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Looking for Hybrid NVMe + Storage VPS - EU and Canada preferred
Hi there!
I'm currently in need of a couple of hybrid NVMe/Storage VPS'. I'm looking for both EU and Canada - although other locations e.g. US would be considered!
This will be used to host a few Nextcloud docker instances on each so I'd prefer the storage to be SSD cached if on a VPS - but standard HDD storage might be OK too (we'll test run on multiple different hosts before).
Looking for VPS specs that fit in with the below:
4-6GB RAM
20-40GB NVMe
512GB all the way up to 4TB HDD
1Gbps
Would be helpful if this was not just a "1-off" order available as I'd like to be able to buy multiple of the same spec as time goes on.
I do not really have a budget set for this, so just open to offers per each server, will likely buy a few to try them out!
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Chimera Hybrid - 2
CPU - 4 cores Shared
RAM - 8 GB
NVMe - 130 GB Disk
HDD - 4 TB Disk
Bandwidth - 250 mbps Unlimited (or)
1gbps upto 18TB then 10mbps unlimited
1 IPv4 Included
Server Location Montreal, Canada
Support 24*7
$10/mo
https://clients.servarica.com/store/bf-2025-kvm-hybrid
I'm currently using Chimera Hybrid -1 for Nextcloud instance. I tried Redis caching, PHP tuning, and MySQL optimization, yet CPU usage spikes at 100% when multiple users are uploading.
Thanks for this, I'll grab one of them and try it out!
Hi, we can offer the following:
Just 5€/Month or 50€/Annually (excl. VAT)
More HDD Storage is possible for 2€ Monthly and 20€/Annually per TB.
@NovaCloudHosting yo, how about answering your DMs? A simple no is fine if you aren’t interested in offering services, but it feels kinda rude to just be ignored.
No need to call me out publicly for something like this. It can simply happen, that a DM is overseen. Simply send me another follow-up message in this case. Thats usually all it takes. ;D
Hi,
basically exactly what you search:
https://layer7.net/cloud-server
configurable server, primary NVMe, up to 3 additional disks HDD ( in 1 TB steps ).
Located in germany and france
I guess the VDS would be the best option for running a couple of Nextcloud instances on each server? I'd only be worried about the CPU during when the user is syncing data.
Hi,
well if you read our website with enough attention, you will see very good how things are math between VPS vs. VDS.
Short term CPU spikes are no problem with VPS. The problem comes if the long term average usage ( we use here the weekly ) is > 50% for permanent usage. Then either the system will dynamically reduce the CPU power or the customer can just add more cpu cores on the fly.
More concerned you should be about the IO limits of the disk. Depending on the content you want to host, the IO limit might be just too low for your usecase.
Nextcloud, and any other similar software that will be used frequently by multiple users with many many small files, will require some higher amount of IOPS which is traditionally the weak zone of HDD's.
So i highly suggest to make some usage analyze of what hardware you actually really need.
Feel free to get test server(s) and test which product is best for your use case and pattern.
Thanks for the info - that's why I was more leaning towards some form of cached HDD as we would normally only run 3-5 users max on each node, but for a plain HDD that could be rough if multiple users are attempting to sync at the same time.
I'll grab a server and run a few tests on it to see. Thanks!
Hi,
with our offers it does absolutely not matter on what technology ( SSD, NVMe, HDD, birds, ... ) the storage is based on.
All that matters: Is the IO Limitation for the use case enough yes or no. As you can see, the primary nvme disk is also limited. And as you can see, you do not get NVMe speed.
At the same time, you also do not get HDD speed with the extra disks. In fact a normal hdd can not deliver this amount of IOPS in all cases.
But with us, we give you a number you can under normal circumstances rely on. Thats the whole point in that. So you can rely on the speed to be available to you. That means no bad neighbors or what ever are influencing your disk performance. Also hostmachines that might perform at first very good, but while getting more and more filled with virtual servers the performance decrease. That all does not exist with us.
So the question is only: IOPS & BW Limit enough for your usecase? Yes or no. Thats basically simple math, and you will anyway know that already. Do what ever you want to do. Check how much CPU/RAM/Disk IO that requires. Multiplicate it with the amount of users you want to host and you have the total amount needed.
Feel free to do what ever you want to do with the test servers. They are identical to the paid servers ( except the test servers have several port restrictions to avoid too easy abusing.
Chimera from Servarica is rock solid . If you can do it on storage box, you can get very cheap one in Utah from HostBRR 4TB for 5.70$/m with coupon code.