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Very lowend cloud machines for distributed postgres
I'm looking at various providers in order to build a distributed postgres database. I already have done multiple test setups so i already know how to structure it.
What i'm looking for are providers in the EU with boxes <=3 euro.
Requirements:
SSD > 20GB
RAM >= 1GB
Currently the best match are the ARM machines at Scaleway:
ARM64-2GB 4 ARMv8 2 GB 50 GB
Both because the storage and the number of cores. With postgres ARM they do perform better than the Atom ones.
Furthermore I do not need public IPs in any of the instances so i can save 1euro more.
However Scaleway proved to be not so much reliable (in the past they lost some archived machines, had stability issues etc), also the SSD used to be slow.
Hetzner cloud would be ideal as performance and price but it is low on space.
is there anyone else to look at with these specs/prices?
Comments
OVH?
Netcup?
As i can see both offer 20GB of storage in the price range which is the same as Hetzner?
Also did scaleway remove the option to detach public ips?
ultraVPS.eu currently offers a "Cloud Special-2" with 50 GB SSD / 2 GB ram / 2 vcores - but only with annual payment of €40 (including VAT) so just a bit outside of your budget (works out to €3.33 per month) - seems to be available in two EU locations (Germany and Netherlands) as well as a few more places nearby (Moldova, Lithuania, and UK)
EDIT2:
Also (if annual payment works for you) might check https://hostdochost.i.ng/pricing.html#fra for @HostDoc "flash sale" price of £30 yearly for 30 GB NVMe / 2 GB ram / 2 vcores - in France (I'm guessing on OVH infrastructure). Seems like this would come out to just under your €3 per month target.
EDIT3:
Just noticed this recent offer from fastpipe.io (combahton) in Frankfurt:
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/157467/fastpipe-io-ssd-cloud-servers-kvm-frankfurt-germany-free-bgp-starting-at-2-95/p1
30 GB SSD / 2 GB ram / 1 vcore for €2.95 per month
Thank you very much for the suggestions, I'll look into them!
How to configure distributed-postgres?
Any guide?
There's more than one solution.
Mine is using pg_shardman and pg_pathman
I just noticed that Scaleway has different offers in AMS1 and PAR1.
In AMS1 i can get the START1-XS without the flexibile ip for 1E/month which means that for 2E/month i can get two
The start line is EOL and replaced by the DEV line. https://blog.scaleway.com/2019/introducing-development-cloud-instances/
But if I understand this correctly:
They will let users keep the already deployed ones?
You can get add-on SSD block storage at Hetzner at 0.04/GB/mo which is pretty good pricing. I haven't compared its speed to local storage's.
Hi @willie. That's true and you can get up to 10TB of this SSD block storage (Volumes). If you're curious about how they perform, you can easily order a Volume via the Cloud Console and do the tests. If you delete your Volume before the end of the billing month, you will only be billed the hourly rate. You can find additional info about our Volumes in our FAQs: https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/CloudServer/en
Cheers --Julia, Marketing