OVH to drop setup fees

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Originally Posted by xirvflux

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Originally Posted by dwdm

So our resellers are better off than OVH's.

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Is the reseller program back? If yes, who do I email :-)

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I think he just means us, who onsell the servers. But if there is a plan, +1 for me :naughty:

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Originally Posted by johhn

this sounds like really good news,for a single user server, I'd now prefer ovh SuperPlan Mini over severlu's DS2000 unless lu scrap its setup fee too.
guess this also means some resellers can lower prices on ovh servers.

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Apparently not. I actually understand the setup fee to some extent.
Either way, I have an LU box without a setup fee if someone wants it. Send a PM.

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Originally Posted by johhn

guess this also means some resellers can lower prices on ovh servers.

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most ovh resellers used to get their servers without setup fees even before

this was announced :whistling

If server.lu cut off the setup fee they will get a trouble with the number of customers.
And because setup fee i will hold my box (that is awesome in speed!) at least for one year.
The ONLY problem with server.lu is the KVM kernel on linux servers :/ you can´t install vmware workstation (you need to use the vmware server :( )

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Originally Posted by v1r3d

The ONLY problem with server.lu is the KVM kernel on linux servers :/ you can´t install vmware workstation (you need to use the vmware server :( )

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What's keeping you from replacing that kernel with another one? (just curious)

Building kernels can be complicated if you are not used to it.

There is indeed a built in kvm option in the kernel (not as module).

We will write a kernel wiki soon (on wiki.server.lu), so that our customers can customize their kernels.

On a sidenote I want to add that this is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. We do not add any hardened 3rd party additions to our kernels. We just provide newer kernels than those shipped with the distribution, because some hardware will have issues with the old drivers included in some of these shipped kernels (mainly AHCI Sata drivers that do not seem to work very well on kernels < 2.6.23)

so glad to hear this!!

have a DS2000 without a setup fee ready to go any one interested just pm me :)

now prices r a bit cheaper because of this