How to verify if a dedicated server is really dedicated?

[lkovnih226]

Some web hosting providers are offering a few dedicated server packages with good price and big discounts. I want to have a try for 1 month, but I am wondering is there a way to make sure my server is dedicated and not a VPS or Shared server. Are there any tools I can verify that my server is running on bare metal and that I am the only user?

 

[dedica_manager]

Run the command on the server:

dmidecode -t system

So you will know which manufacturer

 

[lkovnih226]

lkovnih226

Could you give a detailed example? how to know it's a dedicated server when knowing its manufacturer?

 

[dedica_manager]

dedica_manager

Example, you can see that it is the XEN VPS:

root# dmidecode -t system | grep -e Manu -e Prod
       Manufacturer: Xen
       Product Name: HVM domU

 

[laceibanet]

the manufacturer being shown as a virtualization method will definitely mean you're on a vps. So if you run that on a dedicated server you should get the processor manufacturer

 

[Adam Greer]

Some web hosting providers are offering a few dedicated server packages with good price and big discounts. I want to have a try for 1 month, but I am wondering is there a way to make sure my server is dedicated and not a VPS or Shared server. Are there any tools I can verify that my server is running on bare metal and that I am the only user?

Hello. If you have a Linux server, you could try to run such command as for example lspci as root. If you see the output with a lot of words "Virtual", you are most likely on VPS (it could be virtual disk or so on). Also it is a good idea to issue such command as dmidecode -t system . Check especially the Manufacturer field.
And of course choose the reliable hoster.

 

[BountySite]

I would also try few more things:-
- Find mac address of the host and lookup at www.macvendorlookup.com
See if it matches the lspci network vendor name.

- Check for hdd standard sizes

- "lspci" would reveal some information

- this link is informative
http://www.dmo.ca/blog/detecting-virtualization-on-linux/


Cheers,
Dinesh Gunasekar

 

[hostslim]

A good check to do as well is uname -a (checking the kernel) if you see something like stab.xxx or whatever virtualization Kernel then you know it's not a real dedicated server (if OPENVZ is used).

lspci reveals information as well, plus the other suggestions that were already made.

 

[CyberAlchemist]

CyberAlchemist

Thanks for your experience!

But for the case it is a dedicated sever then how does it show on the command console?

 

[hostslim]

Then for instance it shows Linux_CENTOS-X_x64xxx without stab1234x

 

[HM-Mike]

You can use lspci or dmeicode to find out information regarding the base system, you will know from the results if it's real or not.