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Review of Vultr

I've been using Vultr for 4 months now, not persistent usage but for testing things/running VMs which don't need to be powered up 24/7. Recently though I have chosen Vultr to run a server for me on a permanent basis.

CPU performance is fantastic, 3.4Ghz cores make things fly. It would be nice if CPU details weren't masked..

root@209:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 60
model name      : Vultr Virtual CPU 2
stepping        : 1
microcode       : 0x1
cpu MHz         : 3491.930
cache size      : 4096 KB

Network performance can be pretty decent. I've managed to sustain 700Mb/s throughput for several minutes at a time without a problem. I found performance in NJ to be a iffy sometimes, only ~100Mb/s transferring files between Vultr and other servers in the US.

The client area is a little lacking and plain. The snapshot feature doesn't always work. I've had no problems creating snapshots but find it can completely fail trying to restore sometimes. I've left instances for 3 hours previously attempting to restore a 15GB snapshot with no luck, it just does nothing. It would be nice if snapshots could be stored in specific DCs like DO offer, having to wait for a snapshot several GB in size to transfer from a remote server is tedious.

I'm really disappointed with the singlehomed network in London and how Vultr have handled my concerns/complaints regarding the matter. The website advertises multihomed connectivity but it's evident from use that they're linked with Level3 only.

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Vultr only seems interested in deflecting their deceitful practices. No excuse/reasoning for why this isn't already in place seeing as it is advertised on their website.

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