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Move from OVH Eco/Kimsufi/SoYouStart to Valebyte: instant provisioning, modern hardware, multi-region beyond France.
Eco/Kimsufi auctions can wait 12-72 hours for the right config. New SoYouStart and Rise dedicated typically 2-6 hours but can spike. If you need a server now, this is friction.
Many Kimsufi/Eco servers are 5-10 year old E3/E5 Xeon refurbished from previous OVH datacenters. Modern EPYC/Xeon Gold with NVMe is only at the higher tiers.
OVH Manager is functional but dated. KVM-IP and IPMI access work, but the workflow is slow compared to one-click cloud panels.
Kimsufi at 100 Mbps unmetered. Eco at 250 Mbps. Only Rise/Advance/Scale lines have 1 Gbps+. Valebyte VPS gives 10 Gbps shared even on the cheapest plan.
All OVH servers are in France/Canada/Australia/Singapore/UK/Poland/Germany. If you serve audiences in LATAM, Africa, or the Middle East, latency and data-residency matter.
Kimsufi has a one-time €20-50 setup fee on top of monthly. Valebyte plans don't charge setup fees on VPS or instant-provisioning dedicated.
No marketing — actual differences. Including where they win.
Total time — 1 hour (small VPS) to 4 hours (TB-scale DB). Zero-downtime possible — steps 4-6.
OVH dedicated has no native snapshots. Boot into rescue mode (OVH Manager → Server → Boot to rescue), then `dd if=/dev/sda | gzip | ssh user@temp-host 'cat > backup.img.gz'` over SSH. For Public Cloud instances, use the snapshot button.
OVH Manager → Web Cloud → Domains → select domain → 'DNS zone' → 'Export'. Get a BIND zone file. Most registrars import directly.
Do this 24h before cutover. Visitors see new IP within 5 min instead of waiting hours for caches.
Match RAM and vCPU; disk you can grow later. Pay your preferred way (card, SEPA, USDT/BTC, MIR/SBP).
`rsync -avzP --delete /source/ root@new-server:/dest/` for files, configs, Docker volumes, and pre-dumped databases. Test first with `--dry-run`.
Postgres: `pg_dumpall | ssh new-server psql`. MySQL: `mysqldump --all-databases | ssh new-server mysql`. If using OVH Public Cloud Database, export via OVH Manager → 'Backups' → 'Download'. For self-hosted DB on dedicated, standard `pg_dump`/`mysqldump` works.
Don't copy `/etc/shadow` blindly across distros — use `useradd` and copy `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`. Verify sudoers with `visudo -c`.
Same Docker Compose, Ansible playbook, or k3s manifest works on Valebyte (Ubuntu 22/24, Debian 12, AlmaLinux 9 are available). No vendor-specific lock-in.
List your existing rules → recreate via `ufw` or `nftables` on Valebyte. Test all inbound services with `nmap` from outside before going live.
Wait for old TTL to expire (5 min if you lowered earlier). Watch traffic with `tcpdump` to confirm requests are arriving on the new server.
Don't shut down the old side immediately. Watch error rates, latency, customer complaints. If something breaks — flip DNS back instantly.
Wait until you're sure nothing references old IPs (cron jobs, webhooks, hardcoded configs in third-party services).
All plans: 10 Gbps, dedicated IP, full root, KVM console
10 Gbps unmetered, multi-region, flexible payment (card, SEPA, crypto, MIR). VPS in 30 seconds.