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[Question] OVH vs hetzner for a cheap dedicated server
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2023
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What do you need it for? Using just HDD this server will be kinda slow. If this is just about storage, I'd recommend getting a good VPS from Hetzner, Netcup or php-friends and extend storage using a Hetzner Storage Box. 1TB for just 3,xx EUR or 5TB for around 12 EUR.
As a benefit you'll not have to deal with failing drives and you do easy backups using snapshots.
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How is the speed of the storage box? How do you connect to your VPS? Samba?
I am using cifs. There may be some ups and downs, depending on decryption, filesize and stuff, but in general I can pretty much use the full Gbit connection. The lowest transfer I can remember was 58 or 59 MB/s when I transfered a lot of small files.
Thanks!
I would recommend storing pict-rs images and db backups on B2, much cheaper at only $5/TB.
Pict-rs has configuration options for using B2, and you cna use a script or a Kubernetes operator to automate backups to B2.
Edit: nvm, it appears that storage boxes are cheaper. Not sure how they're managing to do that.
I second this! I have been with Hetzner for a couple of years now, pretty happy overall. You could get a decent setup for around 20-25 EUR/m. For 25 you could get a 5TB storage box with a 4core/8GB/160GB SSD VPS, which, IMHO is a decent deal.
As for latency, which I saw you asked about, I have a VPS in their Falkenstein DC and I get 35-40ms from Greece (on a Gigabit FTTH, normalised for LAN latency)
I've just checked and the lowest price is € 38,91, or am I in the wrong section?
Yes, you're in the wrong section. You are looking at dedicated servers, and they are talking about VPS'. You can find them at https://www.hetzner.com/cloud, /u/Mallias was speaking about the CPX31 (under "Shared vCPU (x86)")