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[troboy]

Hi
iweb has launched their smart servers
http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/

Has anyone tried it ? Need reviews about them.

But their prices are different on following pages.
http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/how-to-choose/

http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/supersmart/

Compare pricing on both the pages.

[l0ck_up]

Looks promising...I'd like to see some review too. Anyone?

[Rick Lee]

I would like some kind of reviews.
I was just looking at the 12GB server quite a decent price.

[Vinayak_Sharma]

Just had a chance to work on this thing (managing server for a client).

It's a Xen PV on dedicated hardware, WHM is WHM VPS Optimised.

It's a VPS per say, though they claim it's on a dedicated hardware.

Without anything, just configuring cPanel, load is 3.07 (4 cpus) Q8400 with 8Gb of RAM

HDD read response is a bit slow.

Will report after I have properly gone through it.

[NetDepot - Terrence]

So its not a "true" dedicated server? I was wondering how they can offer that type of hardware and bandwidth for that price.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by THAMAN

So its not a "true" dedicated server? I was wondering how they can offer that type of hardware and bandwidth for that price.

http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/

They are cloud based servers
Multi Per Server 100% Uptime cheeper ram etc,
They will run around 24gb ram per server and give you a share of space across nodes.
Worth it if you quite cheep for this based service.

[l0ck_up]

If for configuring cpanel only will take more than 3 CPU load in 8GB RAM, I wouldn't say it's worth to try.
Better I go with "just" dedicated server or vps with HA/cluster/cloud or whatever it is.
"Dedicated" means more not less or just same as others

[Henrik]

I have a configured cPanel on a smart server, and I do not see server load being around 3. So in all fairness, I have to make a counter claim here.

[troboy]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

http://iweb.com/dedicated/smart-servers/

They are cloud based servers
Multi Per Server 100% Uptime cheeper ram etc,
They will run around 24gb ram per server and give you a share of space across nodes.
Worth it if you quite cheep for this based service.

I think they have physical dedicated server on cloud interface, somehting like bare metal servers.

Did anybody look at those 2 pages and pricing
Same company, same website, Same servers, same configuration but different prices. I mean what the hell is this ?

I think iweb is good reputed company, so such mistakes are not expected from them.

[atchoooo]

They will run around 24gb ram per server and give you a share of space across nodes.

Wrong. The is no sharing at all with Smart Servers. They are true physical dedicated servers. A single Virtual Machine runs on the server in order to provide the server cloud-like features. The virtual machine uses all available resources.

Same company, same website, Same servers, same configuration but different prices

What 2 pages are you talking about? The Smart Server page and the Super Smart page? Super Smart is a 20$/month option that doubles traffic allocation to 20TB and also upgrades the LAN to full GIG. So the prices on the Smart Server page include the additional 20$. We will try modify the table so it is easier to understand.

Some clarifications that will be posted on our site shortly in order to avoid confusion...

What is a Smart Server?
A Smart Server is a new kind of dedicated server that offers both the power of a Classic Dedicated Server and the flexibility of Cloud computing.

Is a Smart Server a VPS or not?
A Smart Server is a VPS on steroids. It offers the best of both the VPS and Dedicated Server worlds : The Power of Dedicated Servers with the Flexibility of VPS and Cloud Computing. While a “VPS” or "Virtual Private Server" is usually about a virtual machine, sharing resources with other virtual machines on a physical dedicated server. A Smart Server can be considered a VPS because it is powered by virtualization technologies, but it is more of a Dedicated Server because there is only one Smart Server per physical dedicated server and your Smart Server uses 100% of the available physical dedicated server resources.

When I buy a Smart Server do I get my own physical piece of server hardware?
Yes. When you buy a Smart Server you get your own dedicated piece of hardware reserved for your exclusive usage. You are the only one using the physical server.

What Virtualization technology does Smart Server/Smart Layer uses?
Smart Layer, the technology that powers Smart Servers uses Xen.

Why does my Smart Server uses a Xen Kernel?
As explained in other questions, a Smart Server is a Dedicated Server running a Xen-Powered Virtual Machine that uses 100% of the available resources of the physical dedicated server. In order for the Smart Server to run smoothly it runs a Xen-Optimized Kernel.

Do not hesitate to post most feedback, we are actively listening to what you think about the product !

Regards,

[ronaldv]

@atchoooo thanks for the explanation!

Originally Posted by Vinayak_Sharma

Without anything, just configuring cPanel, load is 3.07 (4 cpus) Q8400 with 8Gb of RAM

any comments on this?

[ImanageNetworks]

Originally Posted by ronaldv

@atchoooo thanks for the explanation!



any comments on this?

Was it right after you got your server ? Because cPanel can take alot of load at first when it calculates quotas / backup and other first time config of cPanel. Check after a couple of days if the load decreases.

[atchoooo]

Without anything, just configuring cPanel, load is 3.07 (4 cpus) Q8400 with 8Gb of RAM
any comments on this?

If this was noted shortly after the server was provisioned, it might be because the RAID was still in its sync/building phase (the process might not be completed when the server is delivered). Or as ImageNetworks said maybe quota/backups calculations of cPanel. You can verify the RAID status with "cat /proc/mdstat". If it is a permenant condition, I would suggest to report it to our support team so we can investigate as it is definitely not normal.

Regards,

[fertubuy]

I was wondering how they can offer that type of hardware

[ImanageNetworks]

What do you meen ? It is current hardware for low-cost dedicated server ...