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   @Dwarf (dwarf@borg.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 03:19:31 JST @Dwarf

   What are some cheap but reliable EU virtual private server (VPS) hosters? I'm in the market for some.
   
   #hosting #vps

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     @Dwarf (dwarf@borg.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 03:29:19 JST @Dwarf

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     • Jakob Gillich

     @jgillich@mastodon.social Currently the borg.social server has a 4 core 2.1Ghz 4GB server, that'd be €16/month at Hetzner, idk if that's cheap but I don't think I'm spending that much per month by hosting from home yet

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     Jakob Gillich (jgillich@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 03:29:22 JST Jakob Gillich

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     @dwarf Hetzner. /thread ?

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 03:34:52 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf contabo has been pretty stable - been using them for a year.

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     Sander van Kasteel (suitedupdev@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 03:34:56 JST Sander van Kasteel

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     @dwarf Scaleway has always been my go to option.

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     @Dwarf (dwarf@borg.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:21:07 JST @Dwarf

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     • Günter :mildpanic:

     @lifeofguenter@convo.casa very competitive pricing! The only "downside" is the upload/download speed not being a guaranteed gigabit. Overall though, very nice.

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:32:09 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf yes, bandwidth is indeed limited at lower packages you get more at the bigger packages. They throttle, so its not even shared/random. I am easily able to achieve the speeds as advertised in US, DE and SG though.

     I would separate high bandwidth from compute maybe.

     Or royalehosting.net ?

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     @Dwarf (dwarf@borg.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:32:09 JST @Dwarf

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     • Günter :mildpanic:

     @lifeofguenter@convo.casa a fedi server doesn't need a whole lot of speed though there are moments where we push 0.5Gbit/s with borg.social, as long as it let's me burst like that it'll be fine

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:56:50 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf there is some bursts allowed, but they do throttle as "advertised" - so the lowest tier you will hardly be able to go above 200Mbit/s.

     Then I'd rather suggest netcup.de (have not used them for 10+ years).

     Webtropia is usually pretty good, but they have not fixed their IPv6 for VPS for over two weeks (if you use CF that won't be an issue).

     Others I know are either more expensive per CPU/RAM or are capped at even lower than 200Mbit.

     maybe https://host-unlimited.de/vserver-mieten :D

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     @Dwarf (dwarf@borg.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:59:35 JST @Dwarf

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     • Günter :mildpanic:

     @lifeofguenter@convo.casa I'm considering the odroid h3(+) (https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3/), it seems perfect for at-home hosting and a definite step up from the odroid c4 (https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-c4/) I use now. I wonder if the mac mini is comparable in power use.

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 05:59:36 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf or host it on a used m1 mac mini - power draw should be relatively low :P

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 06:14:39 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf that being said though, thanks for the hint, odroid-h3 is really awesome on specs and pricing.

     Though also getting really close to Intel NUCs (or similar) - which are also pretty good choice for home price vs. watt vs. performance

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     Günter :mildpanic: (lifeofguenter@convo.casa)'s status on Monday, 06-Feb-2023 06:14:40 JST Günter :mildpanic:

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     @dwarf e.g. just comparing:

     https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N5105+%40+2.00GHz&id=4412

     vs.

     https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+M1+8+Core+3200+MHz&id=4104

     I mean more than double the performance for 50% more power draw

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