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InvisibleJim said:
Have you tried checking the email address in https://haveibeenpwned.com/ - might tell you if it was leaked in a breach.
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Doesn't pick up this email.

Why I find its weird is that the last time I logged into this email address was in 2022 when I created this oracle account. Its not used anywhere or logged into any devices to explain that something is compromised.
 
callen said:
Doesn't pick up this email.

Why I find its weird is that the last time I logged into this email address was in 2022 when I created this oracle account. Its not used anywhere or logged into any devices to explain that something is compromised.
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presumably then the options are either they got it from the email provider, Oracle, device where you store the credentials or they simply brute force randomly generated email addresses until they get a hit.
 
PaulB_ said:
Anyone here having issues with speed reduction.

I seem to be capped to 40-50mbps
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-------------------- A Bench.sh Script By Teddysun -------------------
Version : v2026-01-31
Usage : wget -qO- bench.sh | bash
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CPU Model : Neoverse-N1
CPU Cores : 4
AES-NI : ✓ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✗ Disabled
Total Disk : 193.7 GB (79.4 GB Used)
Total RAM : 23.4 GB (3.8 GB Used)
System Uptime : 54 days, 2 hour 41 min
Load Average : 0.93, 0.78, 0.84
OS : Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Arch : aarch64 (64 Bit)
Kernel : 6.17.0-1007-oracle
TCP Congestion Ctrl: cubic
Virtualization : KVM
IPv4/IPv6 : ✓ Online / ✗ Offline
Organization : AS31898 Oracle Corporation
Location : Johannesburg / ZA
Region : Gauteng
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I/O Speed(1st run) : 309 MB/s
I/O Speed(2nd run) : 313 MB/s
I/O Speed(3rd run) : 303 MB/s
I/O Speed(average) : 308.3 MB/s
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Node Name Upload Speed Download Speed Latency
Speedtest.net 48.29 Mbps 49.22 Mbps 0.42 ms
Los Angeles, US 48.89 Mbps 53.61 Mbps 292.90 ms
Dallas, US 48.44 Mbps 50.13 Mbps 242.43 ms
Montreal, CA 50.87 Mbps 50.47 Mbps 236.16 ms
Paris, FR 49.70 Mbps 52.86 Mbps 184.35 ms
Amsterdam, NL 49.83 Mbps 50.44 Mbps 177.74 ms
Suzhou, CN 50.50 Mbps 48.35 Mbps 399.36 ms
Ningbo, CN 0.88 Mbps 48.85 Mbps 430.40 ms
Hong Kong, CN 47.19 Mbps 50.76 Mbps 342.74 ms
Singapore, SG 49.25 Mbps 50.19 Mbps 389.12 ms
Taipei, CN 49.24 Mbps 49.44 Mbps 351.73 ms
Tokyo, JP 49.37 Mbps 47.50 Mbps 420.98 ms
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Finished in : 7 min 32 sec
Timestamp : 2026-04-27 12:22:07 UTC
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Yeah seems like they have indeed throttled it.
 
I always found that jhb underperformed compared to my UK instance which thankfully is fine. I provisioned 4 netcup instances which does the bulk of my heavy lifting, but I do hope this is temporary
 
Mine is in Jhb, and it seems fine. Maybe it depends on the amount of data you use.
 
tm458 said:
yea, its real.
got 3 instances in jhb, 2 have this limit and 1 doesn't:confused:
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tracing back to this, the instances that have been affected were the ones that underwent maintenance some weeks back.

genuinely wondering what they did.

Screenshot 2026-04-28 204957.png

edit: this seems to be free tier related.
Instances on PAYG account's are running at full speed while my free tier instance is reduced to 50mbps

//Free Tier VPS - 4 cores
Code: 
ubuntu@merc:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Oracle Cloud (xxx)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by inq. (Johannesburg) [3.18 km]: 0.876 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 46.42 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 44.66 Mbit/s

// PAYG VPS - 2 Cores
Code: 
ubuntu@asgard:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from TalkTalk (xxx)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by RocketNet (Johannesburg) [9369.99 km]: 1.683 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 2611.41 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 1941.94 Mbit/

//PAYG Amsterdam VPS - 4 Cores
Code: 
-------------------- A Bench.sh Script By Teddysun -------------------
 Version            : v2026-01-31
 Usage              : wget -qO- bench.sh | bash
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 CPU Model          : Neoverse-N1
 CPU Cores          : 4
 AES-NI             : ✓ Enabled
 VM-x/AMD-V         : ✗ Disabled
 Total Disk         : 188.9 GB (48.9 GB Used)
 Total RAM          : 23.4 GB (1.7 GB Used)
 System Uptime      : 658 days, 0 hour 13 min
 Load Average       : 0.07, 0.05, 0.01
 OS                 : Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
 Arch               : aarch64 (64 Bit)
 Kernel             : 6.5.0-1023-oracle
 TCP Congestion Ctrl: cubic
 Virtualization     : KVM
 IPv4/IPv6          : ✓ Online / ✓ Online
 Organization       : AS31898 Oracle Corporation
 Location           : Amsterdam / NL
 Region             : North Holland
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 I/O Speed(1st run) : 295 MB/s
 I/O Speed(2nd run) : 294 MB/s
 I/O Speed(3rd run) : 293 MB/s
 I/O Speed(average) : 294.0 MB/s
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 Node Name        Upload Speed      Download Speed      Latency
 Speedtest.net    4011.07 Mbps      3864.38 Mbps        1.09 ms
 
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Sigh looks like I need to find another server for my plex server. :unsure:
 
ItherNiT said:
Or just upgrade to PAYG?

If you dont go over your free tier you dont pay :)
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I think I should try that because last time I did it with Tymebank and the money just never reversed instead 2 months later I had to log a case for a charge back with Tymebank.
 
cavedog said:
I think I should try that because last time I did it with Tymebank and the money just never reversed instead 2 months later I had to log a case for a charge back with Tymebank.
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I use netcup for my heavy duty plex stuff. Just over R500 for 4 servers - so a single one is dirt cheap and works a treat for Plex.
 
PaulB_ said:
I use netcup for my heavy duty plex stuff. Just over R500 for 4 servers - so a single one is dirt cheap and works a treat for Plex.
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I decided to upgrade to PAYG plan. Added 2FA on the authenticator app just in case. It was 93 EUR which was ~R1854

Will see how that goes. I think I need to rebuild the instance for the limit to be removed.
 
cavedog said:
I decided to upgrade to PAYG plan. Added 2FA on the authenticator app just in case. It was 93 EUR which was ~R1854

Will see how that goes. I think I need to rebuild the instance for the limit to be removed.
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Does the diagnostic reboot not help?
 
tm458 said:
Does the diagnostic reboot not help?
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Okay. Sorted now. Diagnostic reboot did the trick. Now I just need to make sure my egress doesn't exceed 10TB per month or I will run up a bill.

Screenshot 2026-04-30 062823.png
 
Been struggling to get a free tier server in jhb for over a month. Seems there is no capacity??

Ampere A1 Compute instance, with 4 OCPUs and 24 GB of RAM
 
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