[kwlug-disc] Domain Registrar

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Regarding OVH ...

I used them perhaps 10 years ago, for a bare metal self managed dedicated
server for a client, and they had really impressive servers.
No complaints then.

Then I moved another client to one of their bare metal self managed
dedicated servers.
Epyc CPU, 128GB RAM, NVMe + SSD, ...etc.
Was nice and fast.

Then one disk died about 2 years ago, and the experience was really bad.
There is no phone support at all. They want everything through their ticket
system.
They took their time to replace the disk. Many hours of downtime.
Even when they did, they left the server in the UEFI stage!
Was hard to find out that this is the case, because I can't get anyone on
the phone.
I switched the configuration to boot from the SSD, and the server came up.
Too much downtime for nothing.

Just switched that client to another dedicated server for the same amount
of money at a different provider.
Both the client and provider are US based though.

Having said that, $6.50 a month for a basic VPS is a very good deal.
($4.95 is even better, but the difference is chump change, literally)

And for non critical stuff, it may be just perfect, and perhaps better
managed since it is on internal servers.

I may switch one VPS that I have to them.
Bonus that they extended the offer to Dec 9th.

I hope they are not oversubscribing their servers ...
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