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Anyone try this yet? Do they include any sort of remote console access?

MarkHarmon 13y ago
See my reply above, basically if you are outside the UK then it looks like you won't be able to complete the order form truthfully.
- xur17 13y ago
  Try this site: https://www.ovh.ie/order/kimsufi.cgi https://www.ovh.ie/order/kimsufi.cgi
wlk 13y ago
I don't think it's there. Kimsufi is a low cost alternative to normal OVH services. I have few kimsufi servers for over year now and I never had to use remote console there.
- wlk 13y ago
  Just to add, I have found that really only options that are available are: * hardware reboot * os reinstalation But there is a option called "netboot" which looks like it might be what you are looking for, but unfortunately I can't try it now on any of my servers.
  - Wilya 13y ago
    Netboot enables you to boot in a rescue environment. From there, you can usually mount your disk, do some basic tests, and fix mistakes. Not as efficient as a direct console access, but for the occasional "Oh , I just firewalled myself" moment, it's enough.
    - josephby 13y ago
      Thanks; so basically if you bork your box your options are (1) netboot, and failing that (2) reinstall the OS. Reasonable enough, for the price. I suppose that this is why we have Chef and Puppet
      - patrickaljord 13y ago
        I once firewalled myself and asked for help, a technician re-opened port 22 for me after a few hours (you can get instant support if you pay but it was for dev so I didn't care).
Macha 13y ago
I'm running Minecraft servers on a KS-8G (seems to be discontinued now - basically 3.2Ghz i3, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD) * Their management interface is garbage, especially compared to sites like Linode. Pay your bills, restart the server, cpu graphs, set up rDNS and that's about it. * Customer support response times tend to be ~1day or more. * The network has been down for a period of over an hour twice this year. However, for the value for money in terms of hardware, I don't mind overlooking the above, especially considering it's just a game server. For anything more important, you might want to consider other providers, though I'm sure customer support is better on the higher end packages which come with phone support and so on.
- sadris 13y ago
  Are you running vanilla Minecraft or a FTB-like modpack? How many users can you comfortably support?
  - Macha 13y ago
    Both. One vanilla server and one FTB Ultimate. Occasionally there's a second vanilla server running for playing maps as a group. The FTB server starts to have mostly cpu usage related issues with 10 people online, especially if some of them are in the Twilight Forest but it's only for a small group of people so that only happens if almost everyone is online. I also had lag when generating chunks, but then I put the world on a ramdisk which helps somewhat, and I have a plugin to back it up every hour. Vanilla has had 14 people without issue. It's CPU usage is minimal compared to the FTB pack. Could probably go to 20 or 30 with no issue.

See my reply above, basically if you are outside the UK then it looks like you won't be able to complete the order form truthfully.

xur17 13y ago
Try this site: https://www.ovh.ie/order/kimsufi.cgi https://www.ovh.ie/order/kimsufi.cgi

wlk 13y ago

I don't think it's there. Kimsufi is a low cost alternative to normal OVH services. I have few kimsufi servers for over year now and I never had to use remote console there.

wlk 13y ago
Just to add, I have found that really only options that are available are: * hardware reboot * os reinstalation But there is a option called "netboot" which looks like it might be what you are looking for, but unfortunately I can't try it now on any of my servers.
- Wilya 13y ago
  Netboot enables you to boot in a rescue environment. From there, you can usually mount your disk, do some basic tests, and fix mistakes. Not as efficient as a direct console access, but for the occasional "Oh , I just firewalled myself" moment, it's enough.
  - josephby 13y ago
    Thanks; so basically if you bork your box your options are (1) netboot, and failing that (2) reinstall the OS. Reasonable enough, for the price. I suppose that this is why we have Chef and Puppet
    - patrickaljord 13y ago
      I once firewalled myself and asked for help, a technician re-opened port 22 for me after a few hours (you can get instant support if you pay but it was for dev so I didn't care).

Macha 13y ago

I'm running Minecraft servers on a KS-8G (seems to be discontinued now - basically 3.2Ghz i3, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD) * Their management interface is garbage, especially compared to sites like Linode. Pay your bills, restart the server, cpu graphs, set up rDNS and that's about it. * Customer support response times tend to be ~1day or more. * The network has been down for a period of over an hour twice this year. However, for the value for money in terms of hardware, I don't mind overlooking the above, especially considering it's just a game server. For anything more important, you might want to consider other providers, though I'm sure customer support is better on the higher end packages which come with phone support and so on.

sadris 13y ago
Are you running vanilla Minecraft or a FTB-like modpack? How many users can you comfortably support?
- Macha 13y ago
  Both. One vanilla server and one FTB Ultimate. Occasionally there's a second vanilla server running for playing maps as a group. The FTB server starts to have mostly cpu usage related issues with 10 people online, especially if some of them are in the Twilight Forest but it's only for a small group of people so that only happens if almost everyone is online. I also had lag when generating chunks, but then I put the world on a ramdisk which helps somewhat, and I have a plugin to back it up every hour. Vanilla has had 14 people without issue. It's CPU usage is minimal compared to the FTB pack. Could probably go to 20 or 30 with no issue.