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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 smoldesu »

trvz wrote: post #136

Geekbench 5 results for rough comparison, best of 3+ runs: --- Intel 1-core VPS single: 719 (2 GB RAM) --- Intel 2-core VPS single: 729 Intel 2-core VPS multi: 1402 (4 GB RAM) --- AMD 2-core VPS single: 1141 AMD 2-core VPS multi: 2214 (2 GB RAM) --- Ampere 2-core VPS single: 872 Ampere 2-core VPS multi: 1716 (4 GB RAM) --- Ampere 16-core VPS single: 880 Ampere 16-core VPS multi: 12143 (32 GB RAM) --- And for some fun…

At least till the big boys arrive: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/grace-cpu/

Re: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

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Post by onefkgff »

datenwolf wrote: post #119
2000UltraDeluxe wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have an address on your passport? I can see how that could cause issues if the address isn't valid. If I'd have to determine if your order was fraudulent or not, I'd err on the side of caution rather than risk having you abuse my server infrastructure (in the case of Hetzner).

A lot of people confuse the passport (Pass) with the national identity card (Personalausweis). There's no place of residence stated on the German passport, but it is part of the Personalausweis. Since German citizens by law are required to own a Personalausweis (there's no mandate to carry it around, just having it somewhere in a drawer suffices), practically all businesses in Germany do rely on the Personalausweis t…

There is a common misconception about the law. Germans are only required to have either a passport or a NIC.

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Post by singlow »

andix wrote: post #148
rascul wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’ve never seen ID cards from other countries that include an address of residence. In the USA the driver's licenses are ID cards and have addresses. Or if you don't have a license you can get a regular ID card, which has an address. The laws vary from state to state about how long you can go after you move before it gets updated. I'm not aware of a legal requirement to have one though, unless you're driving.

I thought the only way in the US to prove your address of residence is collecting your last few phone bills and bank statements. It was a huge LOL moment, when I first heard about that.

Its definitely not the only way but it is an option for some people who don't have other types of id.

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Post by rejectfinite »

Havoc wrote: post #69
thatwasunusual wrote: post #66

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> 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. Is this something new? I (Norwegian) have been using Hetzner for 10+ years, and never had a problem, and never had to attest my identity. CurrentlyI have a four servers running there. The last one was set up approx. a year ago…

>I (Norwegian) That may be the difference. Some nationalities get KYC'd easier than others and they seem to take it very seriously

There is a reason :)

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Post by yrro »

marcosdumay wrote: post #157
yrro wrote: post #110

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Whoa whoa whoa I can opt out of paying VAT? How do I do this!

You prove you don't reside on the EU, and they don't bill you the VAT. (But I believe the KYC rules aren't only because of this.)

You got my hopes up but it seems I'm stuck paying UK VAT even though I don't think it's necessary any more.

I've run into this with a few different German businesses, I don't know if I'm right or they are, but it seems like they don't _have_ to charge me VAT. Which is underlined by the huge "import VAT" bill I'm dumped with when I have physical goods delivered to me in the UK.

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Post by kseistrup »

subsequentmask wrote: post #26
kseistrup wrote: post #25

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.

Thanks.

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Post by blackshaw »

andix wrote: post #125
datenwolf wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of people confuse the passport (Pass) with the national identity card (Personalausweis). There's no place of residence stated on the German passport, but it is part of the Personalausweis. Since German citizens by law are required to own a Personalausweis (there's no mandate to carry it around, just having it somewhere in a drawer suffices), practically all businesses in Germany do rely on the Personalausweis t…

This is a very German thing. I’ve never seen ID cards from other countries that include an address of residence. Also the obligation to own an ID card is a very foreign concept in most other countries. I had that issue with German companies before, especially those who rarely deal with international customers. For example in Austria only a few people own an ID card (most people have a passport, but not everyone). So…

> the obligation to own an ID card is a very foreign concept in most other countries.

Is it? From a quick search it looks like a very large number of countries have compulsory ID cards:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card...

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Post by robjan »

yrro wrote: post #165
marcosdumay wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You prove you don't reside on the EU, and they don't bill you the VAT. (But I believe the KYC rules aren't only because of this.)

You got my hopes up but it seems I'm stuck paying UK VAT even though I don't think it's necessary any more. I've run into this with a few different German businesses, I don't know if I'm right or they are, but it seems like they don't _have_ to charge me VAT. Which is underlined by the huge "import VAT" bill I'm dumped with when I have physical goods delivered to me in the UK.

They do have to charge you VAT unless you are a VAT registered limited company

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Post by blackshaw »

andix wrote: post #148
rascul wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’ve never seen ID cards from other countries that include an address of residence. In the USA the driver's licenses are ID cards and have addresses. Or if you don't have a license you can get a regular ID card, which has an address. The laws vary from state to state about how long you can go after you move before it gets updated. I'm not aware of a legal requirement to have one though, unless you're driving.

I thought the only way in the US to prove your address of residence is collecting your last few phone bills and bank statements. It was a huge LOL moment, when I first heard about that.

This is true in the UK - driving licenses have your address on them, but for some reason they're not usually accepted as proof of address. I assume this is because you only need to renew the license (i.e. get a new copy of the physical piece of plastic with an updated photo and expiry date) every ten years, so in theory your driving license could be evidence that you lived somewhere nine years ago but not evidence that you still live there today.

Providing a recent utility bill or bank statement is a much more common ask.

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Post by BackBlast »

Havoc wrote: post #156
Jamie9912 wrote: post #146

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For comparison, here's an AWS a1.large instance (2cpus, 4GB ram) YABS benchmark I just ran https://gist.githubusercontent.com/12932/8ba27254846072a43b0...

Jikes. Why is the hdd read so bad? 6 MB/s. Six?

4k block size, it's IOPS limited. No surprise there.
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