Looking for dedicated server in Europe with good peering to AU

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• smrgarb Member

  February 10

  iGPU is optional but preferable. I'd rather good networking than iGPU
• forest Member

  February 10 edited February 10

  What do you need the iGPU for? Hardware transcoding?
• smrgarb Member

  February 10

  Yeah correct but can make do without it. I was recently running a server without it and 3 transcodes (4c/8t) server got throttled as it was on 100%. I assume higher core count would help out
• forest Member

  February 10 edited February 10

  @smrgarb said:
  Yeah correct but can make do without it. I was recently running a server without it and 3 transcodes (4c/8t) server got throttled as it was on 100%. I assume higher core count would help out

  What will help a lot is AVX512 and a high core clock, but what will help even more is proper encoding settings. For example, AV1 on preset 13 is going to be extremely fast (especially with tiling) and the quality won't be too bad at all.

  And if this is a dedicated transcoding machine (i.e. you don't mind if it's using 90% CPU all the time), then if you can manage to fit everything in software, the quality will be better than what you can get in hardware. Software encoding will always provide superior visual quality at any given bitrate than hardware encoding.

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• smrgarb Member

  February 10

  Interesting, I’ll take a look around for that. Thanks @forest!
• smrgarb Member

  February 10

  @forest said:

  @smrgarb said:
  Yeah correct but can make do without it. I was recently running a server without it and 3 transcodes (4c/8t) server got throttled as it was on 100%. I assume higher core count would help out

  What will help a lot is AVX512 and a high core clock, but what will help even more is proper encoding settings. For example, AV1 on preset 13 is going to be extremely fast (especially with tiling) and the quality won't be too bad at all.

  And if this is a dedicated transcoding machine (i.e. you don't mind if it's using 90% CPU all the time), then if you can manage to fit everything in software, the quality will be better than what you can get in hardware. Software encoding will always provide superior visual quality at any given bitrate than hardware encoding.

  Just saw your edit, so would I benefit from a system that has a lot of higher clock? Is that only featured in servers equipped with a R7/R9? Epyc doesn’t have that support?
• forest Member

  February 10

  @smrgarb said:

  @forest said:

  @smrgarb said:
  Yeah correct but can make do without it. I was recently running a server without it and 3 transcodes (4c/8t) server got throttled as it was on 100%. I assume higher core count would help out

  What will help a lot is AVX512 and a high core clock, but what will help even more is proper encoding settings. For example, AV1 on preset 13 is going to be extremely fast (especially with tiling) and the quality won't be too bad at all.

  And if this is a dedicated transcoding machine (i.e. you don't mind if it's using 90% CPU all the time), then if you can manage to fit everything in software, the quality will be better than what you can get in hardware. Software encoding will always provide superior visual quality at any given bitrate than hardware encoding.

  Just saw your edit, so would I benefit from a system that has a lot of higher clock? Is that only featured in servers equipped with a R7/R9? Epyc doesn’t have that support?

  EPYC does have AVX512, but typically it's focused on lower base clocks but over many cores, which is very useful if you're hosting a lot of VMs or running highly parallel tasks. Ryzen processors tend to have fewer, but faster cores. With video encoding, there are rapidly diminishing returns to be had by increasing parallelism. I find the sweet spot to be around 4 threads per encode.

  What codec are you transcoding to?
• smrgarb Member

  February 10

  Mostly to h264/x264 or HEVC/x265 really.
• smrgarb Member

  February 11

  I don’t think I was specific enough, so I’m commenting with clearer requirements.

  I’m looking for a storage-focused dedicated server and would appreciate provider or deal recommendations.

  What I need:

  • Type: Dedicated server (storage oriented)
  • Location: Europe, ideally Netherlands (NL) (open to other EU if network is solid)
  • Storage: 24–32TB to start, with the ability to grow over time
  • Network: 10Gbit port required
  • CPU: Prefer higher core count
  • RAM: Enough for caching + multiple services (flexible depending on offer)
  • Bandwidth: High included transfer or unmetered preferred
  • DDoS protection: Yes
  • IP addresses: 1x IPv4 only (that’s all I need)

  Budget: Around $150 USD/month
  Billing: Monthly preferred (quarterly/yearly OK if pricing is better)

  Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
• introserv_rd Member, Patron Provider

  February 12

  Budget: Around $150 USD/month
  Billing: Monthly preferred (quarterly/yearly OK if pricing is better)

  Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

  Hi. It's difficult to meet your budget requirements - the 10G port increases the cost considerably. We can suggest the following setup:

  Location: Netherlands
  CPU: AMD EPYC 7402P
  Memory: 64GB REG ECC DDR4 (Up to 1024GB)
  Storage: 1TB SSD
  Storage: 2x 16TB SATA (Up to 12x 16TB HDD)
  Port: 10 Gbit/s - 100TB Traffic
  IP-KVM: iDRAC
  Upgrades available

  Starts at €239.20/month

  6% discount for 12-month upfront payment.
• AirnodeHosting Member, Patron Provider

  February 16 edited February 16

  Hi, i can offer the following:

  CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6150 (18c/36t, 2.7/3.7Ghz)
  RAM: 32 GB DDR4 ECC (could also upgrade it to 64GB)
  Storage: 1x 1TB Nvme + 3x 16TB HDD (higher nvme or HDD also possible)
  Uplink: 10G / Bandwidth: 100TB Outgoing), Unmeterd (Incomming)

  Included:
  2.5Tbit Ddos Protection Included
  1x Dedicated IP Address Inculded
  24/7 Support
  IPMI Acces
  Full Root Access

  Location: Netherlands Amsterdam (Digital Realty AMS5)

  Price: €149.99/mo excl tax

  Delivery time: (there should be a new server installed for this installation, so we will talk about what the delivery time will be)
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  February 16

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• cyberse Member, Patron Provider

  February 26

  @smrgarb said:
  Number of Cores: Minimum 8+
  RAM: 16-32 DDR4/5 is fine
  Disk Space: Main boot drive 3TB+ with Storage up to 64TB HDD
  Disk Type: NVME Main + HDD secondary

  Bandwidth: ANY
  Port Speed: 5-10Gbit

  DDoS Protection: ANY

  Number of IPs: 1

  Location: ANY in Europe (Preferably NL or DE)

  Budget: Flexible ~150USD/month can be flexible with pricing.

  Billing period: Yearly (preferable) or monthly.

  Extras: iGPU enabled + root access

  Got several Dedis available on NODESTOCK
• jsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

  February 26

  Good luck!