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Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by pantalaimon » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

erwan wrote: post #8

For me, Hetzner, Starlink, and Tailscale are 2014-era startups: stellar products that turn you into a zealous militant for the companies. This is a very exciting development. I am very much looking forward to their dedicated offering extending to the US.

How is Tailscale, just another VPN provider, comparable to Hetzner and Starlink?

I smell covert advertisement…

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by throwaway277360 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:46 AM UTC

More Cloud providers is a good thing. But I hope more providers start following the method of an implementation of OpenStack that a customer can control. OpenStack has an API and tools which makes it much easier for a customer to start using cloud services in a standard way. Might not be good for "vendor lock-in", but it does let me ramp up on technology quicker. I've used OpenStack in a couple cloud providers so far and I really enjoyed it. (I've also administrated an OpenStack bare metal cluster, so I don't envy whoever is managing it at the cloud provider....)

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by throwaway277360 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

evilc00kie wrote: post #2

Cloud product site has been updated: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

I changed my country on that page to US but all the prices still seem to be in euros?

It would be great if they let me see more detail about the instance types without having to sign up for an account. I'm not sure if I want to try it out, and I'm lazy, so I probably just won't now.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by slig » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

returnofzyx wrote: post #16

Hetzner has a seriously flawed fraud detection system. There are multiple documented review complaints. Seriously, try opening an account from a third world / low income country (non EU/US/UK/CA/AU/NZ), your order will be flagged immediately. If they don't want orders from those countries, they should explicitly say so.

Had the same issue trying to open an IBM cloud account recently. After submitting my CC info the system told me to get in touch via email, and after contacting them they wanted two official documents (Driver’s License and Passport) to be submitted via email. Big nope from me.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by bovermyer » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:50 AM UTC

As an American who'd only be using VPSes like this for personal projects, the only thing holding me back from trying Hetzner before this was that they had no US servers.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by Hetzner_OL » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:52 AM UTC

returnofzyx wrote: post #16

Hetzner has a seriously flawed fraud detection system. There are multiple documented review complaints. Seriously, try opening an account from a third world / low income country (non EU/US/UK/CA/AU/NZ), your order will be flagged immediately. If they don't want orders from those countries, they should explicitly say so.

Country of origin is not the sole reason we reject some orders. Most orders are rejected because of more than one red flag. We do have customers from "high-risk" countries. We also reject many European orders that appear to be fake, or that are far enough along the "possibly risky" scale. It is not a perfect art, but our team is constantly tinkering to improve our methods. We find that being overly cautious helps us to prevent abuse down the road. --Katie, Marketing Hetzner Online

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by switch007 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:57 AM UTC

throwaway277360 wrote: post #22

More Cloud providers is a good thing. But I hope more providers start following the method of an implementation of OpenStack that a customer can control. OpenStack has an API and tools which makes it much easier for a customer to start using cloud services in a standard way. Might not be good for "vendor lock-in", but it does let me ramp up on technology quicker. I've used OpenStack in a couple cloud providers so far…

Openstack: the API every customer wants, but a stack no CTO wants to deploy?

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by NoMAD76 » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 11:59 AM UTC

js4ever wrote: post #11

This is huge, 1cpu, 2gb or ram, 20TB of bandwidth on each vm for $3.99.

Great deal, I use OVH Starter VPS that is a fraction cheaper at $3.50 (same config) For testing and personal use I found both offers to be top-notches and only DC location could be a decision factor here

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by r1ch » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 12:01 PM UTC

neverminder wrote: post #4

capableweb wrote: post #3

Not sure about their cloud services, but their dedicated servers offering is unmatched anywhere. Unfortunately they only have DCs in Finland and Germany, would love to see it expanded. Anyone here sitting on any information if they are planning to extend their locations?

This. Cloud is everywhere nowadays, but most dedicated servers are outrageously expensive or have bandwidth limitations (I'm looking at you OVH). Servers on Hetzner's auction might be pushing 10 years, but who cares as long as they work just fine.

What kind of bandwidth limitations have you seen with OVH? Their burstable bandwidth works great for us during peak times, I've never noticed any throttling. Though if you're running a seedbox and maxing the interface 24/7 things might be different.

Re: Hetzner Cloud Goes US (Ashburn/VA)

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Post by Vespasian » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 12:02 PM UTC

throwaway277360 wrote: post #23

evilc00kie wrote: post #2

Cloud product site has been updated: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

I changed my country on that page to US but all the prices still seem to be in euros? It would be great if they let me see more detail about the instance types without having to sign up for an account. I'm not sure if I want to try it out, and I'm lazy, so I probably just won't now.

Their FAQ mention that prices will be in Euros.

Scroll down on that page. Specs should be there. Or do you mean something different?