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Short-term Dedicated Server
cleverconcierge
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I'm on the hunt for a short-term (1 month) dedicated server with 128GB RAM and at least 1TB of space (not-SSD is fine and doesn't need to be raid protected). Just needs to run something like Proxmox or any other hypervisor that can support Windows guests. Looking for as cheap as possible and I don't care where it is. Doesn't need a lot of bandwidth. Looking to keep the price around $50-75USD. Hoping a provider here has an older server sitting in a rack somewhere that hasn't been pulled and doesn't have much life left in it.
Full disclosure, I'm going to use this dedicated server to run as many Windows guests as it will sustain, from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2022 and everything in between. The guests will be loaded with an RMM software we are testing and nothing else. Thank you!
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I can possibly do 80EUR for:
Dual E5-2630Lv2
128GB RAM
2x800GB SSD
25TB on 1gbit/s
That's in EU.
SoYouStart?
$50?
$253.98 for 1 month due to setup fees.
I've previously used Packet.com and their on-demand bare-metal solutions for on-demand and affordable high performance computing.
It seems they're now Equinix's Bare Metal line. I'd still give them a shot. They charge in hours so if you can automate your deployment then you're saving a lot of money.
What about mevspace?
Hetzner Auction Servers?
There is a code at the moment on SoYouStart to not pay the setup fee: SETUPSYS (capital letters are important). At least with my French account it works!
This is slick. I may have found a different solution, but I'll bookmark this for sure.
Too expensive, but thank you.
This may be the best answer, actually. I think I figured out a non-dedicated solution to my issue, but I'll keep this in mind for next time. Did find something there matching by spec requirements within my price range. Cheers.
Lol, no.
Vultr also has on-demand dedicated servers iirc. Hourly paid.
https://www.hetzner.com/sb?ram_from=6&ram_to=6&hdd_from=1000&hdd_to=17000
Here is a quick overview of a few options:
https://www.serverhunter.com/?search=5OW-MF8-QXW
I set the maximum setup fee to $10 USD so it makes sense for short-term usage.
+1, Vultr is probably the best bet here.
https://vultr.com/products/bare-metal/
@cleverconcierge Server matching your desired spec is around 50 cents per hour, if you can optimize your workflow it should work better than buying something cheap for a month.