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Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by Hetzner_OL »

znpy wrote: post #44
Hetzner_OL wrote: post #4

Thanks for posting about our good news! Here's some additional information about the new location: Hetzner Docs, Cloud locations: https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/general/locations Hetzner Docs, Cloud Networks: https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/networks/faq#can-networks-spa... What's new, Cloud: https://docs.hetzner.cloud/whats-new --Katie, Hetzner

Just asking: it'd be nice to have some discount based on committing (and maybe pre-paying) on resources. I'm evaluating moving some of my personal stuff to Hetzner and if I do so I'd likely stay there for years. It'd be nice to be able to commit to, say, keep a virtual server (or some block storage) for one year (or more?) and get a nice discount. Any chance we'll see something like that in the future?

To the best of my knowledge, we do not provide discounts for agreeing to longer contracts, and we don't plan to do so in the near future. We try very hard to keep our base prices as low as possible and hope that customers will choose to stay with us because they have a positive experience. Depending on your use case and how many resources you need, it may be worthwhile looking at some of our dedicated servers, which you can use together with our cloud servers. For example, if you want a server with beefier storage, you could get a dedicated server and put it in a private network together with your cloud servers. Many of our cloud servers have setup fees, but VERY low monthly fees. So over time, the longer you use a dedicated server, the more you save. We also have dedicated servers on our Server Auction that have NO setup fees. Dedicated servers: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ Server Auction: https://www.hetzner.com/sb/ --Katie

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by Hetzner_OL »

re-thc wrote: post #6

Great news though I wonder why we're continuing with 7002 in new locations. I get the consistency but by now that's 2 (almost 3) generations old. Would rather have a new start. The 7002 is due for an upgrade. At some point it's no longer a price advantage when the hard is so behind.

A lot of careful thought and planning went into choosing the hardware for the basis of our cloud infrastructure in Singapore. One of the important factors was the reliability of the hardware. This allows us to provide a very reliable product to a very competitive price, which fits in most use-cases. However, we are still developing and testing new platforms. But as always: We can not share details about a roadmap. --Katie

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by i5heu »

At this point it would be cool if Hetzner would have not only a floating IPs but also Multicast IPs.

This would be on my Wishlist super high up and it would instantly solve a big issue in routing with a robust solution.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by istipb »

Hetzner_OL wrote: post #53
istipb wrote: post #35

I see intel variant shared vps are cheaper than the amd in hetzner. When we can get Intel variation in Singapore also?

Hi there, I can add a +1 for this to our customer wishlist for you. --Katie

Sure thank you. Intel variation will be awesome. It will be much cheaper than existing AMD variant i think. And any idea when we can get ARM vps?

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by apitman »

Hetzner_OL wrote: post #43
nozzlegear wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The other person deleted their comment to you about Hetzner accounts being randomly terminated before I could reply, so I'll send my reply here: This happened to me when I tried to sign up for Hetzner on a whim in June. I'd heard they have ARM offerings and wanted to try them out, so I got through the account registration process and set up a machine. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong – I think I was trying to ch…

Hi there, thanks for sharing your experience here with others. Generally, we ask customers to not use a VPN or proxy when they create their account. We also have some other tips here: https://www.reddit.com/r/hetzner/comments/1cmhvzs/new_accoun... Like any serious web hosting company, we need to take measures to try to reduce abuse as much as possible, and our experience shows that being somewhat overly careful with…

I appreciate you responding here. I might be in the minority, but if you really wanted to impress me I would love to see a response to the sibling's comment about "unlimited" data usage.

I know every company sells unlimited plans that actually aren't, but that's never going to change unless somebody starts being honest about it. Hetzner could really set themselves apart by making that clear. You could have a simple "why we don't have an unlimited data plan" to explain that other companies aren't being honest. Could be good for PR.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by apitman »

justinclift wrote: post #36
apitman wrote: post #21

I maintain a list[0] of tunneling software a la ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel and open source alternatives. I'm considering entering the commercial market and offering a hosted solution. These services tend to have very low CPU/RAM requirements, but relatively high network usage. This led me to comparing network usage pricing across VPS providers. Somewhat ironically, Hetzer's pricing (20TB/mo for a $5 VPS) is so good t…

As a data point, you can put a lot of VMs onto a single dedicated server, depending (of course) on how you spec it out: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax Their dedicated servers also have "unlimited" traffic, though as a sibling comment mentions, there might be some kind of unstated limit after all.

I think I'd end up more limited by data usage than speeds, so the VPS route might actually make more sense. 10x VPS might actually be higher aggregate throughput than a single dedicated 1Gbps line as well.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by re-thc »

istipb wrote: post #35

I see intel variant shared vps are cheaper than the amd in hetzner. When we can get Intel variation in Singapore also?

> I see intel variant shared vps are cheaper than the amd in hetzner

What does cheaper even mean when it is a lot slower...

Those were old Intel CPUs...

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by justinclift »

apitman wrote: post #57
justinclift wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a data point, you can put a lot of VMs onto a single dedicated server, depending (of course) on how you spec it out: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax Their dedicated servers also have "unlimited" traffic, though as a sibling comment mentions, there might be some kind of unstated limit after all.

I think I'd end up more limited by data usage than speeds, so the VPS route might actually make more sense. 10x VPS might actually be higher aggregate throughput than a single dedicated 1Gbps line as well.

You can get 10GbE uplink connections for dedicated servers at Hetzner. ;)

Re: Hetzner Cloud Expands to Singapore

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Post by nozzlegear »

Hetzner_OL wrote: post #43
nozzlegear wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The other person deleted their comment to you about Hetzner accounts being randomly terminated before I could reply, so I'll send my reply here: This happened to me when I tried to sign up for Hetzner on a whim in June. I'd heard they have ARM offerings and wanted to try them out, so I got through the account registration process and set up a machine. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong – I think I was trying to ch…

Hi there, thanks for sharing your experience here with others. Generally, we ask customers to not use a VPN or proxy when they create their account. We also have some other tips here: https://www.reddit.com/r/hetzner/comments/1cmhvzs/new_accoun... Like any serious web hosting company, we need to take measures to try to reduce abuse as much as possible, and our experience shows that being somewhat overly careful with…

Thanks for the reply! The VPN thing makes sense, I've run into trouble using VPNs before which is why I suspected it was the issue. I'll check out your link on dedicated ARM servers! I didn't know those were an option at all.
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