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Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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Is this host trustworthy ? Feature wise it seems too good to be true: Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Quadcore incl. Hyper-Threading Technology RAM 32 GB DDR3 RAM Hard disks 2 x 3 TB SATA 6 Gb/s HDD 7200 rpm (Software-RAID 1) NIC 1 GBit OnBoard connected at 100 MBit Backup Space 100 GB Traffic Unlimited*

In general, I've had nothing but good experiences with them. They're reasonably bare-bones, though; don't expect miracles in terms of support.

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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My issue with Hetzner is that by the time you add in management options necessary for a remote dedicated server, your monthly cost isn't that much better than other options. Example: To have remote KVM/IP you'd need to first pay 15EUR for their flexipack for the privilege of adding additional features. then 19EUR mo and 149 EUR setup for KVM/IP Now you're up to $122USD/mo + almost $400USD for setup. Compare to Incero…

I wouldn't have called KVM/IP a requirement for a remote dedicated server. Nice to have, but by no means a requirement. What do you use it for?

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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Been planning to set up a cluster with Hertzner using the EX 4, so the 4S is like getting 16GB more RAM for 10 Euros more a month. This is great news. One thing I have wondered about is whether hosting in Germany is a good idea. First is the latency issues. Will serving web pages to customers on the west coast of the US really suffer? (this is in the minimum viable product stage-- we're not google yet) Secondly, I'm…

The data protection directive might be an issue for you; protection of personal information is much stronger in the EU than in the US.

Less likely, but because it's Germany, if you're hosting bigoted content, particularly Nazi-associated content, that will be a problem.

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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Been planning to set up a cluster with Hertzner using the EX 4, so the 4S is like getting 16GB more RAM for 10 Euros more a month. This is great news. One thing I have wondered about is whether hosting in Germany is a good idea. First is the latency issues. Will serving web pages to customers on the west coast of the US really suffer? (this is in the minimum viable product stage-- we're not google yet) Secondly, I'm…

Check out http://heise.de (one of the faster german sites), to get a feeling of the latency.

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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can anyone explain how is this even possible considering how expensive that piece of hardware is?

I'm gona take a wild stab in the dark and say megaupload has freed a lot of servers lol.

I wouldn't host illegal content from within German borders.

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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post #49

Been planning to set up a cluster with Hertzner using the EX 4, so the 4S is like getting 16GB more RAM for 10 Euros more a month. This is great news. One thing I have wondered about is whether hosting in Germany is a good idea. First is the latency issues. Will serving web pages to customers on the west coast of the US really suffer? (this is in the minimum viable product stage-- we're not google yet) Secondly, I'm…

For ten more € a month, get error-corrected memory: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex6

Re: Hetzner introduces new server product with insane parameters for 59 EUR/mth

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I don't see an explanation about VAT, but outside Germany you shouldn't need to pay it, which makes the actual price about 50 euro/month + the one-time 125 euro setup fee. Sadly I just reserved an instance for one year with Amazon the other month but this looks quite a good offer.

Yep, we're out of EU zone and got one server with them. We don't pay VAT.
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