]
You're running RHEL? I thought kSplice got bought out by Oracle and they cut it down to only RHEL and desktop distros?
[QUOTE=Hexxeh;38426253]You're running RHEL? I thought kSplice got bought out by Oracle and they cut it down to only RHEL and desktop distros?[/QUOTE]
They actually still support CentOS, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Cloud Linux and Scientific Linux. I'm not sure why CentOS was removed from their website, but it's still available - Limestone offers it at any rate.
Hey, I'll keep you posted on that IP stuff, I've been busy lately. Haven't forgotten your reply.
EDIT: For those wondering, I had to cancel one of my two VPSes to save some money so I won't get to try that IP failover stuff.
Got forwarded by Crhem van der B, checking you guys out.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;37848195]We will be (of course) having a Christmas sale though - but that's normally just a quick week-long sale, probably similar percentages though.[/QUOTE]
Any update on this?
Is afterburst down?
their website is loading for me
Loads for me.
Down for me.
Would you do support on migrating a site over to your platform? I'm a complete idiot when it comes to setting up a server, so some support would be appreciated, even at a cost.
Currently running a wiki that's seeing 5k visits and somewhere in the region of 28k+ pageviews per day, so the shared host it's sitting on is struggling a bit. Expecting things to ramp up a bit in the near future too.
Does the 30% still count?
[QUOTE=Killervalon;38890082]Does the 30% still count?[/QUOTE]
Not currently, but the Christmas sale is coming!
[QUOTE=iamacyborg;38889156]Down for me.
Would you do support on migrating a site over to your platform? I'm a complete idiot when it comes to setting up a server, so some support would be appreciated, even at a cost.
Currently running a wiki that's seeing 5k visits and somewhere in the region of 28k+ pageviews per day, so the shared host it's sitting on is struggling a bit. Expecting things to ramp up a bit in the near future too.[/QUOTE]
While we are technically an unmanaged provider; we are looking to expand into managed hosting; could you send me a PM with detailed requirements/bandwidth/etc stats?
[QUOTE=TerabyteS_;38851441]Is afterburst down?[/QUOTE]
No? - pretty sure the site hasn't dropped in the last week; it's not directly monitored though as it's hosted on a separate pair of VM's from the VPS/client panels.
[QUOTE=Jelly;38850861]Any update on this?[/QUOTE]
Yes - I've been away the last week and life's all hectic, should get a sale on tomorrow, which will run into the new year.
For the peeps rating me late. I would like to add that it says:
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;37825988]
[B]We are currently running a 30% lifetime discoun on all plans.[/B]
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Though the website says otherwise, thanks for clearing it up though.
I used to use FanaticalVPS a while back until I found a good Windows RDP server host. Do you ever plan on hosting Windows servers? (2008 specifically?) If so, would you be able to eyeball a price range? I'm paying around $25 a month for a 100GB hard drive, 2 IP's and 1 GB of RAM.
Tried to update the title but you can't, OP updated.
Christmas sale (a bit late!): 25% lifetime discount w/ code: "CHRISTMAS" :)
Ho ho ho awe. It's not going to stop me from ordering in a bit though. If I need to customize my plan, can I contact you later after I purchase the VPS? The current customization options aren't broad enough for what I need it for.
[QUOTE=Unboxed Map;39031552]Ho ho ho awe. It's not going to stop me from ordering in a bit though. If I need to customize my plan, can I contact you later after I purchase the VPS? The current customization options aren't broad enough for what I need it for.[/QUOTE]
Sure, it might be worth getting in touch (PM, ticket or email: [email]nick@afterburst.com[/email]) first just in-case we can't accomodate what you need :)
It's more of lowering the specs :v:
[QUOTE=Unboxed Map;39035024]It's more of lowering the specs :v:[/QUOTE]
hehe we can do that too :) Check out the Super-Micro specs: [url]http://afterburst.com/unmetered-vps[/url] (bottom right plan, faded out as it's technically not available currently).
Why is it 50mbps and such low storage? I know its supposed to be small but thats a pretty bad ratio from the micro.
[editline]30th December 2012[/editline]
My goal is to give my webserver a house and maybe do the occasional linux compile.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;39035111]hehe we can do that too :) Check out the Super-Micro specs: [url]http://afterburst.com/unmetered-vps[/url] (bottom right plan, faded out as it's technically not available currently).[/QUOTE]
If that storage space were to be doubled, and the price to remain the same...
I would definitely probably get one of those for things.
[QUOTE=AndrewPH;39035846]If that storage space were to be doubled, and the price to remain the same...
I would definitely probably get one of those for things.[/QUOTE]
We could do that, get in touch!
[QUOTE=Unboxed Map;39035214]Why is it 50mbps and such low storage? I know its supposed to be small but thats a pretty bad ratio from the micro.[/QUOTE]
It's like that because the overhead of every VPS (without any resources) is around $2 (IP, license costs), factor in the resources and the Super-Micro is *almost* sold at a loss. It's really there to promote the brand and as a stepping stone for larger plans.
[QUOTE=Fizzadar;39041522]We could do that, get in touch!
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As soon as I have a bunch of money on paypal!
FYI, your links to the US Micro and DE Micro are switched around. The actual order page shows US and DE right at the top in big letters, but other tart-headed users like myself (:downs:) might not notice it and end up purchasing the wrong plan.
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