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Netcup root server VS Hetzner Auction Server
I have 8 core netcup root server from a few years back.
How is it fare against dedicated hetzner around 60 eur like i7 3970 or e5 1650?
It will be used for web apps with heavy writing / reading from the database (php front-end, nodejs backend, about 10K user daily.)
tl;dr
12 eur netcup vs 60 eur hetzner.
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A yabs.sh of your current server with geekbench would help us know how more powerful the new server will be but if it's enough for your needs I see no reason to switch to hetzner! (Root server work great, comes with RAID protected storage, and you don't have to care for an eventual hardware failure as they monitor and fix the nodes...)
Depends what the other specs of the dedi are. SSD or HDD etc.
Both are SSD. and RAM doesn't really matter. They both come with plenty of RAM. It's pretty much the contest on how fast they can handle user request.
So, RAW POWER ? I think.
Is this a root server with 8 dedicated cores for 12 eur/month?
It’s a bit low on storage but man.
If I understand your setup well, you'll probably want to focus on single core performance. On that front E5-1650 would be better than your current VPS, but given the huge price difference isn't there any way to improve that other than throwing more hardware to it? (micro)caching in RAM for example, object caching etc. Keep in mind latency, few ms less when generating your results won't matter if Netcup's network is better for your use case and let you win a few ms that way: even though both companies have servers located at the same place, they don't exactly use the same network. If most of your traffic is in EU though, the result should be pretty similar.
https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/650
https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/1752
that netcup box is doing quite good for the money I'd say (only considering cpu power though).
Yes it is. Define but man
I already cache what can be cached. I cache all the frontend at cloudflare with cache everything + I use nginx to cache everything that is missed by cloudflare.
To be fair as of right now I don't know exactly what kind of power I need. I am considering using Buyshared reseller hosting as the frontend (so I don't deal with hosting and stuff) and using buyvm for the backend (nodejs), and buying offload mysql for the database.
That way I only need to manage 2 stack (node,nginx) out of 5
“But man, that’s good value for money”
Why not an AX series instead of an E5-1650? Sure the setup fee makes it worse on the first month but you’ll save 20 each month afterwards compared.
I am on "test the water phase" still figuring out what I want vs what I need. The setup fees really turn me down.
You should probably investigate more: how is your CPU really used? Do you have some iowait sometimes? What about RAM usage? Is all your stack configured optimally? No slow queries?