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Could somebody walk me through why ARM based servers are so inexpensive compared to their x86 counterparts? Is performance much lower? 16 cores & 32gb of RAM for less than 25 euros seems like a bargain.
Here's hoping it's not just an early adopter promo
Did a quick comparison between intel 2 vCPU and Arm 2 vCPU, these are shared CPUs though so YMMV: sysbench cpu --threads=2 run Intel events per second: 1864.20 Arm events per second: 6687.05 Coremark Intel iterations/sec: 20077.633516 Arm iterations/sec: 23625.767837
If you have access to them a much more informative datapoint would be `openssl speed rsa` or `lzbench`. Sysbench is just a stunt it doesn't indicate much at all.
rsa 512 bits 0.000070s 0.000006s 14268.2 159885.6
rsa 1024 bits 0.000405s 0.000021s 2468.4 47757.7
rsa 2048 bits 0.002847s 0.000078s 351.3 12830.1
Hetzner x86: sign verify sign/s verify/s
rsa 512 bits 0.000067s 0.000004s 14893.9 240902.8
rsa 1024 bits 0.000127s 0.000009s 7845.9 114300.9
rsa 2048 bits 0.000874s 0.000027s 1144.6 36800.6
Great news. I'd like to see how a vCPU compares between arm64 and amd64 but not sure how to best go about it. I've created VMs for both with 4 vCPU and will run the phoronix benchmark suite. After that I'll probably try 16 arm vs 8 amd vCPU because that's a closer match in terms of price. Any suggestions welcome but I also don't want to spend too many hours on it. Will post results. Ran the kernel build benchmark (re…
>I'd like to see how a vCPU compares between arm64 and amd64 That depends on how many vCPUs are they running on each physical core for both x86 and ARM.
This will never be 100% scientific or correct since there are many factors that come into play, stuff like noisy neighbour for example.
What I'm trying to get is a ballpark idea of how their arm vCPU compares to the amd equivalent.
Does anyone know if there is ssh/root access and what OS the servers are running?
These are VPSs. You can SSH, use the root user, and when setting up you can choose what OS to use, they give a list or iirc they let you upload your own ISO.
I'm currently running Ubuntu but am open to alternatives. My local Raspberry Pi uses a fun, but little maintained OS called Hypriot which is just this: Start Docker and not much more.
Could somebody walk me through why ARM based servers are so inexpensive compared to their x86 counterparts? Is performance much lower? 16 cores & 32gb of RAM for less than 25 euros seems like a bargain.
AWS has been trying really hard with Graviton 3.
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One of the chat support people told me that they were going to do that pretty soon. Haven't seen anything though.
When was this? This one really interests me.
I hope Hetzner starts offering GPU instances like Vultr.
With all the AI hype I'd assume they'll try to offer GPU instances again with precautions put in place.
The required either PayPal or passport. I have no PayPal account, and their 3rd party verification system only allows passport from your country of residence (signup requires providing a contact address and they pre fill using this address; you can’t change the passport country). I am a British citizen living in Japan, and therefore hold a British passport; there was no way for me to provide a Japanese passport. I asked what I should do to comply, and they banned my account 6 hours later.
I can’t be the only one to experience this, can I?
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I've benchmarked ARM systems vs other processors. On my workload, using Intel as a baseline. AMD under performs relative to standard benchmarks. ARM over performs relative to standard benchmarks. I have seen good performance from Ampere, particularly for the price. However, ARM architecture complicates my workflow significantly. I've found that they are not worth using it right now due to compatibility issues, easier…
Try alpinelinux, you'll be able to find almost everything, coupled with nix for just in case. I've yet to find any package missing.
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These are VPSs. You can SSH, use the root user, and when setting up you can choose what OS to use, they give a list or iirc they let you upload your own ISO.
Any recommendations for an uncomplicated server OS which will just run Docker, SSH and not much more? I'm currently running Ubuntu but am open to alternatives. My local Raspberry Pi uses a fun, but little maintained OS called Hypriot which is just this: Start Docker and not much more.