What does „B-T-O“ mean for some dedicated server series?
Some dedicated server series are displayed as so-called „BTO“ servers on the website, regarding availability.
What does „BTO“ actually mean for us or for our customers?
The abbreviation „BTO“ stands for „Build-To-Order“ and in our case means that the provisioning process of a dedicated server is slightly different compared to on stock „RTR“ servers. In brief, we only order the hardware from the supplier after you have ordered from us. In addition to a disadvantage, namely a slightly longer deployment time, the advantages such as e.g. Reduced inventory costs, more up-to-date hardware and lower prices for you as a customer.
And this is how the B-T-O process works for us in detail:
1. The customer orders his BTO server. Whether the server is a BTO server is usually recognized by the status of availability.
2. The (new) customer pays the server and thus authorizes his order. (Existing customers with SEPA direct debits or credits may be allowed to skip this step.)
3. EUserv checks the inventory and retrieves required server components from the supplier if necessary.
4. After the ordered hardware has been delivered and all components are complete, the actual deployment process starts.
5. All hardware components are assembled in our in-house workshop.
6. The fully assembled server is fully tested after its installation.
7. Once all tests have been completed successfully, the server will be installed, linked up and put into operation in the EUserv data center.
8. Subsequently, the accessibility and connections are tested and test installations are performed.
9. The correctly running server is now provided to the customer. With the provision full administration rights are assigned to the customer (root access), so that from this point, the user is responsible for everything happens on the server.
Conclusion:
Because keeping or storing large quantities of such high-quality server components does currently not make economic sense, the „BTO“ principle offers a great solution for customers. Even though the „BTO“ devices are not immediately available as opposed to „RTR“ devices, all customers are assured that only selected and up-to-date hardware is installed and also benefit from a favorable price-performance ratio.
The first „BTO“ server series is the „Instant64 v5“ series equipped with Intel® Core i7-8700 „Coffee Lake“ processors:
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Christmas greetings from Euserv
The year is coming to an end and representative for the entire EUserv team we would like to thank you for your trust and interest in our products and services. We wish you a Merry Christmas, thoughtful holidays for you and your family and a Happy New Year.
We would like to point out that we will have limited support on 19th of December 2014 and during the holidays.
On Friday, 19th of December 2014 our phone support is not available from 12.00 p.m. until 5.00 p.m. because of an internal training.
During the holidays our phone support is not available on the following days:
– 2014/12/24
– 2014/12/25
– 2014/12/26
– 2014/12/31
– 2015/01/01
During this time, support requests will be handled via the support system in our customer panel. Customers with optional booked support SLAs are not affected by the limited phone support.
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Customer newsletter from December, 16th 2014
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Content:
1) Server News #1: Launch of the new server series „Instant64“
2) Server News #2: FreeBSD 9.3 available for dedicated servers
3) Special offers + Promotions: Black Friday offer extended –
1.000 GB online storage „BackupHD 1000“ for only 7.95 EUR/month
4) Support News: Limited support on Friday, 19th of December 2014
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1) Server News #1: Launch of the new server series „Instant64“
EUserv has expanded its servers to a new server series with 3 models. The „Instant64“ server series provides a combination of fast processors, lots of RAM and fast SSD’s respectively large hard drives in the 4th generation at a great price/performance ratio.
The server in this series are ideal for web projects, starting with simple blog creations up to a medium-sized single-host web application or website. Even smaller virtualization projects can thus be easily implemented.
Features of the series:
· fast Intel XEON processors and large RAM (32 GB RAM)
· great price/performance ratio
· reliable network connection Cisco Layer 2 and Layer 3 – Switches
· 1Gbit connection with 200Mbit bandwidth
· unmetered Traffic without forced throttling
The following models are included in the server series:
· Instant64 M
· Instant64 L
· Instant64 SSD
For more information and pricing please visit:
http://www.euserv.com/de/dedizierte-server/instant64-rootserver/v4/
2) Server News #2: FreeBSD 9.3 available for dedicated servers
The current FreeBSD 9.3 is now available for dedicated servers and can be installed via the EUserv customer panel. FreeBSD 9.3 is provided with updates for a total of two years.
As in the previous version, further improvements have been implemented for ZFS. Thus, for example, snapshots can be managed more efficiently by using „bookmarks“. In addition, ext4 file systems can now be accessed by reading.
On the hardware side, particular improvements in the network drivers for Intel and Realtek can be mentioned. Among the available software updates, BIND (9.9.5), OpenSSH (6.6p1) and OpenSSL (0.9.8za) are included. In addition, the Xen integration was continued.
The random generators from Intel and VIA are no longer part of the release. For now, the use of „Yarrow“ or „Fortuna“ is recommended.
More features:
· ZFS supports the „bookmark“ feature
· Read-Only-Support for ext4
· Xen Hardware-Assisted Virtualization-available as a module
· Driver updates for Intel and Realtek NICs
3) Special offers + Promotions: Black Friday offer extended – 1.000 GB online storage „BackupHD 1000“ for only 7.95 EUR/month
Because of the great demand, we extend our Black Friday Steal Deal until the end of the year. For all new and existing customers we offer the 1.000 GB online storage „Backup HD 1000“ for only 7.95 EUR/month instead of the regular price of 18.95 EUR/month.
Save your data, pictures or music secure and have them always available. The access to the online storage is encrypted by using Rsync, Web, or WebDAV. You can create as many data uploads and downloads. Traffic restrictions do not exist.
Your benefits:
· 1.000 GB online storage
· secure access via Rsync, Web or WebDAV
· storage in own 100% german Data Center in Jena /Thuringia
· any number of upload and download files
· no traffic restrictions
· support of all current backup software
· upgrade memory size without losing data
· contract term of either 3 or 12 months
· no setup fees
· reduced monthly fees for the entire contract term
Link to the Black Friday offer:
http://blackfriday2014.euserv.de/
4) Support News: Limited support on Friday, 19th of December 2014
On Friday, 19th of December 2014 our phone support is not available from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m. because of an internal training. Support requests will be handled via the support system in our customer panel.
Customers with optional booked support SLAs are not affected by the limited phone support.
New Pro64 server (5th generation) available
Since today, the first new server of the Pro64 series in the 5th generation are officially released. Since the last revision in the fall of 2011, much has done in the server market and the hardware. Like with any server series we intently bring great servers on the market for all customers with a focus on availability, reliability and performance at the best possible value for money.
The main highlights of the Pro64 Series v5:
**Gigabit-Connection **
All servers come with the Pro64 Gigabit connection and a guaranteed minimum bandwidth of 500Mbit, which will be increased optional up to 2Gbit. In this case, all traffic is included at no extra charge.
**Real server hardware**
Like the server of the 2012 series, real server hardware is used in the servers of the new Pro64 series, that means hardware that has been approved by us 24×7.
**SSD, SAS and Hardware RAID**
In addition to classic hard drives EUserv offers in the standard models now SSD or SAS storage media. All servers in the Pro64 v5 series are now delivered with a LSI Hardware RAID Controller.
**Service Level Aggreements**
In addition to the inclusive standard Service Level Aggreements of 99.95% network availability EUserv now offers in conjunction with the Pro-Option, the recording of additional support SLA in various gradations up to the personal contact, including direct line.
**Data Center Services **
Starting at the Pro64 Series, advanced Data Center services are now available. That means you can use the extended EUserv „virtual network service“ and thus eg to connect your corporate network directly with your server or expand in the EUserv data center.
At the start of the new Pro64 series (version 5), the following servers are available:
– Pro64 M v5
– Pro64 SSD v5
– Pro64 L v5
Additional servers will follow.
Details and prices can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.euserv.com/en/dedicated-server/pro64-rootserver/v5/index.php
The Pro64 server of the „Pro 64 Flex“ series are still available. These will be revised in the upcoming months as well.
As always, we appreciate feedback in our forum:
http://forum.euserv.com/index.php?board=23.0
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Introducing Top Level Domains .DK, .FR & .JOBS
The following new Top Level Domains can now be registered at EUserv:
.DK
This is the country – TLD for Denmark and ideal if you want to offer a website with Danish content.
.FR
This is the country – TLD for France and ideal if you want to offer a website with French content.
.JOBS
The generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) for all web pages on the subject of „job offers“. Requirement for the operation of the domain is a business enterprise with a company name, which must closely correspond to the domain name.
All domain extensions are available in the following plans:
* Domain Basic
* Domain Pro
* MailDomain Lite / Maildomain Basic
* MailDomain Pro
FreeBSD 9.2 for dedicated server is rolling
With the release of FreeBSD 9.2 („Nakatomi Socrates“)it can now be installed on dedicated servers in the EUserv customer panel as a 32 – or 64-bit version.
The new production release primarily provides support for SSD’s and their better integration with ZFS file systems. ZFS supports TRIM by default for the SSD garbage collection. In addition, the compression with the LZ4 algorithm is now supported in any way for ZFS. Furthermore, the system analysis tool DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0. In terms of hardware support, there are also new features for Intel’s Gigabit Ethernet Driver „ixgbe“ and „e1000“. On the software side, FreeBSD 9.2 brings updates for OpenSSH, OpenSSL, awk and sendmail.
More features:
– ZFS supports TRIM for SSD’s
– Support for virtio drivers in the kernel
– Support for LZ4 compression in ZFS
– Update the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver
– Numerous software updates
Tags: FreeBSD, operating systems, Rootserver, Server
Customer Newsletter 23.10.2013: Hosting & Domain offers / New Operating Systems for Servers / new Wiki-HowTo
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Content:
1.) Hosting & Domain News: Elimination of setup fees until 2013-10-29
2.) Server News # 1: New operating systems – Debian 7.2 and Ubuntu 13.10
3.) Server News # 2: FreeBSD 9.2 available
4.) Server News # 3: Wiki Instructions: Select boot device
5.) Support Operation: Public Holiday 2013-10-31
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1.) Hosting & Domain News: Elimination of setup fees until 2013-10-29
Until 2013-10-29 all setup fees for new hosting orders are omitted. This also applies to selected domain plans for new orders or for domain transfers to EUserv.
You can find the appropriate offers here:
Domain plans: http://www.euserv.com/en/domain/index.php
Hosting plans: http://www.euserv.com/en/hosting/index.php
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2.) Server News # 1: New operating systems – Debian 7.2 and Ubuntu 13.10
** Debian 7.2 **
The Debian project has released the second update of the stable-releases „Wheezy“. In this context we offer a minimal installation image in „Standard“ and „RAID1“ in the EUserv customer panel. Debian 7.2 mainly comes with security fixes and critical bug fixes. As usual, the available packages do not include any updates, only relevant bugs and security holes have been closed.
These bug fixes affect a total of 100 packages (including curl, nmap, openvpn, php5 and perl). In addition to Ubuntu 12.04 a LTS kernel (3.2.51) is used, which is not officially supported in any way until 2016.
** Ubuntu 13.10 **
Before the release of the next LTS next April, the developer of Ubuntu have released version 13.10 („Saucy Salamander“). 13.10 of the popular Linux distribution is available as an installation for all dedicated servers in the customer panel. In addition to the standard installation a RAID1 version can be selected.
„Saucy Salamander“ was simultaneously presented with OpenStack’s new version of „Havana“. 13.10 Ubuntu Server is running on a kernel 3.11 and comes with some updates. These include Qemu in version 1.5.0 and the virtualization library „libvirt“ in version 1.1.1. Apache 2.4 with PHP 5.5 scripting language comes as standard as a web server. For the first time the openVZ-like virtualisation solution LXC („Linux Containers“) is included.
Regarding the support, „Saucy Salamander“ takes over the policy of its predecessor: The non-LTS versions are now supplied with updates in 9 instead of the previous 18 months. „Saucy Salamander“ will appear in the „end-of-life“ status three months after the next LTS release.
More features:
– Qemu 1.5.0, libvirt 1.1.1
– Apache 2.4, PHP 5.5
– Managing Linux Containers (LXC) with Juju
– OpenStack in version 2013.2
– Python 3.3
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3.) Server News # 2: FreeBSD 9.2 available
With the release of FreeBSD 9.2 („Nakatomi Socrates“), it can now be installed as a 32 – or 64-bit version on a dedicated server via the customer panel. The new production release primarily provides support for SSD’s and their better integration with ZFS file systems. ZFS supports TRIM by default for SSD garbage collection. In addition, the compression with the LZ4 algorithm is now supported in any way for ZFS. Furthermore, the system analysis tool DTrace has been updated to version 1.9.0. In terms of hardware support, there are also new features for Intel’s Gigabit Ethernet Driver „ixgbe“ and „e1000“. On the software side FreeBSD 9.2 still brings updates for OpenSSH, OpenSSL, awk and sendmail.
More features:
– ZFS supports TRIM for SSD’s
– Support for virtio drivers in the kernel
– Support for LZ4 compression in ZFS
– Update the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver
– Numerous software updates
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4.) Server News # 3: Wiki Instructions: Select boot device
With the expansion of the customer panel with the feature „boot media“, it is now possible to specify the boot disk for the server. The server will boot automatically after each Softreboot or premium Webreset of the selected disk.
An explanation and examples of the features can be find under the following Wiki link:
http://wiki.euserv.de/index.php/Kundencenter_Server_Boot-Medium/en
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5.) Support Operation: Public Holiday 2013-10-31
Because of a public holiday on 2013-10-31, our phone support is not available. As usual we are reachable by email via the support system in the customer panel at this day.
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HowTo use the new function „Boot-Medium“
Do you want to boot your server from another hard disk drive or USB flash drive? The guide at EUserv Wiki shows you how
to use the option „Boot-Device“ in the customer service center to do this. The guide of the correct usage of the feature is available at: 
http://wiki.euserv.de/index.php/Kundencenter_Server_Boot-Medium/en
Tags: boot medium, HowTo, Server, usb
Proxmox 3.1 for dedicated servers available
From now on, the virtualization platform Proxmox VE 3.1 can be installed via the EUserv customer panel. A standard version as well as a RAID1 version are available. With Proxmox 3.1 there are signifcant changes to the included repositories. Via the default repository „pve-enterprise“ licensees get stable updates, security patches and bug fixes. Users without a license agreement can use the „pve-no-subscription“ repository, which replaces the previous „pve (-stable)“.In version 3.1, a Debian „Wheezy“ with Redhat 7.1 kernel (2.6.32-23pve) can be used.
Proxmox VE 3.1 now supports the SPICE protocol (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) as a preview. SPICE enables the delivery of virtual desktops and provides the user with a user experience similar to a local machine while it tries to calculate CPU-and GPU-intensive tasks from the client. SPICE is the integration of the Cluster environment, while the user and system authentication and all traffic will be encrypted. The graphical output is using VNC but is still available as standard. As a new file system plugin, the developers of GlusterFS also have added their cluster-enabled file system. In addition, users can now update their web interface via the Proxmox host.
More features:
– updates can now be performed on the new update feature in the web interface
– support for GlusterFS via a new storage plugin
– permanent price reduction of Community Subscription
– integration of the package update manager in the Web Interface
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Plesk 11.5 for dedicated servers available
Due to the End-of-Life status of Plesk 9.x and the release of Plesk 11.5
we are now providing installation images for Debian 7.1, openSUSE 12.3 and CentOS 6.4.
All of these images include a default installation of Plesk 11.5 and can be installed „out of the box“ from the customer center. Additionally there is a software raid1 version available for each system.
Coming with critical security fixes against malware exploits in the first place, Plesk 11.5 is providing the following features:
– Support has been officially announced for Debian 7
– Additional administrator accounts can be created; until now this feature was exclusive to Windows versions of Plesk only
– Multiple versions of PHP can be installed and used on a single server. This affects resellers mainly: Different PHP versions can be assigned to and selected by specific customer roles
– Specific Apache configuration values (regarding MIME types, handlers, access restrictions and index files) can be set for certain websites by the customer. A similar function is available when using the Nginx web server.
– Static files and PHP can directly be delivered and processed via Nginx without redirecting them to Apache
– FTP webspace can be accessed via an SSL-secured connection