About 3 weeks ago I asked about OVH Cloud (https://mangolassi.it/topic/26257/ovh-cloud-anyone-use-their-vps?_=1758244042664).

Since it appears nobody else has used it, here's my short take on it after 3 weeks.

TLDNR: You get a lot for your money in CPU and RAM, but IOPS suck.

The management interface screen has everything you need to manage a VPS on it. It's clearly laid out and functional, which is what I want to see. Personal options vary of course, so here's a screenshot.

4 cores and 8 GB ram outclass all the other VPS providers I know of. Seems they are actually providing 2core/4thread.

CPU

RAM

Now the bad part, IOPS. Looks like it's limited to a single 1gb link.

So at the moment, OVH Cloud is great for anything requiring more than minimal CPU/RAM, but shouldn't be used for anything IOPS dependent. Working very well for my small TacticalRMM installation (less than 50 endpoints.)

@Oksana said in RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Which One Is Actually Safe in 2025?:

Parity RAID is still one of the best ways to balance cost, performance, and redundancy. But the real question in 2025 isn’t how RAID works, it’s whether RAID 5 is still safe or if RAID 6 should be the new default.
Our latest article by Vladyslav Savchenko for StarWind explains how rebuild times, URE risk, and drive size impact reliability, so you know when single parity is fine and when dual parity is essential. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/xj

@scottalanmiller You might want to chime in here.

We've covered the issues with parity RAIDs on old style HDD here so much. No where in the article did I see mention of the glaring differences between HDD and SSD/NVMe.

@scottalanmiller said in OVH Cloud, anyone use their VPS?:

We use Vultr and are very happy. We've moved away from TacticalRMM to FoxRMM, our in house product (aka SodiumSuite.)

Vultr is one I've used in the past, but the pricing is on-par with Linode.

One major difference now that Linode has been bought by Akamai is the storage IOPS. I've run a couple tests, and they are using some sort of SAN instead of VSAN now. IOPS always max out at what you'd expect from a 200Gb network connection.

I might have to try out OVH Cloud. The price for 4vcorse and 8GB RAM starts at ~$5.00/month instead of the $25.00/month I'm currently paying at Linode.

I'm looking to get away form Linode for my TacticalRMM. Now that you can't "trick" TacticalRMM into installing/running on less than 4GB RAM, it's costing a good bit more.

OVH Cloud VPS is giving a lot more resources for not much money right now. So I was wondering if anyone else has used them? Any concerns with migrating my TacticalRMM instance to them?

https://us.ovhcloud.com/vps/

@Oksana said in VMware DRS: Smarter Resource Management for vSphere:

Managing VMware clusters by hand can quickly become overwhelming as workloads grow and shift. That’s where Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) steps in – keeping clusters stable, apps fast, and admins stress-free.
In our latest guide by Dmytro Malynka for StarWind, we break down everything you need to know about VMware DRS: how it works, its requirements, key features, and why it’s a must-have for medium and large clusters. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/wg

DRS sounds like a great thing on the surface before actually implementing it. In large clusters, VMs with heavy workloads get moved between hosts often with the associated disruptions when memory gets locked. Takes what is already a poor situation and makes it worse!

I formerly worked at an employer that had a very large VMWare cluster implemented with vSphere, vCloud and DRS enabled. They were up to 50 hosts when I left, and constantly ran into issues because of DRS.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@gjacobse said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1
Ah- the good old days of DEC,.. I had once thought about looking to pick up a DEC PDP 11/23 setup..

DEC OpenVMS is the not so fond memories from my first IT job. Had to have something to oppose the good memories of SGI IRIX.

I checked the current status of VMS and according to the company...

"OpenVMS V9.2-3 is available and running on hundreds of servers worldwide"

Hundreds, OMG

That's kind of crazy that any remain today!

@gjacobse said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@travisdh1
Ah- the good old days of DEC,.. I had once thought about looking to pick up a DEC PDP 11/23 setup..

DEC OpenVMS is the not so fond memories from my first IT job. Had to have something to oppose the good memories of SGI IRIX.

xByte.com is my first choice, especially for production compute.

If it's not mission critical or for a home lab, check out these next two.
Stallard Technology, stikc.com
ServerMonkey.com

@scottalanmiller said in What Are Virtualized Applications?:

Article is totally false. That's NOT a virtualized application, that's a standard remote app as we've been using in the industry for over 30 years. When I started in IT ini 1994 this was an established, well known part of how the X Window system worked, in UNIX... ALL applications are like this!

I remember running full fledged engineering apps remotely in the 90s on IRIX and OpenVMS machines.

Have I posted about Kasm Workspaces here yet? Makes it really easy to provide remote apps like a Xen remoteapp environment, just easier, quicker, and open source.

Yep, seen this before. Caused all kinds of headache for me because they aliased actual commands!

@CloudKnight said in User profile migration to new Windows 11 PCs:

Hasn't Windows become a shitshow.

It always has been. Now it's just obvious to everyone.

@Oksana said in How to Remove Ceph from Proxmox: Step-by-Step:

Ceph removal in Proxmox requires more than just GUI clicks – it’s a multi-step process. Our latest practical walkthrough by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, for StarWind covers everything from VM disk migration to OSD destruction and full configuration purge. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/u5

Does Starwind run on a Proxmox cluster now? I've lost track of new features being released over the past year or so.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller

Never finished B5,.. I should go back for it...

I've been trying to finish Airwolf, Streethawk and a few others...

I have AIrWold on my server, too. LOL

B5 gets SO dramatic by the end. It started strong.

Yeah, B5 had a pre-planned 4 season plot laid out in advance. So when season 5 got tacked on, they had to make it up on the fly.

@scottalanmiller said in User profile migration to new Windows 11 PCs:

This thread makes me so happy we run all Ubuntu and MacOS around here. Not a single official Windows instance. woot woot

I'm supper jelly here.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Testing Matrix home server deployment while watching baby monitor during infant night shift.

Matrix like Synapse? My Matrix server is NicaHabla.com

Well, I just found something to do when I get home tonight. Matrix with the Synapse stable branch, time for another subdomain in the home lab.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Weekend of coding here. How is everyone?

Started a new job a couple weeks ago. So much better than the last one, bosses idea of managing is not yelling at everyone else and ignoring everyone with more experience. Nice to be looking forward to going to work again!