Apart from a decently good network I don’t need a lot - a little bit of CPU power to push Gigabit when I need to (which will rarely if ever happen) over my wg0 interface and maybe 100MB RAM to spare. I noticed that the description says unmetered, which to me basically means fair use but no hard cap. I’m now wondering what kind of network performance I can expect and what would be considered fair use. I just need a (host)ballpark figure.
If you have experience with BuyVM, please chime in
100Mbps dedicated 24/7 usage per 4GB of ram on your slice is the general rule I’ve heard. So cut that up by 8 and you get 12.5Mbps or ~4TB in + ~4TB out per month to stay within the guidelines as I’ve heard from BuyVM staff.
Bursting CPU is generally fine, as long as you’re not slamming it for hours on end. At 512MB you’re talking 1/8th of a core ‘dedicated’ - so the threshold for abuse is likely a lot lower there than I’m used to on the 1/2/4/8GB slices.
I’ve got multiple slices (like 6 or 7 now) and I haven’t seen any real CPU or network congestion/bottlenecking - can easily rip 600-800Mbps most of the time in short bursts. Nodes appear to be very balanced.
Sign up on https://buyvmstock.com/ and click the email as soon as you get it. I think BuyVM add stock once or twice per month, when cancellations are processed.
@Francisco I have a good Internet 4G connection in India but I am only getting 20 KB/s with test file for LA. How come? When I test with speedtest.net I get 30 up / 2-5 Mbit/s down for various ISPs.
