Hello. I will be finishing up setup and touches on SN's new Xen offerings tonight and I'm looking for volunteers to test the service before I launch. This offer is open to all ACTIVE LET members, and will be chosen at my discretion (I will take a quick look through post history and check if you contribute in what seems to be a meaningful way to the community). If you are a staff/retired staff member, you automatically qualify for this offer.
What I need tested: I essentially need "customers" to see if anything random breaks during the xen provisioning and ordering stage. I also want to make sure my IP blocks work fine and all my nodes are working properly. The Xen nodes will be hosted with Incero, so hardware and network quality will definitely be top notch. I am launching these plans within the next 2 days or so and this is basically an "early access" opportunity! Any and all forms of abuse will not be tolerated. I realize that I need to update the policies on my website and will be working on that to comply with Incero's ToS/AUP as our VPS offerings will be on their infrastructure.
What you get:
- You will get 1 month free of Xen VPS hosting (calculated after the "early access testing" phase).
- Possibly unstable VPS while I make last minute configurations, tweaks, or changes before launch
- Solid, undersold VPS plan (most plans will probably lie outside of LET's price range)
- I guarantee after the 1 month free, you will have the option to continue service at $7.00/monthly (inside LET's price range) although currently my pricing is not planned to be that low. ++
- You get to help see the rise of a new VPS provider looking to provide Xen offerings!
++ This will only apply to VPS plans within reason. It will most likely be for our 512MB RAM XEN plan, but this is subject to change.
If this is against the rules or in the wrong section, please close this thread! If it isn't, great! I hope to see interest in this opportunity!
In order to apply, simply tag me and respond below along with:
RAM wanted: will be giving out mostly 512MB plans, but there may be exceptions
Payment method: I may be charging $0.01 in order to help stop complete fraudsters. I can refund this if needed...
Disk Type wanted: Pure SSD or HDD (obviously disk space will differ based on your selection)
IPv4 addresses needed: How many you need and why
What the VPS will be used for: I want a reason. Even something like "dev and playing around" will suffice.
** IMPORTANT: If you choose SSD, you will NOT get much space!! It will be as low as 3GB total space (per 512MB RAM) PLEASE make sure you understand this before ordering! If you choose HDD, you will get somewhere around 25GB disk (per 512MB RAM)**
I'm going to keep this thread open and accept anyone I see as having good reason for a free server.
Regards, Jonathan