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Title: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 19, 2013, 05:06:11 pm
Hey guys instead of creating a new thread I decided to edit this one and remove the expired promotion.

I'll update the first post with other trials, free credits and other freebies that I find suitable for mining PTS.

If you find a good freebie server/trial/free credit, post here or Private message me with the details and it will be added to the main post.

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Another free month of a server similar to datasoft.ws: EXPIRES FEB 28 2014

http://www.server4you.com/dedicated-server/special-offer.php

You'll have to pay a 1$-2$ for verification, MAKE SURE TO CANCEL ANY MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS ADDED TO YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT OR CREDIT CARD OR JUST CANCEL YOUR  SUBSCRIPTION BEFORE YOUR FREE MONTH ENDS.

They might charge your PP/CC for the full price but I spoke to support and they said it was a mistake and you won't get charged for the first month. If they charge you for the first month and fail to issue a refund then simply open a dispute on Paypal explaining the situation or dispute the charge with your bank.

Credit to zvs


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ADDED 2/13/2014


Free VPS for the first month (only 1$ setup fee). Be sure to follow it so you don't get charged the full price when your first month expires.

https://service.burst.net/cart.php?gid=16

Credits to zvs

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Nice list of free VPS trials posted by therapy:

http://cryptocurrency-mining.blogspot.com

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OFFER CLOSED 2/13/2014

New Offer I just got an email from datasoft and they are offering the first month on most of their servers for free! Even their 24 core is also free for the first month.


24 Core 8 GB Dedicated Unlimited Bandwidth Server for only $99 A Month
(First Month FREE)

use the Promotional Code free24core to get the first month FREE

Link to datasoft (referral link, thanks for the support): https://crm.datasoft.ws/aff.php?aff=265


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I've found a new trial offer for 200$ from Dimensions Data, they charge a hourly rate on servers.

Not sure but when your close to 200$ limit stop your servers because I think you get charged for anything above 200$ free credit.

Here's the link and details about the promotion:

https://nacloud.dimensiondata.com/limitedoffer/

Found another one:


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A free 100$ credit on Amazon AWS that can be used on the EC2 service awesome for mining PTS.

http://aws.amazon.com/big-data/powerof60/

New accounts and old accounts are eligible for the 100$ free credit, just fill in the information and submit the form. If you have an account just fill in the details that match your amazon aws account details and the same email.

With 24-48 hours they will email you with the credits as a code that you enter in your aws control panel and a 100$ will be added to your account. If your monthly bill is a 100$ at the time you redeem the 100$ credit it will pay the amount owing.

You can only redeem one credit code on one account, don't try getting more than one code it won't let you redeem it. I tried.

Expired, checked 16/2/2014

Another one added from the posts, thanks guys for the find!

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Basically a 50$ free credit to use on HP cloud services

http://www.hpcloud.com/free-trial

Terms and conditions:  Free trial period begins on date you create your new HP Public Cloud account. Promotional offer will appear as a $50 credit to each of your first four HP Public Cloud monthly invoices. If your usage exceeds this $50 credit in a billing cycle, you will be charged standard HP Cloud pricing for any additional usage.

Another find, most of you know it but for the newcomers:

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Windows azure trial offer, giving 200$ free credit to test out their services. Its a 200$ free credit trial or 30 days whichever ends first.

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED EXTRA AFTER USING THE 200$ CREDIT, when the credits are used up the service is stopped and you'll get an email notifying of the termination and asks to add more credit to continue using their services. Its a pay-as-you-go service.

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

Another trial added-12/7/2013

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a $75 free coupon for storm cloud servers (liquid web) @

https://www.stormondemand.com/campaign/UMcnSFMg4RsMxwc4ixdATGGmBk8

Credit goes to zvs for the find

PS. I'll add other great trials and promotions as I find them.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: JohnD on November 19, 2013, 05:32:10 pm
Thanks for the hint.
I will try it  ;)
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: GotExams on November 19, 2013, 06:08:42 pm
Nice ;)

Just ordered one :=)
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Amazon on November 19, 2013, 06:10:57 pm
It it ok to have affiliation in your link, but you need to clearly state that in your post.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: QiVX on November 19, 2013, 06:36:37 pm
Cheers mate, gonna see how this goes (Y)
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Montaxx on November 19, 2013, 06:53:11 pm
 #  The promotion code entered has expired  #


too bad.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: spoonman on November 19, 2013, 07:01:16 pm
Which OS are you using? How hard is is to cancel before the end of the month?
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: andhar on November 19, 2013, 07:04:11 pm
After what i read in the TOS you gotta cancel it 7 days before renew date if you don't want to pay for another month.

I went for the windows 2003 64 bit version.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: spoonman on November 19, 2013, 07:13:07 pm
I did a chat with sales and this what they told me:

Sir, try tomorrow

we might have run out of today's coupons sir
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: smokim11 on November 19, 2013, 08:00:48 pm
Sorry anyone that couldn't get this today, I guess there's a limited number of coupons a day. If you try tomorrow early you should be able to get a server with the coupon code.

I don't think you need to cancel it, they send an invoice to your email and you must pay for renewal. Payment is not automatic. You can check your paypal account and see if a monthly subscription is addrd on your account.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: osteper on November 19, 2013, 10:58:30 pm
How many HPM you guys getting with this?
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: smokim11 on November 20, 2013, 12:17:26 am
How many HPM you guys getting with this?

Getting 200 col/min thats using the old miner from ypool. The updated/optimized miner from yvg should give you about 10% extra power.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: bubdubs on November 20, 2013, 12:41:37 am

Getting 200 col/min thats using the old miner from ypool. The updated/optimized miner from yvg should give you about 10% extra power.

That sounds really low for 24 cores, my i3-2120 Dual core gets 50
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: spoonman on November 20, 2013, 01:19:03 am

Getting 200 col/min thats using the old miner from ypool. The updated/optimized miner from yvg should give you about 10% extra power.

That sounds really low for 24 cores, my i3-2120 Dual core gets 50

In a in virtual environment?
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: bubdubs on November 20, 2013, 03:11:09 am
True, my quad core vps only get 45 ea, but that's still 1/6th the power. just might want to look into the updated miners from yvg on ypool I bet you'll find an extra 100-150coll/m if you run an optimized miner.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: smokim11 on November 20, 2013, 03:43:21 am

Getting 200 col/min thats using the old miner from ypool. The updated/optimized miner from yvg should give you about 10% extra power.

That sounds really low for 24 cores, my i3-2120 Dual core gets 50

In a in virtual environment?

I think so, most are vCPU. I tried amazon AWS and running a 32-core server was giving me 500col/min. I think their CPUs are  Intel Xeon E5-2680v2. I feel that it should be giving more than that. I tried yvg miner and was getting 530col/min on average.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: smokim11 on November 20, 2013, 06:43:14 am
Spoke with support seems the offer has expired. I guess when they saw alot of people trying test out their service they couldn't handle it.

Sorry guys. I'll try finding something else.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Montaxx on November 20, 2013, 07:55:46 am
Offer is officially ended
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Kenof on November 20, 2013, 08:35:16 am
OK found new one  :D

http://www.hpcloud.com

they say its 90 days trial, now I am testing this configuration:
Flavor:  standard.2xlarge – 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 960 GB HD
Image:  328943 – Ubuntu Server 13.10 (amd64 20131030) - Partner Image

EDIT
it seems it is 20-25% faster then MS Azure server
after testing 1h it generated 73 shares vs azure 47 so its 55% faster
I like this game  :D

if you think I've helped you, you can tip me
thanks
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: JohnD on November 20, 2013, 09:18:39 am
OK found new one  :D

http://www.hpcloud.com

they say its 90 days trial, now I am testing this configuration:
Flavor:  standard.2xlarge – 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 960 GB HD
Image:  328943 – Ubuntu Server 13.10 (amd64 20131030) - Partner Image

EDIT
it seems it is 20-25% faster then MS Azure server
after testing 1h it generated 73 shares vs azure 47 so its 55% faster
I like this game  :D

if you think I've helped you, you can tip me
thanks

Hey,

thanks.
But it looks like only a XS machine is included in the trial.
http://www.hpcloud.com/promotions
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Ali on November 20, 2013, 09:25:31 am
when do you have to cancel it in order not be charged?
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Kenof on November 20, 2013, 09:45:38 am
OK found new one  :D

http://www.hpcloud.com

they say its 90 days trial, now I am testing this configuration:
Flavor:  standard.2xlarge – 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 960 GB HD
Image:  328943 – Ubuntu Server 13.10 (amd64 20131030) - Partner Image

EDIT
it seems it is 20-25% faster then MS Azure server
after testing 1h it generated 73 shares vs azure 47 so its 55% faster
I like this game  :D

if you think I've helped you, you can tip me
thanks

Hey,

thanks.
But it looks like only a XS machine is included in the trial.
http://www.hpcloud.com/promotions

yes you are correct, I missed that, thank you

I have set everything and it's running so I think I will let it run for some time: this is my rate $0.90/hr ($657/mo.)

funny thing is that trading on BTC can earn you enough money to buy server

when do you have to cancel it in order not be charged?

EDIT: I hope that you guys did see these upper posts and get in time to shut down instances if running (minimum fee for turning on and off you will be charged with 0.9$)
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: GurungBoi on November 20, 2013, 03:05:12 pm
For the HP.
You prob need to read the below

Free trial period begins on date you create your new HP Public Cloud account. Promotional offer will appear as a $50 credit to each of your first four HP Public Cloud monthly invoices. If your usage exceeds this $50 credit in a billing cycle, you will be charged standard HP Cloud pricing for any additional usage. Additional fees for bandwidth, I/O requests, etc. may apply. See pricing page for more details.  Billing cycle for HP Public Cloud begins on 1st of the month.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Kenof on November 21, 2013, 04:37:16 am
OK, after yesterdays fender bender with HP servers, I can conclude that there is an option that is good,

First I started with 2XL which is priced at 0.9$ per hour and it gave me around 110 hpm, after experimenting with others, best price to ratio gave me this:
Standard Large   8 HP Cloud Compute Units, 4 virtual cores, 8GB RAM, 160GB disk
which costs 0.24$ per hour, I started 4 servers which is 0.96$ per hour, got around 250 hpm total

given that you have 50$ free trial and 0.96$ cost per hour that gives you 52 hours of free mining at 250 hpm which I think is worth using
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Sinerg on November 22, 2013, 09:54:41 pm
How to run a 24 core/8GB RAM miner of Ypool on windows 2003 64 bit, so he gave out about 500 col / min?
Please, step by step
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: smokim11 on November 22, 2013, 10:48:27 pm
How to run a 24 core/8GB RAM miner of Ypool on windows 2003 64 bit, so he gave out about 500 col / min?
Please, step by step

Go to ypool.net register a new account.

Create a worker (you can leave the password "X" as default if you wish it really doesn't matter)

Go to the "how to" page on ypool, make sure your on PTS mode. Click the PTS tab on the how to page.

Download yvg1900 miner:

https://mega.co.nz/#F!h0tkXSxZ!f62uoUXogkxQmP2xO8Ib-g

Pick the windows miner Corei7.

Download the ZIP file, extract it.

There will be a list of folders where each is specific for the amount of RAM you wish each thread to be using. In your case 12GB you won't be able to run 512MB since it needs 12GB of RAM. So Use 256MB. So pick the folder that has 256.

In the miner folder 256 create a text document and add the following line:
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jhProtominer.exe -o ypool.net:8081 -u username.workername -p workerpassword -t 24
pause

Save it and edit its extension, since its a notepad .txt file extension you'll need to change that to .bat.

Having that file in the 256MB folder run that .bat file you just created and it should run the miner and start mining.

Be sure to put your info for example: username.worker means yourusername at ypool.workername and the password which is after -p is the password you set for your worker which is by default an "X".

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: bubdubs on November 23, 2013, 01:59:45 am
OK, after yesterdays fender bender with HP servers, I can conclude that there is an option that is good,

First I started with 2XL which is priced at 0.9$ per hour and it gave me around 110 hpm, after experimenting with others, best price to ratio gave me this:
Standard Large   8 HP Cloud Compute Units, 4 virtual cores, 8GB RAM, 160GB disk
which costs 0.24$ per hour, I started 4 servers which is 0.96$ per hour, got around 250 hpm total

given that you have 50$ free trial and 0.96$ cost per hour that gives you 52 hours of free mining at 250 hpm which I think is worth using

How does the private key info work? I made a server but its asking for the private key I copied pasted the one in key pairs but it didnt work.
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: bubdubs on November 23, 2013, 02:34:18 am
How do I connect to the Dimension server using rdp? I tried using the ip listed in the server but it wouldnt let me connect.
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: Kenof on November 23, 2013, 06:37:38 am
OK, after yesterdays fender bender with HP servers, I can conclude that there is an option that is good,

First I started with 2XL which is priced at 0.9$ per hour and it gave me around 110 hpm, after experimenting with others, best price to ratio gave me this:
Standard Large   8 HP Cloud Compute Units, 4 virtual cores, 8GB RAM, 160GB disk
which costs 0.24$ per hour, I started 4 servers which is 0.96$ per hour, got around 250 hpm total

given that you have 50$ free trial and 0.96$ cost per hour that gives you 52 hours of free mining at 250 hpm which I think is worth using

How does the private key info work? I made a server but its asking for the private key I copied pasted the one in key pairs but it didnt work.

1. you need to open PuttyGen or similar program for SSH generation, in Puttygen you click generate then move your mouse around to generate some random bits,
after generating you name your key like you want and type in key comment, i wrote "test" so my public key looks like this:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAl+UHqISH9xm/+J2wnE0PSO9llTBShNLgJBqw0DXfoy+48T7g23AYAcD8NZXu0bFJRNQLpLzH2PNmz7qIrvlgtcXKqh1JXCenD4p4chcqwRLrslfzBhCPAxQZbls2CJZ/IoN28W+2Y8CiyPSgB3avP9wqC3/DnrV5jaq7ZczHc0htlTq8Nf9hwJTTjZndjDWUrcGgIIs2cuMvxlMjnVqJDX3nLxZVY/AOOojx+p+WezISIUMU1KitwL6gFg1WjCaeVwEiBfr39cnj+4ajCZpOpy+qeT7iTaVRjxrGzr/zv0WKSQVOazljdeGBESOznrQ4v3LA2XbRtWyHUWlHjxUZ/Q== test

open notepad and save your public key,
add password in required field if you think you need password (i have it) and save private key.

2. open HP Cloud and go to Key Pairs  section, click add key pair,
enter key name, and paste your public key from notepad to Show Public Key Field?
then create key

start server using created key

3. open putty
paste your server public ip from hp cloud,
go to connection>ssh(expand)>auth and then browse for your private key that you saved earlier
open, enter your username (ubuntu isfor ubuntu 13.10) and password that you created using puttygen

Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: theSeanster on November 23, 2013, 09:11:10 pm
Hey guys instead of creating a new thread I decided to edit this one and remove the expired promotion.

I've found a new trial offer for 200$ from Dimensions Data, they charge a hourly rate on servers.

Not sure but when your close to 200$ limit stop your servers because I think you get charged for anything above 200$ free credit.

Here's the link and details about the promotion:

https://nacloud.dimensiondata.com/limitedoffer/

PS. I'll add other great trials and promotions as I find them.

Offer appears to be running again, because I just subscribed to it... Any tips on how to set up the servers etc.? I'm used to windows... But I have no idea what machine power I should choose... I do not wish to exceed the $200 offer and I am planning to cloud-mine with coyote.
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: Kenof on November 23, 2013, 10:17:10 pm
Hey guys instead of creating a new thread I decided to edit this one and remove the expired promotion.

I've found a new trial offer for 200$ from Dimensions Data, they charge a hourly rate on servers.

Not sure but when your close to 200$ limit stop your servers because I think you get charged for anything above 200$ free credit.

Here's the link and details about the promotion:

https://nacloud.dimensiondata.com/limitedoffer/

PS. I'll add other great trials and promotions as I find them.

Offer appears to be running again, because I just subscribed to it... Any tips on how to set up the servers etc.? I'm used to windows... But I have no idea what machine power I should choose... I do not wish to exceed the $200 offer and I am planning to cloud-mine with coyote.

it appears that weakest possible that is not crashing is the best, I lost few days mining on strongest, later I found that 16 servers that are 16 times weaker than strongest have 5 times more hash rate because of proof of momentum
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: theSeanster on November 23, 2013, 10:43:16 pm
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 05:20:09 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: qwep on November 24, 2013, 06:43:38 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself
and that the security code requires
(http://i59.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1124/eb/12b9eb7b119e340cff901cd05c0eaaeb.jpg)
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 06:47:23 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself
and that the security code requires
(http://i59.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1124/eb/12b9eb7b119e340cff901cd05c0eaaeb.jpg)

(https://secure.bmtmicro.com/resources/info/security_code_.gif)

though it can be 4 digits long as well
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: qwep on November 24, 2013, 07:30:36 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself
and that the security code requires
(http://i59.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1124/eb/12b9eb7b119e340cff901cd05c0eaaeb.jpg)

(https://secure.bmtmicro.com/resources/info/security_code_.gif)

though it can be 4 digits long as well
it is impossible to register knocks - Transaction declined.RespCode: 06 - Other Error  :(
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: smokim11 on November 24, 2013, 08:59:44 am
hey guys, I think this thread should include all free trials, free credits...etc. Basically a thread for all free servers that can be mined with.

Anyone find a good trial, Post here or PM with the details and it will be added to the main post so you don't have to go through every post.
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: HCarvalho on November 24, 2013, 10:22:32 am
I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

How do you run them in parallell?

Right now I'm using the Dimension Data free trial, 2 instances of 8 cores with 8 gb RAM each, according to the pricing calculator the credit could last me 8 days, in your oppinion what is the best setup to get the most coll/min? Right now each instance as 100 coll/h
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 10:25:11 am
I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

How do you run them in parallell?

Start 16 different servers, start 16 different putty instances to control those servers  :D
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: HCarvalho on November 24, 2013, 10:26:28 am
I'm using windows, so I should create 16 instances with one core one gb of ram each?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 24, 2013, 10:27:37 am
I'm using windows, so I should create 16 instances with one core one gb of ram each?

Use Linux servers, SSH using putty, command line you can setup the miners way faster, a simple copy-paste.

@Kenof

How much col/min with 16 instances?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: HCarvalho on November 24, 2013, 10:28:55 am
I've never used linux, no idea how it works
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 24, 2013, 10:31:50 am
If you can create instances that run Ubuntu 13.0

Let me know, its pretty easy to setup. Less time than with windows.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 10:32:18 am
I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: theSeanster on November 24, 2013, 10:47:10 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 10:48:52 am
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?

You will get the best hash/price ratio using Standard Small servers with Ubuntu 13.10
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Butch on November 24, 2013, 12:44:21 pm
what pool are you mining in ?
Any preference for cloud mining ?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 12:47:45 pm
what pool are you mining in ?
Any preference for cloud mining ?

I am mining in coyote pool, did some in ypool too
there are no special preferences except number of threads
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Butch on November 24, 2013, 01:00:12 pm
Kenof, can you please join me in the chatroom ? I'd like to ask you something.
here is the link
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=protoshares
Title: Re: Free 200$ credit trial, run servers at a hourly rate.
Post by: theSeanster on November 24, 2013, 01:21:08 pm
Would you care to elaborate on that? What I don't know is what determines the hash rate, is it the amount of cpu cores and the ram? I chose one with windows 2008, 4xcpu, 6gb ram and I have about 45 hps... And I turned off IE enhanced security and disabled windows update...

In the proof of momentum main hardware limitation is not CPU or GPU speed nor quantity of RAM but speed of bus and memory.

I mined with those servers from HP (http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing)
- Standard 2XL ($0.90/hr), got around 110 hpm
- Standard Large ($0.24/hr), got around 240hpm when 4 in parallel
- Standard Small ($0.06/hr), got around 510hpm when 16 in parallel

Funny thing is, every time I decreased server strength by 4 times, pricing decreased 4 times and I put 4 servers more so total chargin price from my trial balance stayed the same

I would be very thankful if I had this information on day 1 of mining, I would now have more PTS mined

and do not just believe....try it yourself

I will try that! I also wish I knew this sooner... So just to be clear, when I get to choose from the various servers, I should choose as little as possible a number CPU, little RAM and OS doesn't matter other than some are easier to set up? does 32-bit/64-bit mean anything?

You will get the best hash/price ratio using Standard Small servers with Ubuntu 13.10

I can only find 2xcpu with ubuntu 12.04 or 10.04 with 4gb ram.. It seems like a 32-bit version of windows 2003/2008 has problems executing the .bat file (Coyote Miner), it just closes immediately even though I know that the content inside is correct.. so might be compatibility issues.. This is annoying, as I just made 16 servers and .rdp files... Will try again with Ubuntu I think.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 24, 2013, 01:25:46 pm
at the end of the batch file put:

pause

(on a new line in the batch file)
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: afr33sl4ve on November 24, 2013, 03:49:42 pm
I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck


I'm running 2 standard small instances on HP Cloud. Your start command states 8 threads, the standard small instances only have 2 vCPUs. Is that a typo?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Kenof on November 24, 2013, 03:52:11 pm
I've never used linux, no idea how it works

What server provider are you talking about?  I know only that you can on HP Cloud create as many virtual servers as you like.
1GB of RAM is not sufficient to run miner without crash, so I was running 16 Standard Small,   2 HP Cloud Compute Units, 2 virtual cores, 2GB RAM, 40GB disk

you have everything explained for linux setup in first post, and putty setup in my post #28

hmm this is not the thread where linux is explained:

this are the commands:
wget http://the-iland.net/static/downloads/ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0.tar.gz
./ubuntu12_coyote_miner.0.3.0 162.243.45.158 your_pts_wallet_address 8

just copy them one by one in putty and start mining,
don't forget to put your wallet adress in last command,
good luck


I'm running 2 standard small instances on HP Cloud. Your start command states 8 threads, the standard small instances only have 2 vCPUs. Is that a typo?

yes it was a typo, but i think you can left command with 8 threads because miner will try to use 8 but will find only 2 and use these 2
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Polke on November 25, 2013, 06:09:18 pm
Can I get a quick tutorial on how to ssh with putty from win to the HP cloud ubuntu?

Never mind, found it myself. 8)
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: HCarvalho on November 29, 2013, 11:36:01 am
What happens when we use up the 100$ AWS Amazon credit? Did they star billing your CC? How can we know when our credit is used up?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: flashoftheblades on November 29, 2013, 01:00:24 pm
What happens when we use up the 100$ AWS Amazon credit? Did they star billing your CC? How can we know when our credit is used up?

Yes, they will start billing you for the extra time you use. I made this mistake by not watching close enough, and ran over the $100 credit.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 29, 2013, 01:43:02 pm
you can set a billing alert, set at 90$ so when you owe them 90$ you get a email and then you can terminate most and leave one running.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: HCarvalho on November 30, 2013, 01:54:14 am
you can set a billing alert, set at 90$ so when you owe them 90$ you get a email and then you can terminate most and leave one running.

will the alarm work even though I'm using the instances for the last 30 hours and still shows 0 credits used?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on November 30, 2013, 05:55:02 am
you can set a billing alert, set at 90$ so when you owe them 90$ you get a email and then you can terminate most and leave one running.

will the alarm work even though I'm using the instances for the last 30 hours and still shows 0 credits used?

I think every day your usage charges are updated or after a hour or two after you close your instances.

I think calculating manually would be better, try contacting amazon and asking about it. I'm not entirely sure sorry.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: lenage on November 30, 2013, 03:27:19 pm
Thanks for so awesome information.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: praxeologist on December 01, 2013, 09:10:21 pm
I got the Coyote Pool miner going with the $200 free at Dimension on the Ubuntu12 option. It is reporting 23 hpm. How fast will this cut into my $200?

Should I have multiple of these going to just get through it fairly quickly? I don't see anything about pricing and there is no report yet.

ETA: AWS coupon came pretty quick so that is up next after HP

I did the first of 4 large on HP before reading 16 small is better. Large is only getting 18hpm. The instructions were confusing because it says to put your public IP in putty but I had none and had to go add a "floating IP". Looks like they charge $0.01/hr for this only if you create one and don't assign it to a server.

Edit #2: My large server crept up to 19 hpm while after a while my small went from about 2.6-3.2 and average about 3. Large is better if this is true at 6x the rate for only 4x the cost. I guess I will test out medium later too.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on December 05, 2013, 07:07:13 pm
I got the Coyote Pool miner going with the $200 free at Dimension on the Ubuntu12 option. It is reporting 23 hpm. How fast will this cut into my $200?

Should I have multiple of these going to just get through it fairly quickly? I don't see anything about pricing and there is no report yet.

ETA: AWS coupon came pretty quick so that is up next after HP

I did the first of 4 large on HP before reading 16 small is better. Large is only getting 18hpm. The instructions were confusing because it says to put your public IP in putty but I had none and had to go add a "floating IP". Looks like they charge $0.01/hr for this only if you create one and don't assign it to a server.

Edit #2: My large server crept up to 19 hpm while after a while my small went from about 2.6-3.2 and average about 3. Large is better if this is true at 6x the rate for only 4x the cost. I guess I will test out medium later too.

you can use ssh from your first cloud server, that has the public IP
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on December 07, 2013, 03:38:24 pm
that HPcloud.com offer is only three months now, instead of four

there's a $75 free coupon for storm cloud servers (liquid web) @

https://www.stormondemand.com/campaign/UMcnSFMg4RsMxwc4ixdATGGmBk8

link taken from webhostingtalk
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: montecristo83 on December 07, 2013, 03:59:11 pm
that HPcloud.com offer is only three months now, instead of four

there's a $75 free coupon for storm cloud servers (liquid web) @

https://www.stormondemand.com/campaign/UMcnSFMg4RsMxwc4ixdATGGmBk8

link taken from webhostingtalk

Cool, thanks!

Btw, the HP offer was always 3mo (90 days).
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 08, 2013, 02:11:25 am
that HPcloud.com offer is only three months now, instead of four

there's a $75 free coupon for storm cloud servers (liquid web) @

https://www.stormondemand.com/campaign/UMcnSFMg4RsMxwc4ixdATGGmBk8

link taken from webhostingtalk

Thanks! Trial added to the main post.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: JohnD on December 08, 2013, 09:54:22 am
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: hasher on December 08, 2013, 12:05:04 pm
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

its for accredited companies only, they check it.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: JohnD on December 08, 2013, 12:12:10 pm
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

its for accredited companies only, they check it.

So everybody who has a company... works for a company... or knows somebody who works for a company...
Basically everybody who tries it.

I know already 6 people who got the $1000 and they do not have a company.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: hm on December 08, 2013, 11:18:28 pm
I reached the CPU limit of 24 per region at Google Compute Engine. :(
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: r05 on December 09, 2013, 01:30:41 am
Using an 8 core MS Azure instance running Server 2008 R2. Works really well - I've got it for around 10 days free using their $200 free trial.

Best thing with Azure as far as I can tell is they automatically disable your account at the end of the trial period - they don't even try and bill you. Apparently they got a lot of flack in days past about that, so they've opted to default their trial to a $0 spending limit - so you'll never have to pay a penny if you don't want to.

They run Ubuntu 13.xx as well, but I've had compile errors with 13.04 and I love mstsc.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 09, 2013, 02:53:24 am
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

Looks like a pretty good trial, but which promo code do you use? You provided 2 codes.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 09, 2013, 03:24:19 am
Ok i applied and wrote that I will be using it for Our university project.

Will add this to the main post if it works.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: jernau on December 09, 2013, 02:15:09 pm
I don't know if you guys factor this into account, but for the free HP trial, they factor into account your bandwidth usage as well. As this is a strictly free venture for me, I decided to pull out in case of unexpected bills. Their customer support is great though.

ADDED: Well, I feel like a fool. If you look here: http://www.hpcloud.com/pricing#NonCDN you'll see that they charge per GB, and I doubt that ptsminer uses a GB in a month.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: montecristo83 on December 10, 2013, 11:31:38 am
Some info/tips about Google Compute Engine (feel free to add it to the first post):


This is based on letting one of each High CPU instance run for about one hour on ypool using the latest jhProtominer (h version, linux64-corei7sse4-512M):

2 cores ($0.131/hr): 38 c/m
4 cores ($0.261/hr): 67 c/m
8 cores ($0.522/hr): 105 c/m

(PS: One hour won't give the exact c/m, but it's pretty obvious that 2 cores is the best alternative)
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on December 10, 2013, 02:23:49 pm
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

Looks like a pretty good trial, but which promo code do you use? You provided 2 codes.

nrc-org is attached to this http://newrelic.com/

I applied and wrote that I'd be using it to jack it up to 100% CPU usage on various CPU-centric alt cryptocurrencies, purely for profits.  Will let you know the result, etc.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on December 10, 2013, 09:34:43 pm
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

Looks like a pretty good trial, but which promo code do you use? You provided 2 codes.

nrc-org is attached to this http://newrelic.com/

I applied and wrote that I'd be using it to jack it up to 100% CPU usage on various CPU-centric alt cryptocurrencies, purely for profits.  Will let you know the result, etc.

success

well, i also mentioned how i'd be using new relic to monitor my instances
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 11, 2013, 05:58:03 am
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

Looks like a pretty good trial, but which promo code do you use? You provided 2 codes.

nrc-org is attached to this http://newrelic.com/

I applied and wrote that I'd be using it to jack it up to 100% CPU usage on various CPU-centric alt cryptocurrencies, purely for profits.  Will let you know the result, etc.

success

well, i also mentioned how i'd be using new relic to monitor my instances

Seems I managed to get I think, just got an email from google with instructions on how to claim the credit. It says upto 2 weeks to get the credit.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: JohnD on December 11, 2013, 04:33:28 pm
1000$ Google Cloud Compute Starter Pack

https://cloud.google.com/developers/starterpack/

It takes 2-3 days until google enables your trial but it works really great.

edit:

Promo Codes:
1) nrc-org
2) gdg-in

Looks like a pretty good trial, but which promo code do you use? You provided 2 codes.

nrc-org is attached to this http://newrelic.com/

I applied and wrote that I'd be using it to jack it up to 100% CPU usage on various CPU-centric alt cryptocurrencies, purely for profits.  Will let you know the result, etc.

success

well, i also mentioned how i'd be using new relic to monitor my instances

Seems I managed to get I think, just got an email from google with instructions on how to claim the credit. It says upto 2 weeks to get the credit.

I do not remember which code i used.
I got the same mail and it took ~24 hours until i got the credit.

Another hint: you can increase the quota limit. I have 64 cores instead of 24 now.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: gee on December 12, 2013, 01:11:26 am
I got accepted in this google compute, but then after setting it up, they killed stating my project was not the kind they wanted blablabla...
Did that happen to you guys too?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 12, 2013, 03:28:58 am
I got accepted in this google compute, but then after setting it up, they killed stating my project was not the kind they wanted blablabla...
Did that happen to you guys too?

I got to step 2, they made me put my info and CC into my account. A few minutes ago I got an email telling me I got rejected stating that there are no more spots. Have to wait till Jan 2014 lol, they're probably lying as they always do.

Hard to share trials to the public, people abuse such promotions.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Smag on December 12, 2013, 01:20:28 pm
Got the same response here, gotta wait until Jan 14...
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: montecristo83 on December 12, 2013, 04:30:15 pm
I do not remember which code i used.
I got the same mail and it took ~24 hours until i got the credit.

Another hint: you can increase the quota limit. I have 64 cores instead of 24 now.

I used the first code. Took 50 minutes to get the credit.

Did you have to contact support to increase the quota limit, or is there an option for it somewhere?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: phrozenspite on December 20, 2013, 07:24:44 am
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 20, 2013, 09:29:23 am
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on December 20, 2013, 12:52:42 pm
I got accepted in this google compute, but then after setting it up, they killed stating my project was not the kind they wanted blablabla...
Did that happen to you guys too?
interesting

no, I just got a message saying that it was full after I finished putting my credit card in a few spots

I opened a dispute with the BBB a few days ago

i stated clearly what i was going to do with it, the acceptance letter makes no mention of there being a limited quantity (before receiving the acceptance letter im sure that's mentioned somewhere, but not relevant here)... oh, and the (probably?) form letter also stated something about applications reopening in january.   my reply was something to the tune of it doesn't matter when applications reopen, i've already qualified.  i didnt get a response for 5 business days & that's when  i filed with the BBB, google apparently has 'satisfactory' resolved all 5000+ complaints

put your cc into two diff spots = bait and switch
Title: Re: Free VPS: 24 core/8GB RAM for 1$ (1st month)
Post by: trankil on December 20, 2013, 04:00:53 pm
OK found new one  :D

http://www.hpcloud.com

they say its 90 days trial, now I am testing this configuration:
Flavor:  standard.2xlarge – 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 960 GB HD
Image:  328943 – Ubuntu Server 13.10 (amd64 20131030) - Partner Image

EDIT
it seems it is 20-25% faster then MS Azure server
after testing 1h it generated 73 shares vs azure 47 so its 55% faster
I like this game  :D

if you think I've helped you, you can tip me
thanks

coul d you tell witch server i have to choose to not increase the 100$ month free
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: hashbit on December 21, 2013, 07:14:08 am
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.

I mined with Dimension.  After you create your servers you click on one of the VPN links in the upper right, login and follow the steps to install the Cisco AnyConnect client.  You establish a VPN connection with that using the same login/password for your account.  Then you connect to your server with start - run - mstsc.

One thing I noticed is I don't see anywhere in the account page confirming I have the $200 credit.   I put the code in when I signed up.  Does anyone know if the credit is supposed to show up?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on December 21, 2013, 10:25:45 am
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.

I mined with Dimension.  After you create your servers you click on one of the VPN links in the upper right, login and follow the steps to install the Cisco AnyConnect client.  You establish a VPN connection with that using the same login/password for your account.  Then you connect to your server with start - run - mstsc.

One thing I noticed is I don't see anywhere in the account page confirming I have the $200 credit.   I put the code in when I signed up.  Does anyone know if the credit is supposed to show up?

I would just keep track of the total cost every day just to make sure you don't go over the 200$ credit. Try checking their terms and conditions of the free 200$ credit. They might be like Microsoft azure trial and just close everything down once the 200$ credit is used or like amazon aws and charge you once you exceed the 200$ credit.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: phrozenspite on December 21, 2013, 12:38:03 pm
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.

I mined with Dimension.  After you create your servers you click on one of the VPN links in the upper right, login and follow the steps to install the Cisco AnyConnect client.  You establish a VPN connection with that using the same login/password for your account.  Then you connect to your server with start - run - mstsc.

One thing I noticed is I don't see anywhere in the account page confirming I have the $200 credit.   I put the code in when I signed up.  Does anyone know if the credit is supposed to show up?

ahh alright i'll give it a try again tomorrow.  I got the cisco client installed but then i had no idea what to do after that, thanks
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: hashbit on December 21, 2013, 06:02:03 pm
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.

I mined with Dimension.  After you create your servers you click on one of the VPN links in the upper right, login and follow the steps to install the Cisco AnyConnect client.  You establish a VPN connection with that using the same login/password for your account.  Then you connect to your server with start - run - mstsc.

One thing I noticed is I don't see anywhere in the account page confirming I have the $200 credit.   I put the code in when I signed up.  Does anyone know if the credit is supposed to show up?

ahh alright i'll give it a try again tomorrow.  I got the cisco client installed but then i had no idea what to do after that, thanks

Your welcome.  Does it show you have the $200 credit somewhere on your account?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Primecoindude on December 22, 2013, 11:51:56 pm
Could someone give a brief explanation about how to use the stormcloud and dimension data trials?  I created servers on both but i can't figure out how to access any type of console or anything.  On the dimension one i had windows server running i think because I just used that with AWS and Azure to make things easier.

I never tried dimensions data, they kept asking for phone verification and apparently my line showing up as a prepaid line so I gave up on it.

But it shouldn't be any different from aws and azure. Try looking for the IP and windows login password of your server and use remote desktop connection from your PC to connect. You could check out the help section at dimension for info on how to connect.

I mined with Dimension.  After you create your servers you click on one of the VPN links in the upper right, login and follow the steps to install the Cisco AnyConnect client.  You establish a VPN connection with that using the same login/password for your account.  Then you connect to your server with start - run - mstsc.

One thing I noticed is I don't see anywhere in the account page confirming I have the $200 credit.   I put the code in when I signed up.  Does anyone know if the credit is supposed to show up?

I did as suggested but get some fucktime-error "Web-based installation was unsuccessful. If you wish to install the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, you may download an installer package."
When i download Cisco any-connect-blabla the installation cant complete either.. "The VPN client agent was unable to create the interprocess communication depot" is the error message i get.
Any help appreciated ;P
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: Arctek on December 23, 2013, 11:17:30 pm
Looks like dimension killed off my account pretty quick, and no emails about it either!
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: hashbit on December 25, 2013, 11:16:45 pm
Looks like dimension killed off my account pretty quick, and no emails about it either!

Same here.  I guess they don't like cloud miners.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on January 06, 2014, 01:59:54 am
http://www.seflow.net/ecloud/freetrial.php

I haven't tried it yet since it's late & I don't want to set things up (it looks like it gets you right into it)... it's only 8 euro worth, but  from what it says, it works like Azure instead of Amazon, so you won't get charged.  I'm not even sure if you have to put in any CC info.

Oh, and they have some great deals on dedicated servers, better than Hetzner (I didn't realize the cloud thing until later)
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on January 20, 2014, 05:37:41 pm
Thanks zvs for the find, will be checking it out in a few hours and will through it in the first post if its working for me.

Anways NEW offer has been added in the first post!!.

Enjoy guys!
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on January 20, 2014, 08:50:07 pm
Thanks zvs for the find, will be checking it out in a few hours and will through it in the first post if its working for me.

Anways NEW offer has been added in the first post!!.

Enjoy guys!

I went and looked at it again..... if they don't kick you off for coin farming like some other host I've heard does (dimension or something? hah),

1 dedicated CPU core   
€ 0.005
€ 0.012

the hourly price is .005 and the daily price is .012.  so i guess you would want to book it for a day.  but that would mean you could run 100 cores for like 6 days?

ed: bah, just do 95 for 7 days.

oh, I see.  you have to pay for RAM also.  each 512MB of ram is € 0.048 and you'd also need € 0.048 disk space. 

not sure how many of the other things you'd need, if it's per instance, or what

it also seems to me like they meant .12 instead of .012 for the cpu core. 

did their price calculator, thing.. 8 core, 5120 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD, 500 GB traffic, 100 Mbps uplink, says €1.633 / daily , not bad
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on January 23, 2014, 11:46:54 pm
Thanks zvs for the find, will be checking it out in a few hours and will through it in the first post if its working for me.

Anways NEW offer has been added in the first post!!.

Enjoy guys!

I went and looked at it again..... if they don't kick you off for coin farming like some other host I've heard does (dimension or something? hah),

1 dedicated CPU core   
€ 0.005
€ 0.012

the hourly price is .005 and the daily price is .012.  so i guess you would want to book it for a day.  but that would mean you could run 100 cores for like 6 days?

ed: bah, just do 95 for 7 days.

oh, I see.  you have to pay for RAM also.  each 512MB of ram is € 0.048 and you'd also need € 0.048 disk space. 

not sure how many of the other things you'd need, if it's per instance, or what

it also seems to me like they meant .12 instead of .012 for the cpu core. 

did their price calculator, thing.. 8 core, 5120 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD, 500 GB traffic, 100 Mbps uplink, says €1.633 / daily , not bad

Been going through their site for almost a hour and couldn't find the link to register for the free trial.

Their prices seem are amazing, I mean even cheaper than amazon ec2 instances. Could you please post the link to the registration page.

Would like to test it out, if its good as they say might keep using it after the trial.

Thanks.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: krpetrov on January 27, 2014, 09:50:28 am
Check datasoft coupon from the first post but it is expired.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on January 27, 2014, 08:06:01 pm
Check datasoft coupon from the first post but it is expired.

Just took a look seems there is no coupon but it
says rent for first month is 0$.

I think you get first month free or you get te first month free when buying 2 or more months.

Better talk to support to make sure.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on January 29, 2014, 03:38:48 pm
Thanks zvs for the find, will be checking it out in a few hours and will through it in the first post if its working for me.

Anways NEW offer has been added in the first post!!.

Enjoy guys!

I went and looked at it again..... if they don't kick you off for coin farming like some other host I've heard does (dimension or something? hah),

1 dedicated CPU core   
€ 0.005
€ 0.012

the hourly price is .005 and the daily price is .012.  so i guess you would want to book it for a day.  but that would mean you could run 100 cores for like 6 days?

ed: bah, just do 95 for 7 days.

oh, I see.  you have to pay for RAM also.  each 512MB of ram is € 0.048 and you'd also need € 0.048 disk space. 

not sure how many of the other things you'd need, if it's per instance, or what

it also seems to me like they meant .12 instead of .012 for the cpu core. 

did their price calculator, thing.. 8 core, 5120 MB RAM, 10 GB HDD, 500 GB traffic, 100 Mbps uplink, says €1.633 / daily , not bad

Been going through their site for almost a hour and couldn't find the link to register for the free trial.

Their prices seem are amazing, I mean even cheaper than amazon ec2 instances. Could you please post the link to the registration page.

Would like to test it out, if its good as they say might keep using it after the trial.

Thanks.

It looks like it only shows up on the Italian version of the website:

http://www.seflow.it/ecloud/freetrial.php

Then click on 'create cloud account' or w/e. 

Attivazione Prevista  10 Minuti
CPU per Cloud  4
numero Cloud  3
RAM Assegnata  512 MB
Spazio Assegnato  5 GB
Banda Mensile  500 GB
Uplink per Cloud  100 Mbps
Indirizzi IPv4  1
Indirizzi IPv6  10
Spesa stimata oraria  € 0.018
Spesa stimata Mensile  € 13

*boggle*

You'd need a bit more RAM, otherwise it looks OK.  4 cores for .018 euro?  nice.

I guess you might 'have' to take that initial 4 core thing?  But, then, you are supposed to have that 8 euro trial & it says they won't charge you if you go over.

google translated 'The proposed service is so innovative that a simple presentation will not allow you to fully understand its full potential. SeFlow will offer you a gift voucher of € 8.00 that you can use for your eCloud freely. At the end of the credit you can decide whether to reload and continue to use it or close it without any cost.'

and on a somewhat related note, that old google trial cloud offer of $2000.  they never responded to my BBB complaint, info here:

http://www.bbb.org/sanjose/business-reviews/internet-services/google-in-mountain-view-ca-214105

Factors that lowered Google, Inc.'s rating include:

Government action(s) against business.
Failure to respond to one complaint filed against business.

...  they have a branch in Austin, TX, so I could realistically take them to small claims court (wouldn't have to travel to California).  I might just do that, not sure yet.

ed:

I'm also going to call the BBB sometime later today in regard to:

Advertising Review
BBB has nothing to report concerning Google, Inc.'s advertising at this time.

... as my unanswered complaint was an advertising issue..  so this should be changed
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on January 31, 2014, 08:12:10 am
That solves my problem, gonna test it out.

Google 2000$ promo was bullshit, they said in Jan they will re-open it but nothing happened.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on February 04, 2014, 05:42:53 pm
That solves my problem, gonna test it out.

Google 2000$ promo was bullshit, they said in Jan they will re-open it but nothing happened.

Did you get the acceptance letter?  They didn't answer my BBB complaint so now the district attorney of sunnyvale, CA is involved (bait & switch fraudulent advertising). 
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: therapy on February 05, 2014, 06:21:43 pm
List of free trial vps accounts for mining

http://cryptocurrency-mining.blogspot.com
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 06, 2014, 12:36:32 am
That solves my problem, gonna test it out.

Google 2000$ promo was bullshit, they said in Jan they will re-open it but nothing happened.

Did you get the acceptance letter?  They didn't answer my BBB complaint so now the district attorney of sunnyvale, CA is involved (bait & switch fraudulent advertising).

I didn't get anything at all, when emailed me 2 months about waiting till Jan I knew they were full of shit.

Oh datasoft free month promo is back on just got an email from them about it.

@therapy thanks for the links will add that to the main post.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on February 10, 2014, 04:00:08 am
That solves my problem, gonna test it out.

Google 2000$ promo was bullshit, they said in Jan they will re-open it but nothing happened.

Did you get the acceptance letter?  They didn't answer my BBB complaint so now the district attorney of sunnyvale, CA is involved (bait & switch fraudulent advertising).

I didn't get anything at all, when emailed me 2 months about waiting till Jan I knew they were full of shit.

Oh datasoft free month promo is back on just got an email from them about it.

@therapy thanks for the links will add that to the main post.

If adding stuff like promo free VPS, burst.net has promo free dedicated server for new customer:

https://service.burst.net/cart.php?gid=16

you have to put in CC info of course, but it's not hard to cancel it "in time"..   i had no issues (you dont have to set up a recurring paypal payment).   I think they do take that $1 setup fee, but that's it

I used the Q6600, the two better ones, I never saw available
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 13, 2014, 07:56:48 am
Thanks, nice find. Added to the main post.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on February 14, 2014, 08:38:36 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 15, 2014, 02:36:16 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

Great find, just ordered a serer the start server (4 core-16GB RAM for 99$/month).

Its free for the first month but remember they charge 2$ to verify your payment and to make sure it has money in it  ;)

I used my VCC that had 2$ on it. In case they try charging for a full month they will fail. Just a precaution. Used my real info and all.

Will update when I get my login details and add it to the first post with a few notes to make sure you don't get charged extra.

Note to everyone: entropay.com is the way to go with VCCs if you don't to share your real CC info and personal info.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: krpetrov on February 15, 2014, 09:06:13 am
Nice find. Working like a charm! 8)
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 15, 2014, 10:17:08 pm
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on February 16, 2014, 04:57:21 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Yeah, that place seemed a bit shady from reading webhostingtalk.  No complaints about the burst.net offer, though.

I *think* the ppl complaining said they got their money back but I guess a lot of people might not even bother (or notice)... which is why they do it
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: krpetrov on February 16, 2014, 08:07:40 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Same problem with me! Tried to contact support buy still no answer.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 16, 2014, 02:34:15 pm
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Same problem with me! Tried to contact support buy still no answer.

Ok got a reply from them, seems to be a mistake:

Quote
Thank you for informing us.
The invoice was issued by mistake, we have now canceled this invoice and it will clear from the notification on your customer interface within 48 hours.

No payment was made for this invoice.

We apologize for this inconvenience.

Best regards,

Oh and one more thing I noticed but at datasoft, it seems they allow mining but only on the dedicated servers you rent. Thats pretty good news since their dedicated servers are not so expensive. You'll need to mine 8 PTS in 30 days to breakeven.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: krpetrov on February 16, 2014, 03:40:15 pm
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Same problem with me! Tried to contact support buy still no answer.

I still wait for an explanation from support?!
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 17, 2014, 12:30:03 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Same problem with me! Tried to contact support buy still no answer.

I still wait for an explanation from support?!

Give abit they'll reply eventually telling you that its a mistake and your credit card has not been charged. Even if your charged and they don't refund you just open a dispute with your bank explaining the issue. Make sure to take a screenshot of the page that says the server is free for the first month incase they remove it. You can provide that with proof to your bank incase they don't refund you if they charged you full price.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: krpetrov on February 17, 2014, 07:29:10 am
There is another "free" dedicated server trial, but I haven't tried this one myself and I've seen some complaints about it on webhostingtalk, but:

First off, there is this one, but I don't think you should use it?  unless you actually got the email about it.  I think only people that have an account there but have never gotten a server from there got this promo email.  It may work for everyone, though.  I'm not sure.

http://www.server4you.com/root-server/special-offer.php

here's the general free server offer, with servers that aren't as good:

https://order.server4you.com/pages/dedicated/index.php

The "Ecoserver Large" or "Ecoserver Big", the first month is free.  There are a few people that complained they got billed on webhostingtalk, but some others posting that they completed it fine.

I suspect even if you did get billed, you'd be able to get the money back either via support tickets (or even a chargeback).  My guess is that there are  maybe a handful of complainers and 100's that completed it w/ no problems..

**WARNING**

They tried charging my credit card for the full price of the server, luckily I had a VCC with only 2$ on it. Not sure if its just a glitch since my server is still online but emailed support asking about this issue. My server is still working.

Same problem with me! Tried to contact support buy still no answer.

I still wait for an explanation from support?!

Give abit they'll reply eventually telling you that its a mistake and your credit card has not been charged. Even if your charged and they don't refund you just open a dispute with your bank explaining the issue. Make sure to take a screenshot of the page that says the server is free for the first month incase they remove it. You can provide that with proof to your bank incase they don't refund you if they charged you full price.

It is ok now. Received an apology from support explaining that the invoice was send by mistake.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on February 17, 2014, 01:51:58 pm
Oh and one more thing I noticed but at datasoft, it seems they allow mining but only on the dedicated servers you rent. Thats pretty good news since their dedicated servers are not so expensive. You'll need to mine 8 PTS in 30 days to breakeven.
in regard to datasoft, it looks like all they have is the 5639's?  $79 for 8GB, $109 for 16GB.  they're cheaper at www.servercomplete.com, $69 for 5639 w/ 24GB of RAM.  or Datashack's $74 for same thing..  wholesaleinternet has it w/ 8 GB of ram for $69.

I think the haswell's on seflow.it or some of hetzner's auctions are better, though

though i'm not sure if any are actually profitable, w/ all the gpu farming now

i get 514 cpm on a 5639 w/ 512kb ram threads....  it's around 670 on a 5650 w/ 1gb threads

using all 8 threads on a 4770 haswell would be faster than the 5639

oh, and google responded to my complaint, did I say that yet?   so now the BBB site says 'Our complaint history for this company shows that the company responded to and gave proper consideration to most complaints. However, one complaint is unresolved meaning the company failed to properly address the complaint allegations or their response was inadequate.' .. but I'm delaying sending my packet to DA, since they have until feb 28th to reply

they said they stopped issuing the free credits because people were abusing it to mine cryptocurrencies, which was against their ToS.  I don't recall seeing that in their ToS.  my application itself said that I was going to use my trial credits to farm cryptocurrencies.  i've got a printout of that as well.  if it's against their ToS, they shouldnt have accepted my application.  if they do give me credit and then suspend my account for mining cryptocurrencies, then they'd be open to a small claims dispute.  the ToS I agreed to isn't the same as the ToS that they have now,

oh, my response was along the lines of how they failed to uphold their end of the contract, and what other people were doing is irrelevant

update:  checked an i7-4770 that I've been running 8 threads @ 1GB of RAM for the last 24 hrs or so, was at 710cpm
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 18, 2014, 02:09:34 am
Oh and one more thing I noticed but at datasoft, it seems they allow mining but only on the dedicated servers you rent. Thats pretty good news since their dedicated servers are not so expensive. You'll need to mine 8 PTS in 30 days to breakeven.
in regard to datasoft, it looks like all they have is the 5639's?  $79 for 8GB, $109 for 16GB.  they're cheaper at www.servercomplete.com, $69 for 5639 w/ 24GB of RAM.  or Datashack's $74 for same thing..  wholesaleinternet has it w/ 8 GB of ram for $69.

I think the haswell's on seflow.it or some of hetzner's auctions are better, though

though i'm not sure if any are actually profitable, w/ all the gpu farming now

i get 514 cpm on a 5639 w/ 512kb ram threads....  it's around 670 on a 5650 w/ 1gb threads

using all 8 threads on a 4770 haswell would be faster than the 5639

oh, and google responded to my complaint, did I say that yet?   so now the BBB site says 'Our complaint history for this company shows that the company responded to and gave proper consideration to most complaints. However, one complaint is unresolved meaning the company failed to properly address the complaint allegations or their response was inadequate.' .. but I'm delaying sending my packet to DA, since they have until feb 28th to reply

they said they stopped issuing the free credits because people were abusing it to mine cryptocurrencies, which was against their ToS.  I don't recall seeing that in their ToS.  my application itself said that I was going to use my trial credits to farm cryptocurrencies.  i've got a printout of that as well.  if it's against their ToS, they shouldnt have accepted my application.  if they do give me credit and then suspend my account for mining cryptocurrencies, then they'd be open to a small claims dispute.  the ToS I agreed to isn't the same as the ToS that they have now,

oh, my response was along the lines of how they failed to uphold their end of the contract, and what other people were doing is irrelevant

update:  checked an i7-4770 that I've been running 8 threads @ 1GB of RAM for the last 24 hrs or so, was at 710cpm

Datasoft servers aren't that good, I would only use it with the free month promo, server4you 98$ server gives more hashpower than the 24 cores on datasoft.

Google doesn't allow mining but yet doesn't mention it in their TOS, strange for a billion dollar company to mess that up. I never got the credits and I stated in my application that I would be using it for educational purposes (taking network engineering in school) so was not lying but they still didn't give me anything.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on February 22, 2014, 01:40:14 pm
Just a note guys, server4you stopped responding to my support ticket. Ever since their website went down for about a day (its online now) things changed. I tried getting another server and paid for but still nothing yet. Its been almost 3 days.

Just warning, try not to use your CC but maybe a PayPal account in case they charge and don't deliver.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on March 01, 2014, 08:06:24 pm
My BBB process w/ Google is done.  Not sure how long it'll take for them to censor out all the bits of my complaint & post it... it dropped google's rating from a B- to a C-, though

i need to talk to a  lawyer, but i think probably what I'll end up doing is just filing a $2,000 small claims case in Austin, Tx (they have a branch there so i wouldnt have to drive to california)

i'm going to skip the DA mediation, doesn't seem useful to me, given all the records I have from my bbb complaint.  the fact that they're sending me advertisements for their cloud services is the reason why i'm going to consult with an attorney.  i don't recall signing up for that.. it may have been one of the conditions of receiving their $2,000 trial offer,  which I never received

it's essentially bait & switch advertising

ed: oh, i've changed my mind & will probably go through with the sunnyvale DA.. except I'm changing my desired resolution to receiving the cash equivalent of the trial offer, $2,000
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on March 08, 2014, 07:07:32 am
I have not tried this myself, but:

http://www.softlayer.com/info/free-cloud

To order your public cloud instance FREE for one month, just complete the following form.

CPU   1 x 2.0 GHz Core
RAM   1 GB
Storage   25 GB (LOCAL)
Public Bandwidth   5000 GB Bandwidth
Primary IP Addresses   1 IP Address
Uplink Port Speeds   100 Mbps Public & Private Networks
Monthly Charge*   $29.00
Promotional Discount*   -$29.00
First Month*   $0.00

* Taxes and additional charges might apply and will be shown on confirmation page. Promotional offer valid for new customers only, for a CloudLayer Computing public cloud instance in any SoftLayer data center excluding DAL01, and any related taxes or charges for one calendar month. Valid credit card required for authorization. Card will be charged for additional months of service if cloud server is not cancelled within one month of activation.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on May 22, 2014, 07:57:07 pm
All Our Customers can have 3 free servers from us NOW, Dediacted Server, Cloud Server and Website Hosting Service.

Greetings!

We are happy to announce that Datasoft Networks is now offering one month FREE for the following three Services. All customers can claim all three free Servers/Services.

Please note Virtual Money Mining not allowed on these free servers. You need to take full rent Dediacted Server to do Virtual Money mining

We are offering a 5 GB Disk Space and 250 GB Bandwidth Website Hosting Service for only $2.99 a month. First Month FREE.
Please Click Here for more Details: http://datasoft.ws/ds_webadvnt.php And order here: http://datasoft.ws/ds_webbasic.php

We are offering a 2 Core 2 GB Unlimited Bandwidth Cloud Server for only $7.00 a month. First Month FREE.
Please Click Here for more Details: http://datasoft.ws/ds_cloudadv.php And order here: http://datasoft.ws/ds_cloudservers2.php

We are offering a 100% Dedicated 24 Core 8 GB Dell PowerEdge C1100 Unlimited Bandwidth Server for only $69.00 a month. First Month FREE.
Please Click Here for more Details: http://datasoft.ws/ds_dedadv.php And order here: http://datasoft.ws/ds_plusdedicated.php

Visit www.datasoft.ws for details or E-Mail us to support@datasoft.ws
Thanks, Datasoft Networks Inc. 18118 Chesterfield Airport Rd Suite K Chesterfield MO 63005 USA

-----------------

They will be out of stock any minute now.  I took one of the 24 core Windows 2003 servers (they said they were 'out' of Ubuntu).

It charges paypal one cent and is non-recurring.

use my referral link if you're feeling generous:

https://datasoft.ws/aff.php?aff=513
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: smokim11 on May 23, 2014, 07:09:07 am
I would bother referring anyone, datasoft referral program is a scam.

I had about 40$ in earnings and asked how can I cashout, they said a minimum of 50$ is required to cashout. A week later I had collected about 65$ in earnings and when I spoke with them again they said its a 100$. Stupid scammers wouldn't give me my earnings. They then claimed to get credit for your referral purchases they must buy 2 months worth of services. Today my balance is 10 cents, still wondering where did all my earnings go? They took them...

Now They leave me no choice but to scam them in return...see their little promo that has been going on for quite some time? Well I abused it and literally got over 40 servers from them for a month for FREE!

Take that datasoft...your servers are shit too, awful just awful performance for a 24 core dedicated server.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on May 23, 2014, 02:43:21 pm
I would bother referring anyone, datasoft referral program is a scam.

I had about 40$ in earnings and asked how can I cashout, they said a minimum of 50$ is required to cashout. A week later I had collected about 65$ in earnings and when I spoke with them again they said its a 100$. Stupid scammers wouldn't give me my earnings. They then claimed to get credit for your referral purchases they must buy 2 months worth of services. Today my balance is 10 cents, still wondering where did all my earnings go? They took them...

Now They leave me no choice but to scam them in return...see their little promo that has been going on for quite some time? Well I abused it and literally got over 40 servers from them for a month for FREE!

Take that datasoft...your servers are shit too, awful just awful performance for a 24 core dedicated server.

haha, well, I guess it would be for a penny.  I guess they can't install OS'es themselves, all they let me choose from is windows (server 2003?) and centos, so I took windows.

I asked for IPMI access so I could install my own OS but I suppose you can't do that either

btw,

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3517120069.png)

that's speedtest-cli from wable dallas vps =p
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on July 24, 2014, 06:08:55 pm
You were right about Datasoft or w/e, lol.  For the first two weeks I just piddled around with it, used maybe 50GB upstream.... then around halfway thru the month, I started transferring some files over from another server, and like 15minutes later they took my server down, cause of excessive bandwidth use or something?   Said they'd put it back up, etc.... I said, screw it, just cancel me.   Network was slow, slow, slow.

Anyway,

I haven't read all the fine print on this yet, but clubvps.com has a one month trial with code 1MONTH300 that says:

Promo Code Includes:
Free Month of:
1 Cloud Server Instance up to 100$ value
1000 GB Cloud Block Storage
1000 GB Outgoing Internet Traffic
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on July 27, 2014, 02:39:11 pm
hmm, all sorts of cloud trials

here's one, for a month with valid cc, just have to cancel within trial period:

http://www.serverpronto.com/free-cloud.php

1cpu, 1GB RAM, 20gb HD, 5TB transfer

another:

www.softsyshosting.com

Quote
HURRY - $90 Free Credit ($15/m For 6 Months) & 25% Additional RAM FREE - Promo Code FLEXICLOUD90 at checkout

Quote
Flexi Cloud

1 - 500 Virtual Machines
30GB - 2TB SAS Disk Space
1 - 32 CPU Cores
1.25GB - 64GB ECC REG RAM
500GB - 10TB Premium Bandwidth
Administrator / Root RDP / SSH Access

From $14.95/m (Use Promo Code: FLEXICLOUD90) - ~$0.02/hr

Details || Order

Note: * Free RAM limited to 2GB per order

so essentially that means it'd be their cheapest VPS for 6 months, if you just wanted it to be free since it says the $90 is distributed $15/mo.
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on August 03, 2014, 05:48:58 pm
linode expired, it's  badass too
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on August 14, 2014, 07:27:02 pm
haha

here, i'll bust it out again;

https://datasoft.ws/aff.php?aff=513

free24core

"10 left"

it claims this time it's 'unlimited bandwidth'

xeon l5639 which is pretty crap, but..

i guess they never tried to rip me off last time, the service was just junk

Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on August 21, 2014, 08:21:09 am
ClubVPS worked fine.  The Hong Kong location has a great link (was getting solid 10MB/s international), but alas for a 200GB limit per month.  Israel location was interesting as well.

2 week trial vps you can sign up for @ http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/33029/2-week-trial-vps-please-help-us-improving-our-service#latest
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: nyse on August 28, 2014, 07:51:54 pm
Is it still profitable mining now?
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: unsoindovo on August 29, 2014, 03:56:18 pm
Is it still profitable mining now?

No at current difficulty
Title: Re: All Free server trials, credits suitable for mining PTS.
Post by: zvs on September 10, 2014, 10:27:21 am
Is it still profitable mining now?

well, technically it would be.. mining on something that's free.

but it's not worth the trouble.  you'd get maybe a few $ in a month.  like botnet only material nowadays