Hands-on benchmark of Hostiko’s Kyiv AMD Ryzen 9 9950X plan: 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 100 GB NVMe / 10 Gbps at $19.7 per month. Covers ordering limitations due to no PayPal support, plus full lscpu, virtualization details, and multiple benchmark suites. For testing and reference only, not a purchase recommendation.

Hands-on benchmark of YXVM SG Hybrid: add a $1 native IP to combine China-optimized inbound routing with a streaming-unlocked outbound IP, achieving both high-speed connectivity and full streaming access. Includes Yabs/Bench results for a 1-core KVM Singapore VPS, with strong I/O and bandwidth performance and solid price-performance ratio, plus a quick native IP setup guide.

This post walks through using Thanos to aggregate metrics from multiple Prometheus instances for high availability, centralized querying, and long‑term retention in object storage. It explains core components like Sidecar, Store, Query, and Ruler, and shows key Kubernetes deployment details, including image mirror replacement, exposing NodePort Services, and handling NetworkPolicy pitfalls.

Hands-on benchmark of Hetzner’s newly launched Singapore VDS. Pricing starts at €7.4 with AMD EPYC 7002/7003 CPUs, but cost-performance lags far behind the German region. Includes details on one-way 1 Tbps bandwidth, €7.4/TB overage traffic, and comprehensive real-world metrics from lscpu, YABS, UnixBench, PerformanceTest Linux, and fusion benchmark scripts, plus routing and IP quality observations.

This post walks through deploying Beszel, a lightweight Prometheus-style monitoring stack, using Docker. You’ll set up the Beszel panel, configure monitored hosts, install the Agent, and manage it via systemd. The guide also covers S3 backup support and Docker stats collection, making it a compact alternative to a full Prometheus setup.

This post benchmarks Lash JP’s Japan VPS offering based on a Xeon E5‑2680v4 platform with a 512MB RAM / 5GB NVMe / 2TB@1G configuration. It uses pure international routes with no mainland China optimization, China Unicom direct and partial China Mobile direct. Local bandwidth is strong, cross‑region downstream is weak, disk I/O hovers around 50MB/s, and recent DDoS incidents cause occasional disconnects, leading to an overall average impression.

Hands-on benchmark of a Hetzner EX43 i5-12500 auction server: around 2,000 power-on hours and 20 TB total writes. YABS disk performance reaches 8.3 GB/s, with Geekbench 6 scores of 2647/10585. Paired with 62 GB RAM and roughly 1 TB of storage, it offers solid price-to-performance for homelab and production workloads.

Hands-on benchmark of Evoxt’s new Poland location: AMD EPYC-Genoa 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 30 GB NVMe, 1 Gbps with 2 TB traffic for $11.99/month. Includes full Yabs, Bench, UnixBench and speed tests, with up to 2.8 GB/s disk throughput and near-line-rate bandwidth across Europe—solid value for cost-conscious deployments.

Hands-on benchmark of Nube Cloud’s second US node (AMD 7663, a3s.4c8g, 10 Gbps port) with Cogent upstream and direct China Telecom/Unicom/Mobile connectivity. Outbound-only billing at $0.9/TB. Includes Yabs disk/network, iperf3, Geekbench 5/6, PerformanceTest Linux scores, streaming unlock status, IP quality checks, and China route traces for purchasing reference.

Aeza has launched a new AMD EPYC 8534P-based storage VPS line with ZFS RAID and time-based bandwidth throttling (10G/1G), starting at $40/month for 4c/4G/4T. This post verifies the actual CPU specs, runs multiple benchmarks (YABS, Geekbench, fio, network tests), and comments on the lack of an NVMe system disk, making the overall price‑performance ratio underwhelming.

This post benchmarks the Hetzner AX42 dedicated server with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE and Radeon 780M integrated graphics, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, dual 512 GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, and true 1 Gbps bandwidth. During the EURO 2024 promo, setup fees are waived until July 12. Strong performance for transcoding and self‑hosted services, with a high chance of brand‑new disks.

Picked up Sharon JP SG Standard at a 90% discount for the first month: Tokyo 1C2G20G KVM plus a 2C4G40G Singapore node. This post records YABS, Geekbench, fio, and fusion script benchmarks, along with routing and streaming unlock tests. Results show modest CPU and disk performance but solid bandwidth and connectivity for lightweight use cases.