This is a re-posting of our prior KVM beta test offer. We had an issue with NIC instability last week, which we feel that we have resolved. However, the server still needs to prove itself to us, so we're extending the beta test for another month. EXISTING BETA CLIENTS: I have advanced your product's registration date to today, giving you another 30 days, free of charge.
Some good things from the prior beta test thread:
http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/199206#Comment_199206
http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/200106#Comment_200106
http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/207749#Comment_207749
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When we originally started offering OpenVZ a couple of years ago, to be honest, we weren't 100% sure what we were doing, and our systems were not set up in the most ideal manner. In an effort to avoid the same events with KVM, we're offering cheap KVM containers on a one-time, 30 day interval at a very low price, with the idea that we can get some people on there stress testing the hardware. The results of this test will dictate the price/resources of the actual plans.
The container will auto-terminate after 30 days. If you like the service and want to keep it, you will be able to continue with the container at the regular price. We should know within a week or two what kind of pricing we'll be able to offer.
So why isn't it free? To be honest: to keep out the riff-raff. Requiring a payment brings us a long way in keeping malicious users away. Additionally, anyone participating in the beta test will receive a recurring coupon for a heavy discount when the 'live' plans are available.
Some company info:
We've been up and running since May of 2011. We're running OpenVZ virtualization on our very own Dell, HP, and Supermicro -powered hardware.
Each server node has it's own 100mbit connection.
Past-30-days support ticket mean response time: 0 Day(s) 0 Hour(s) 19 Minute(s) and 51 Second(s)
**Serverbear benchmark for a container on the node: **http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2013/01/27/FL8q66XKtsQ6tCE4
The offer:
KVMBetaTest
512mb RAM
20gb Disk Space
300gb transfer
1 IPv4
0 IPv6
$2.00 for 30 days: https://billingcp.us/cart.php?a=add&pid=69&carttpl=modern3&systpl=ipx3
I've pre-added some Linux and BSD distros. If you don't see your favorite in the list, please let us know what it is, and we'll add it. Non-Windows only, and we won't be doing custom ISOs; we'll download your favorite distro from the distro's website.
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This plan does not qualify for our 3 day trial period.
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