Isohost virtual private server reviewed

[koeksGHT]

Are you using OpenVZ or Xen?

I'm on open VZ.. should change to zen but I'm fine.

Took your advice and signed up for Xen. Yip feels fast. I see they have a special on until the 31st if you pay annually: $30/year = $2.50/month incl 1.5 TB data transfer. That's amazing!

Only downside vs Rackspace is 99.9% uptime vs 100%.

Cloudfare is nice cause they also protect you from DDoS. Even Virpus uses cloudfare.


I should probably switch but i'm lazy.. don't fix whats not broken.

 

[biometrics]

I'm on open VZ.. should change to zen but I'm fine.



Cloudfare is nice cause they also protect you from DDoS. Even Virpus uses cloudfare.


I should probably switch but i'm lazy.. don't fix whats not broken.

Signed up with Cloudflare and had my DNS reconfigured minutes later. So happy with this new setup. Thanks ghoti & koeks.

Koeks check the special they are running. The Xen 512 MB is $30/year until the 31st. Thats only $2.50 a month and includes 1.5 TB of data transfer!!!

 

[koeksGHT]

Signed up with Cloudflare and had my DNS reconfigured minutes later. So happy with this new setup. Thanks ghoti & koeks.

Koeks check the special they are running. The Xen 512 MB is $30/year until the 31st. Thats only $2.50 a month and includes 1.5 TB of data transfer!!!

Emailed them to see if they can move it over without having to re-install/re-setup.


Does xen feel much better? Cant imagine too much a difference unless someone is abusing the shared resources.

 

[koeksGHT]

Signed up with Cloudflare and had my DNS reconfigured minutes later. So happy with this new setup. Thanks ghoti & koeks.

Koeks check the special they are running. The Xen 512 MB is $30/year until the 31st. Thats only $2.50 a month and includes 1.5 TB of data transfer!!!

Decided to try cloudfare.

Any noticeable difference? Have to wait for nameservers to update. It seems pretty snappy without. Although extra security is never bad.

 

[biometrics]

Emailed them to see if they can move it over without having to re-install/re-setup.


Does xen feel much better? Cant imagine too much a difference unless someone is abusing the shared resources.

Can't say. Haven't tried the OpenVZ. Went with ghotis recommendation. Feels the same as Rackspace so I'm happy.

Worth noting re OpenVZ:

Shares host nodes kernel. Does not have complete isolation.

 

[koeksGHT]

Can't say. Haven't tried the OpenVZ. Went with ghotis recommendation. Feels the same as Rackspace so I'm happy.

Worth noting re OpenVZ:

I can imagine it would be better in the sense as nothing is really shared in comparison with openvz.

Will see soon

Xen + cloudfare might see major performance boost.

I would host locally but these prices are impossible to compete with here in SA. Cant say I mind tho.. as long as seacom and WACS and sat3 don't go breaking in the future...

 

[McGuywer]

http://www.isoho.st not opening for me:

Tracing route to phobos.isoho.st [197.242.79.70]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.3.1
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.5.1
3 53 ms 47 ms 32 ms 41-133-90-1.dsl.mweb.co.za [41.133.90.1]
4 19 ms 21 ms 19 ms 197-80-4-106.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.4.106]
5 13 ms 28 ms 13 ms vl-92.vic-hscore-1.mweb.co.za [196.22.189.2]
6 16 ms 17 ms 17 ms tengig0-0-0-2.11.vic-p-1.mweb.co.za [196.22.169.
225]
7 16 ms 20 ms 13 ms tengig0-0-0.vic-pr-1.mweb.co.za [197.80.4.141]
8 14 ms 13 ms 20 ms static161-134.netactive.co.za [196.22.161.134]
9 19 ms 18 ms 19 ms jh-cr-2.za--jh-pr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.0.223]

10 15 ms 16 ms 15 ms 196.44.31.99
11 24 ms 15 ms 16 ms ge4-0-0.gw17.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.1.3
7]
12 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms vlan9.hr3.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.156.13
6]
13 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms core-router1.jnb2.host-h.net [196.30.213.108]
14 15 ms 16 ms 16 ms core-access-switch1-vlan1001.jnb.host-h.net [41.
72.136.53]
15 16 ms 17 ms 16 ms magrathea.isoho.st [197.242.83.132]
16 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms phobos.isoho.st [197.242.79.70]

Trace complete.

 

[Captain Morgan]

Does anyone know which virtualization Isohost is using? OpenVZ / Xen / KVM?

 

[epeer]

Does anyone know which virtualization Isohost is using? OpenVZ / Xen / KVM?

We're using KVM.

 

[HeXd]

I signed up on the lowest level package earlier this week and I have to say that I am pretty impressed with things. The system runs smoothly and getting ubuntu server (still not exactly sold on Ubuntu yet, but there are other OS options) on there was no real issue. Setting up it pretty much the same situation as setting up a normal linux based server.

My only issue is that logging into the KBM is a pain. Logging into the SPICE console is easy, (and to the certificates) it's more secure and easier than logging into my own linux dev box.

The SPLICE client on the other hand is a complete pain in the neck. I was able to get it to work via Ubuntu Desktop console using this command:

 ssh -XCqi xxx123.key [email protected] display

But I am still battling with the Windows Client (doesn't really matter now that I linked ttyS0 so that it can be accessed direct from the management console using putty.

I am honestly really very impressed by the service and support I have received so far, and we will definitely do business with epeer in the future.

The only suggestions I would make are:

a.) support some variant of burst resource management. Specifically if something like memory or CPU got over-loaded, or a little in the way of additional resources for the first 3 days while things are being setup.

b.) clean up the support page (maybe split it between Linux and Windows clients), give some more details on the Windows client and maybe explain a bit about how to install OS's in a VM (though the last part should be within the limits of a person needing a VPS.

Either way, it has been a good experience working on ISOHO.ST hardware, and we hope their company all the best of success.

 

[epeer]

The SPLICE client on the other hand is a complete pain in the neck. I was able to get it to work via Ubuntu Desktop console using this command:

 ssh -XCqi xxx123.key [email protected] display

The above is only really intended for emergencies and might be quite slow, given that it is running the SPICE client on the remote server and exporting the display over X11.

Under Ubuntu you could simply install this .deb, which should make things easy:

http://isoho.st/download/isohost-tools-0.4.deb

But I am still battling with the Windows Client (doesn't really matter now that I linked ttyS0 so that it can be accessed direct from the management console using putty.

We've also published Windows SPICE client instructions now:

http://isoho.st/download/spice_instructions_windows.pdf

I am honestly really very impressed by the service and support I have received so far, and we will definitely do business with epeer in the future.

Thank you. We do our best.

a.) support some variant of burst resource management. Specifically if something like memory or CPU got over-loaded, or a little in the way of additional resources for the first 3 days while things are being setup.

b.) clean up the support page (maybe split it between Linux and Windows clients), give some more details on the Windows client and maybe explain a bit about how to install OS's in a VM (though the last part should be within the limits of a person needing a VPS.

Noted, we'll look into implementing some of these ideas.