Ordered: 2:02PM EST
Paid: 2:04PM EST
Login Details Received: 3:06PM EST
SLA: 99.9%
Package:
Basic:
10 GB Disk Space
100 GB Bandwidth
128 MB Guaranteed Memory
256 MB Burstable Memory
1 IP Address
Full Root Access
CentOS 4
OpenVirtuozzo Based
Unmanaged
LxAdmin Free
cPanel/DirectAdmin not available
$10/mo | Free Setup minus 10% = $9.00/mo
Ticket Issue 1
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Opened a ticket asking for resolver nameservers/reverse-DNS entry
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Opened: 3:29PM EST
Responded/Resolved 3:38PM EST
Ticket Issue 2
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Opened a ticket regarding an issue with server speed. I was unable to get speeds about 250K/s and would fluctuate quite a bit.
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Opened: 8:20PM EST
1st Response: 12:23AM EST (Ticket received, forwarding to network admin)
2nd Response: 5:07AM EST (Please check the issue again, should be fixed)
My Response: 9:42AM EST (Nope, still slow)
3rd Response: 3:08PM EST (OK will have admin look again)
My Response: 12:49AM EST (Any news?)
4th Response: 2:52AM EST (Problem found, switch issue, will be fixed ASAP)
Global E-mail: 8:54PM EST (Switch needs to be reset, downtime expected)
5th Response: 2:56AM EST (Found which switch it was, swapping it out)
6th Response + Resolution 1:37AM EST
Ticket Issue 3
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Had trouble with install LXAdmin using HyperVM.
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Opened: 10:02PM EST
Responded/Resolved: 5:14AM EST (They installed it for me)
Benchmark 1
PHP Code:
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.1)
System -- Linux server.911reborn.com 2.6.9-023stab037.3-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 13 19:31:35 MSK 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
/dev/simfs 10240000 509580 9730420 5% /
Start Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 17 03:01:46 MSK 2007
03:01:46 up 16 min, 0 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.01
End Benchmark Run: Sat Mar 17 03:12:35 MSK 2007
03:12:35 up 27 min, 0 users, load average: 5.93, 3.73, 1.88
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 4707613.5 124.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 682.6 82.1
Execl Throughput 188.3 1943.1 103.2
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 63369.0 237.2
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 19283.0 179.0
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 478208.0 310.9
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 738727.5 66.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 106863.1 69.2
Process Creation 569.3 4492.1 78.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 344.0 76.8
System Call Overhead 114433.5 717245.0 62.7
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FINAL SCORE 108.4
Benchmark 2
PHP Code:
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.1)
System -- Linux server.911reborn.com 2.6.9-023stab037.3-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 13 19:31:35 MSK 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
/dev/simfs 10240000 517496 9722504 6% /
Start Benchmark Run: Tue Mar 20 16:39:05 MSK 2007
16:39:05 up 1 day, 20:41, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
End Benchmark Run: Tue Mar 20 17:31:46 MSK 2007
17:31:46 up 1 day, 21:34, 0 users, load average: 14.50, 4.91, 2.44
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 8937427.9 237.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 708.7 85.3
Execl Throughput 188.3 3702.0 196.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 116627.0 436.5
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 25504.0 236.8
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 1135198.0 738.0
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 1075104.7 96.2
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 93084.1 60.3
Process Creation 569.3 7147.6 125.6
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 625.8 139.7
System Call Overhead 114433.5 965132.4 84.3
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FINAL SCORE 165.8
Summary
Good price, good service, good network. I was a bit upset by how long it took them to fix the switch issue though. The last few responses were too long apart. But when it was fixed, network was blazing. They run on pure Internap. Didn't have any downtime. And then benchmarks are pretty good for paying $10/month. However, I've found Unixbench doesn't weigh in RAM too much. But I still use the benchmarks to reference their CPU/Disk speed.
After my week was up, I took advantage of their 15-Day Money Back Guarantee and canceled my account. I'm now moving to another provider (will also provide a review soon). Still waiting to hear back from Amerihosting about my refund though, and I will post an update soon.
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