Don't recall which was the original thread where the offer was brought up but here's a benchmark report:
http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2013/05/03/FriPHG6KiZTCTk4h
I did get it knowing that it was going to be a "for fun" server because I was curious of its performance. Now, I kinda wish I could get my $19 back :(
The hardware is indeed a ODROIDU2. I also ordered it with a 64GB SSD. It wasn't mounted when I ran the test, so the I/O performance you see there is probably from reading an SD card.
After I partitioned and mounted the SSD:
root@xxx:/home# dd if=/dev/zero of=io-test bs=1M count=1k conv=fdatasync
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 45.6014 s, 23.5 MB/s</code>
Main -> SSD
root@xxx:~# dd if=/dev/sda1 of=sb-io-test bs=1M count=1k conv=fdatasync
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 99.2937 s, 10.8 MB/s
SSD -> Main
Not that amazing anyway. I can't be bothered with the other read/write tests.
I thought the server would be at NYC (what the WHT post said and also why I jumped on the offer), but the traceroute says it is out of Choopa in NJ.
Sales was immediate in my initial emails until money exchanged hands last Friday. Was aware of the 3-5 business days delivery time. Emailed twice (once on Tues and again on Thurs) to inquire on status - do note that it was a polite email asking for an updated ETA because I'd like to know when I can expect it to be delivered (i.e. it wasn't a "Where is my server?!@#" email). No response received to either emails.
Finally, on Thurs (yesterday), I decided to open a ticket and said that if they don't respond to these simple inquiries, I'd like my money back. Response was a minute later saying that it'll be up by Friday at the latest. Server was delivered around midnight the same day.