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[arnoudk]

What amount of datatraffic do you allow for the VPS systems? Ie, plan 3 with 2 vCPUs, 5 GB RAM and 100 GB SSD and 100 Mbps port for $16.60/mo.

Would it be allowed to host a bitcoin full node on there?

There is a chance that nodes will be DDoSed (has happened to me in the past). What is your policy when that happens?

What extra costs could I expect, other than the monthly fee?

Could I upgrade to a larger VPS, even if I pay multiple months in advance, without losing the prepaid money?

Thanks.

[arnoudk]

I'm trying your VPS offering now. I'm trying two nodes: 1x plan 1, and 1x plan 2.

I'll update with how this is working out

Payment in bitcoin has just been sent.

[arnoudk]

Both nodes are synching the blockchain. It's pulling the data from my own other US nodes, so it doesn't affect the rest of the bitcoin network.

I have installed Classic 0.12 RC1, and installation was a breeze.

The small node (plan 1) is running with a 20GB pruned blockchain.
The larger node (plan 2) is running with a 45GB pruned blockchain.

I'll update when installation is complete.

[arnoudk]

Thanks! Waiting for your update!

Apologies for the delay!

Let me start by saying that I am happy with the VPS machines. They are doing what they should do, and are both powerful enough to run bitcoin classic comfortably. There is a big difference in performance - bigger than I would have expected - between the two plans.

I've set up two VPS servers, one in Plan 1 and one in Plan 2. Plan 1 is the bottom range VPS - but fast enough for a pruned node. Plan 2 has much better specs, but still has too small a harddisk to store the entire blockchain - so it, too, is pruned.

The setup was easy, with a few minor surprises during the setup process.

I used an old laptop (with a smaller screen) to sign up. It took me a little while to figure out that the Order button was hidden underneath the Contact popup.

The VPS control and the Client portal pages have a funny behavior where you don't stay logged in, sometimes even between successive page loads, even with the Keep me logged in function enabled. This is a minor nuisance - but one you have to go through to be able to get access to the VPS.

The root password did not work for SSH for some reason. But I was able to reset the root password using the client portal, and that reset password worked fine!

Once logged in (and these really are minor nuisances) installation was easy. I noticed that even the Plan 1 VPS is MUCH more powerful than the micro nodes at AWS (and cheaper, too).

There is a big difference in speed between Plan 1 and Plan 2. According to the specs, the processor should be the same. But there is a 1 GB vs 2 GB memory difference. Maybe that is the reason that Plan 2 synced the block chain twice as fast as Plan 1?

There are also big differences between the load averages (from vps control stats) between the two servers. Plan 1 is hitting 2.0 load at times (and is running only bitcoin), while Plan 2 spends most of it's time asleep.

I have not monitored these nodes for uptime or reliability yet. The charts in vps conrol have numerous 'data missing' holes in them. I am not sure what this is about - but I know the machines have not been down for at least some of those 'holes'

So far, I am happy with the machines!

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