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Re: Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers

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ar0 wrote: post #9

I like the idea, but there still seem to be some glitches: When I look for VPSs with at least 5GB RAM, I get a lot of VPSes with 1.5GB RAM (e.g. https://www.serverhunter.com/?search=D21-C9F-3C1 ). Also, when you use the "reporting" feature, the report seems to get sent, but submitting it clears the "Issue description" field which is then highlighted in red which at first made me think something went wrong... Probably…

Oops, this has now been fixed for those providers you found - I'll check if there are any others I can find.

The issue with the field being highlighted in red seems to be specific to Firefox, I'll investigate and hope to have this resolved shortly as well.

Thanks for letting us know about these issues. :)

Re: Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers

#12

Post by ServerHunter »

rambojazz wrote: post #10

How did you collect all this data? How do you keep it updated?

Custom crawlers, API implementations and lots of automation. Like most search engines, it's not flawless, but it's getting better every day. :)

Re: Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers

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Post by tmikaeld »

Most VPS hosters "share" CPU time between users on a host server (Which mean CPU type/speed doesn't mean much).

So it would be great if you could filter for that on serverhunter to paint a fair(er) picture, because a few hosters give dedicated cores by default.

When we tried benchmarks on the Hetzner Cloud we found that some servers had as low as 10% max CPU on a crowded host server, which makes sense as to why they charge 8 times more for dedicated CPU cores.

Re: Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers

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Post by ServerHunter »

tmikaeld wrote: post #13

Most VPS hosters "share" CPU time between users on a host server (Which mean CPU type/speed doesn't mean much). So it would be great if you could filter for that on serverhunter to paint a fair(er) picture, because a few hosters give dedicated cores by default. When we tried benchmarks on the Hetzner Cloud we found that some servers had as low as 10% max CPU on a crowded host server, which makes sense as to why they…

That makes sense! Unfortunately, it'll be hard to obtain benchmarks for every plan with every provider, and it'll be even harder to get enough benchmarks with each provider to paint an accurate picture.

Even with the same provider, there can be massive differences between VPSs, it just depends whether you end up on an idle host node with no noisy neighbors or one where everyone is busy mining their favorite cryptocurrency.

Regardless, we do understand the need for accurate performance numbers, so this is something we will explore further in the near future.

If you have any ideas, please let me know. :)

Re: Show HN: Server Hunter – Easily browse over 11,000 VPS and Dedicated Servers

#20

Post by ServerHunter »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #18

Css for adblocking: #tbody_results > tr:first-child { display:none; }

Our ads won't always show up or be the first row, you could simply use .advertisement { display: none } for now.

Do note that our advertisements are not served via a third-party provider, there's no tracking, no chances of malware or rogue JS and they're actual offers from our website based on your search filters.

It would be appreciated if you kept them, but in the end, that's entirely up to you. :)

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