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Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by nixass »

Galaco wrote: post #38

Never figured out how to use Hertzner. Wanted to try since they get such a good reputation on here, but they banned my account when their system presented no way for me to verify my identity. 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 t…

> The required either PayPal or passport

I had similar struggles with some non-IT service providers in Germany. They couldn't fathom why I have non-German nationality, German address and driving license from third country. Passport, German address and driving license all have different address on them (all three being EU addresses). It is apparently huge red flag in EU in 21st century. Incredible

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by karakanb »

jeffbee wrote: post #24
cbg0 wrote: post #14

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.

it would be very helpful to have this benchmark for the same price-point instances as well. e.g. it seems like the 2vCPU + 4GB ARM instance is 4.52eur while the 1CPU + 2GB x86 instance is 4.51eur, therefore it would make sense to do a comparison on this level as well.

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by jacooper »

eis wrote: post #37
jacob019 wrote: post #12

I hope Hetzner starts offering GPU instances like Vultr.

Hetzner at some point used to offer dedicated servers with GPUs like a nVidia 1080 but stopped offering these because there was a lot of fraud and abuse involving crypto miners. With all the AI hype I'd assume they'll try to offer GPU instances again with precautions put in place.

They are still available in the server auction section

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by withinboredom »

derefr wrote: post #80
jonatron wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has come up a few times on HN, if you search comments for "Hetzner fraud". The solution is to use a different provider if you can't use Hetzner.

I've seen the other side of this. Our SaaS (a data API) has a number of "customers" who attempt to use us (or our competitors; we're not special here) to power some data displays on their phishing-scam websites, to make them seem more legitimate. We ban these people — they're violating our ToU by engaging in illegal activities. But they come back. With different names, different IPs, different browsers, different cre…

It’s likely they’re just using hacked sites. I’ve seen a WordPress site used as a Viagra botnet. The owner of the business thought it was good for them because they would get more traffic so they had given the other party root access. :sigh: the shit you see as a contractor…

But I’d be willing to bet you’re seeing hacked servers, not necessarily Hetzner’s fault. Hell, they didn’t even have ipv6 firewalls until recently (like the last six months).

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by loeg »

re-thc wrote: post #28
loeg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cooper Lake (2020) is still a Skylake. They aren't that old!

The 1 that was mostly canned? See: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15631/intels-cooper-lake-plan... It's limited everywhere.

> The company is set to only make the hardware available for priority scale-out customers who have already designed quad-socket and eight-socket platforms around the hardware.

I work at one of those customers; we use loads of them.

Nevermind Ice Lake / Alder Lake (2021) / Raptor Lake (2022) -- Intel hasn't abandoned the "Lake" naming scheme yet.

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by sgtfrankieboy »

aendruk wrote: post #76

I’ve never paid much attention to Hetzner but this interested me. Upon clicking the call to action in the announcement they blocked me with “Request on Hold - Suspicous Activity Detected”. I have no interest in subjecting myself to this treatment.

It's literally just an alternative to Cloudflares attack protection.

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Post by withinboredom »

danesparza wrote: post #46
lordnacho wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They seem pretty good at writing back to people. Have you contacted them? It's normal for new accounts to get suspended pending KYC checks. But they also do the checks pretty fast.

The OP indicated this in their original comment: "I asked what I should do to comply, and they banned my account 6 hours later."

That’s pretty suss. Just send your passport and if they have any issues with it, they’ll ask. If they ask you for your passport and you ask “how do I comply” I’d probably suspend the account to since you seem unable or unwilling to comply.

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by counttheforks »

derefr wrote: post #80
jonatron wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has come up a few times on HN, if you search comments for "Hetzner fraud". The solution is to use a different provider if you can't use Hetzner.

I've seen the other side of this. Our SaaS (a data API) has a number of "customers" who attempt to use us (or our competitors; we're not special here) to power some data displays on their phishing-scam websites, to make them seem more legitimate. We ban these people — they're violating our ToU by engaging in illegal activities. But they come back. With different names, different IPs, different browsers, different cre…

Are you implying that someone (possibly temporarily) living in another country than where they're from means the sensible course of action is to instantly ban them?
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