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Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by max-m »

clan wrote: post #86
hs86 wrote: post #21

I am using their previous "VServer" offering and while it is not easily visible on their landing page it is possible to reboot their VPS into either a Linux based or a FreeBSD rescue image and install your favourite Linux distro or FreeBSD from there. This way you can run for example a FreeBSD or Arch Linux VPS for under 3 Euro per month. :)

I am running FreeBSD on their VServer (and dedicated) too. Anyone know if the rescue system is available on the cloud offering as well? (So alternate OS can be installed) And do the "cloud" have the same painful setup with the gateway outside the subnet?

From the FAQ [1]: > Can I install Windows? > Right now we are focusing on support for Linux as an operating system. If you wish, you may install Windows on your own, and we have seen successful installations done. However, we will not provide any support for Windows.

Currently I'm running a CX20 (primarily as mail server and for smaller private projects), thinking of switching to the CX21 (more RAM, less storage, cheaper) or the CX31 (way more RAM, more storage, price per month is around 2€ higher than the CX20). If someone has benchmarked them against the old offerings, I'd be happy to see the result. :)

[1] https://www.hetzner.com/cloud?country=gb

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by bootcat »

oliwarner wrote: post #167

That's really cheap. With really good features. However, what keeps me on Linode is that they have a London datacentre with excellent peering. I've seen 9ms pings, 150 miles away. Makes for seriously fast websites (in concert with good development processes). Hetzner responds in 31-35ms from here. That might be Good Enough™ for many applications but it's not as special. I've never been this tempted to jump ship thoug…

I am also on Linode as its price point is its strength. Really considering if Hetzner would charge forex on US cards, otherwise, seems like a good plan.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by bobince »

kuschku wrote: post #136
bobince wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW: I block Hetzner. They have an automated abuse-handling system that sends your complaint to the spammer and asks them politely to stop. This often works for small-time operation on a single IP address, and for compromised servers, but it's completely inadequate for dealing with large customers and rogue resellers spamming over large netblocks, and against darker-coloured-hat spammers engaging in reprisals. Reply…

Considering you said you also block Amazon, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15494970 , I don’t think your opinion will have much weight on this topic.

I don't aspire to weight, but I don't really know what you're getting at here - amazonses is commonly blocked as its abuse reporting is a brick wall, much worse than Hetzner who are at least trying, if ineffectively.

(Not talking about all of Amazon, just SES - AWS for example is a different animal.)

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by matt4077 »

dx034 wrote: post #154
darekkay wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

→ Hetzner: CX21, 2 cores, 4GB RAM - 5.83€ → OVH VPS Cloud 2, 2 cores 4GB RAM: 23.79€ → OVH VPS SSD 2, 1 core, 4GB RAM: 9.51€ → OVH VPS SSD 3, 2 cores, 8GB RAM: 17.84€ For me, OVH's unlimited traffic does not explain the price difference. I will highly consider switching to Hetzner. EDIT: correct meaning

EDIT: Misunderstood OP's comment.

I think this is an example of a rather common mistake ESL speakers make regarding the meaning of "hardly".

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by DisposableMike »

Is Hetzner not known to generally be a "bad" host? I have suffered so much abuse at the hands of their clients (DOS attacks, aggressive spidering/SQL Injection probing) that I've blocked their entire IP space on the majority of my client networks. I've never received a single response from their abuse report email/tool.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by rubenbe »

dx034 wrote: post #132
logronoide wrote: post #118

Hetzner has an excellent reputation for rock-solid engineering and very good prices. While the cloud providers invested in innovation in software, they focused on optimizing the hardware and data center techniques and engineering (something very German, btw). Now that Cloud is a pure commodity and companies are learning about how to be truly 'multi-cloud' they come out of nowhere with a very interesting proposal at i…

And without the OVH cloud interface which has horrible loading times and sometimes randomly switches to French.

When contacting OVH support in French, I generally receive very good support. I sometimes wonder how good the response is when they receive the same question in English.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by nirv »

Maakuth wrote: post #13
realPubkey wrote: post #2

Is the location of the cloud-server still Nürnberg/Falkenstein? The prices seem to be very low.

They are also in process of building out in Finland ( https://www.cinia.fi/en/archive/hetzner-data-center-park-hel... ). There's a direct GER-FIN fiber link laid in the Baltic, owned partially by Hetzner ( https://www.cinia.fi/en/services/international-connectivity-... ).

That's interesting! Thanks for pointing out.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by jacquesm »

dx034 wrote: post #132
logronoide wrote: post #118

Hetzner has an excellent reputation for rock-solid engineering and very good prices. While the cloud providers invested in innovation in software, they focused on optimizing the hardware and data center techniques and engineering (something very German, btw). Now that Cloud is a pure commodity and companies are learning about how to be truly 'multi-cloud' they come out of nowhere with a very interesting proposal at i…

And without the OVH cloud interface which has horrible loading times and sometimes randomly switches to French.

OVH is great when it works but inconsistent, Hetzner stuff 'just works' and is roughly in the same price range, unless you need lots of bandwidth, then it can be very hard to find anything that can beat OVH.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by imhoguy »

myf01d wrote: post #62

I would really like to try Hetzner since it's a respectable company and offers much lower prices than DO or Linode, however, they need an ID verification. Since I am egyptian and have no passport, I cannot register. I hope they find a more resilient way for registration.

AFAIK Hetzner and other major German hosting companies require scan of EU/EEA ID or international passport. Possibly this is required by German law. Just acquire a passport or find local reseller on some "webhostingtalk"-like forum.
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