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[Question] OVH vs hetzner for a cheap dedicated server (lemmy.douwes.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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I don't know if renting a dedicated server goes against the point of selfhosting but whatever.
Everyone seems to recommend hetzner on reddit because they are cheaper, but OVH seems to be much cheaper that hetzner for low end servers, especially the Kimsufi and So You Start ranges.

This is the server I was looking at with OVH:
CPU : Intel Xeon D1520 - 4c/8t - 2.2 GHz/2.6 GHz
Memory : 32 GB DDR4 ECC
Storage : 4 x 2 TB HDD SATA Soft RAID
Public bandwidth : 250 Mbps
Price: £26.66 per month.

hetzner seems to start a lot higher with specs, but I don't need 64GB of ram and a 1Gb/s internet connection, The instance I am posting this from is the lowest spec kimsufi possible with an intel atom and 4GB of RAM and that is running lemmy and mastodon fine.

Is there something else bad about OVH that I am missing? (other than the flammable servers)

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[–] ilco@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

Ive bin using oneprovider (Frans /Amsterdam) for a while now. They somtimes got some decent dedi server for like any where between 10/16 euros a month (1tb HD. 4gig ram is usely like 10to12 euro month . Kinda depends on what you want. But they are nice servers space wise.

[–] Stardenver@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you need it for? Using just HDD this server will be kinda slow. If this is just about storage, I'd recommend getting a good VPS from Hetzner, Netcup or php-friends and extend storage using a Hetzner Storage Box. 1TB for just 3,xx EUR or 5TB for around 12 EUR.

As a benefit you'll not have to deal with failing drives and you do easy backups using snapshots.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I would recommend storing pict-rs images and db backups on B2, ~~much cheaper at~~ only $5/TB.

Pict-rs has configuration options for using B2, and you cna use a script or a Kubernetes operator to automate backups to B2.

Edit: nvm, it appears that storage boxes are cheaper. Not sure how they're managing to do that.

[–] MatrixFox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can always start with the Oracle always free tier if you're ok with a bit less than you are looking at.

4 cores (ARM)
24 GB RAM
50 GB boot + 200 GB block storage

plus more stuff

Not really sure how they offer all this for free tbh