Solved VPS v. Cloud hosting

Espionage724 said:
Iirc Vultr was $6/month for 1GB RAM (I always used their cheapest 1GB option with Linux but I think there's $2 or $3 512MB ones too)

I couldn't install Linux distros with 512MB (they'd fail while booting, or Ubuntu that failed mid-install; iirc Debian was the only one that succeeded), but didn't try FreeBSD.
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Installed 15.1 to a 512MB 10GB VPS on Vultr no problem, and it reboots faster than probably any PC I've seen POST :cool: (before adding services it rebooted faster than Windows ping timeout :p)

I did custom ISO with FreeBSD-15.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso and used in-browser console to install like bare-metal (did packages option). Cheapest plan was $2.50 but was IPv6-only (was fine post-install but I'm used to IPv4 for webserver); $1 more has both 4/6. No problems with ssh or scp (with a 60MB file)

balanga not sure where you asked, but on Vultr I could upgrade the VPS plan ($2 IPv6-only -> $3 IPv4+6) without destroying the instance (they note downgrading isn't possible). For that though I just re-created :p
 
Espionage724 said:
Installed 15.1 to a 512MB 10GB VPS on Vultr no problem, and it reboots faster than probably any PC I've seen POST :cool: (before adding services it rebooted faster than Windows ping timeout :p)

I did custom ISO with FreeBSD-15.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso and used in-browser console to install like bare-metal (did packages option). Cheapest plan was $2.50 but was IPv6-only (was fine post-install but I'm used to IPv4 for webserver); $1 more has both 4/6. No problems with ssh or scp (with a 60MB file)

balanga not sure where you asked, but on Vultr I could upgrade the VPS plan ($2 IPv6-only -> $3 IPv4+6) without destroying the instance (they note downgrading isn't possible). For that though I just re-created :p
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Thanks for the info. I wouldn't know where to start with IPv6 anyway but have already got started with my VPS from ramnode and am quite happy with the service provided and I get 20GB. This is the minimum plan and would recommend the company to anyone interested in setting up a VPS.

MemoryCPUSSDBandwidthPrice
512MB1 Core20GB1TB$4/mo ($0.006/hr)
 
I set up a free aarch64 instance @oracle cloud. 4 ampere cores 24 gb ram 50Gb storage. Setup process is kinda annoying but in the end it works. If someone wants to build arm ports is probably a good enough solution. I read on twitter that it used to be sold out / no capacity and it eased up lately but i don't know if it is really the case or not. I chose Southern France / Marseille as location. it asks for a credit card but won't charge you (charges 1 euro and reverts it). it has to have the same billing address registered as what you provide when you create the oracle account. you need to search for the freebsd image in the 'marketplace images'. ive got a 15.0 image and updated to 15.1 without problems.
performance is not great, something like an ancient i5 but still better than most consumer / cheap arm boards (also has a lot more RAM)
its not clear to me if it's free forever or you have to settle to 2 cores /12 Gb for it to be free forever
 
covacat said:
I chose Southern France / Marseille as location.
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With Frankfurt no way. I ended with two small AMD with 1000 MB Ram and 50 GB disk each.
I also have a managed MySQL db with 50 GB and still 50 GB for something else.

In order to keep them, you must have a certain load. What do you do?

And yes, setup is annoying.
 
hruodr said:
With Frankfurt no way. I ended with two small AMD with 1000 MB Ram and 50 GB disk each.
I also have a managed MySQL db with 50 GB and still 50 GB for something else.

In order to keep them, you must have a certain load. What do you do?

And yes, setup is annoying.
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well fake load won't be a problem if i needed. i don't really plan to do anything, if they close it so be it. just seemed to good to be true to have a 24Gb vm for free
PS. i extended the volume to 100Gb. after stop/start it was visible to the vm (there was a linuxy procedure to do it live but was to lazy to search if it is possible in freebsd or not so i just restarted)
 
hruodr said:
In order to keep them, you must have a certain load. What do you do?
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Run an program called "stress": stress-1.0.4_2

Code: 
To run stress for 15 seconds every 15 minutes you would add the following
    to your crontab (crontab -e):
        */15 * * * * stress -c 1 -t 15

My instance has been running this way for 300+ days so far and Oracle hasn't complained.
 
covacat said:
i don't really plan to do anything, if they close it so be it.
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Since how long?

covacat said:
PS. i extended the volume to 100Gb.
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But that does not extend the fs. One could mount 100 GB.

Bucky said:
My instance has been running this way for 300+ days so far and Oracle hasn't complained.
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I have an ubuntu instance running boinc for an interesting project, a freebsd with no loaded.

Since about two months? No problem jet.

Unfortunately boinc-client package in freebsd is a bloat that have X11 as dependency.

It is always the same, FreeeBSD packages are bloated.
 
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