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What CPU and how many disks?
Hetzner server auction.
Hetzner. Thanks.
E3-1270V6, 16 GB DDR4 ECC, 1x 240 GB SSD or 1x 1TB HDD, 1Gbit/s uplink with 30 TB Bandwidth, on a custom deal with us in London.
2 disks at least to run RAID 1.
CPU or ECC Ram doesn't really matter
if bandwidth isn't concern, quite number of options for that range.
If you can pay quarterly we can work something out
Yea, just another idle server mostly for testing
https://www.serverhunter.com/?search=C12-398-5FF
@Lex are they datacenter SSD?
Yes, it's very important, at least only Datacenter SSDs from Hetzner allow me to do something while my disk usage intensive tools running, while the normal SSDs can't
But why don't you go for Hetzner directly, when the location doesn't matter?
I hadn't chosen Hetzner only because it only has European datacenters while my users are mainly in the US.
I have one already, just wanna try out something else.
Shot you a PM with the details if you wanna give it a try.
@comXyz
I guess that there are quite some providers here who could offer you something attractive - but you make it hard by insisting on some somewhat special detail ("datacenter SSD + hw Raid") while you seem to have no interest at all wrt the usual criteria like processor, memory, traffic volume, location.
I'd suggest that you name at least some minima for those criteria.
@jsg traffic most likely 0 xD
processor and memory not too bad for 70$/month, then OK
my test tools just destroy the disks, only datacenter grade SSD can survive
Then NO provider should accept you as client. Such test should be done in your own lab. Just buy some disks of your choice and play with those.
REALLY?
Hetzner or Incero will give you cheap and good servers.
I will try Incero, already have a server with Hetzner
Yes.
Thanks God you guys are not providers
Try Optane disks, available from H and OVH that I know of. Something wrong with a ramdisk? What exactly are these tests you are doing? If they're disk tests per se, you really want to do them in your own lab so you can also test things like data integrity after power cuts.
Anyway it sounds like your thread is mis-titled since you're not really after a server, but rather you're after durable disks.
@willie actually I'm after a server that has durable disks.
On Hetzner I know which one has datacenter SSD, but not other providers.
I just run some simple tools I made for my own team, to test some indexing and training model.
I see on the normal Hetzner SSD, the disk usage always at 80, 90, or 100%, and while the tools are running, I can't do anything.
But on datacenter Hetzner SSD, the usage just around 10 - 20%. That's why I want datacenter SSD.
You're saying this out loud in a forum full of providers?
This is why we can't have nice (and cheap) things forever.
Edit: looks like my window had stale post contents from 2hrs ago when I commented.
Well, it sure will destroy the HDD, enterprise HDD, consumer SSD, that's why I'm looking for Datacenter SSD. I don't see anything wrong about that.
Why would it 'destroy' Enterprise HDD though? Those are rated for lots of hours.
Under 80, 90, and 100% usage all of the time is not good for any kind of disk I guess?
Also I want to do something else while the tools run, and I can hardly do it if the disks are not datacenter grade SSD.
This sounds more like iops than durability. And there are certainly enterprise ssd with low iops, particularly for writing, intended for read-intensive applications.
Your tests are not intended as tests of the drives themselves, but of some data indexing methods? How much disk space do you need? What kind of sector are you in, where you have these crazy workloads but can't afford more than $70 for a server? It sounds to me like you should pay whatever it costs to get a server with enough ram to hold your data, and not deal with disks at all.
@willie actually the original tools are using RAM, and I want to move everything to the disks, just some crazy ideas lol.
You're right, more like iops, the consumer SSD could only run fast for few mins, while the datacenter SSD is stable for hours, with only 10 - 20% usage.