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Looking for: 20-64 GB RAM — KVM VPS or Dedicated Server (200 GB+ SSD, EU preferred), $15-35/mo
loggableim
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking for hardware for a internal dev environment: containerized Node.js services, Docker, a few background jobs, Postgres/Redis. Nothing public-facing, no heavy traffic, but several containers run at the same time, so RAM matters more to me than CPU.
I'm open to either a KVM VPS or a dedicated/root server and will take whichever offers the better value.
Option A — KVM VPS
Virtualization: KVM only (no OpenVZ/LXC, no shared kernel)
RAM: 20 GB minimum, 32 GB preferred, 64 GB welcome if it fits the budget
Disk: 200 GB+ SSD, NVMe would be nice
CPU: 4+ vCores, fair-share is fine, I'm not heavily CPU-bound
Network: 1 Gbps port, 1 TB+ monthly transfer (unmetered also fine)
IPv4: one dedicated IPv4 required; IPv6 /64 is a plus
OS: Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04, root access, console/rescue available
Option B — Dedicated / root server
RAM: 20 GB minimum, 32 GB preferred, 64 GB welcome (older-gen Xeon, Epyc or i7 is fine)
Disk: 200 GB+ SSD; 2x SSD or hardware RAID is a plus but not required
CPU: 4+ physical cores
Network: 1 Gbps port, 10 TB+ or unmetered
IPv4: 1+ IPv4, IPv6 /64 a plus
Remote management: IPMI/iDRAC/KVM-over-IP or at least a rescue system
Debian 12 installable; I do the rest myself
Location EU preferred (AT/DE/NL/FI) for latency; US/intl acceptable if the offer is clearly better value.
Budget and terms
$15-35/month depending on the actual specs; for a dedicated server with 40 GB+ and real SSD storage I can go to the upper end
Starting monthly; I'll prepay annually if the annual price is genuinely better
The renewal price must be the regular price, not a first-year promo. Please state the renewal price explicitly if different to the initial price.
Payment: PayPal or card. Crypto possible but prefer card/pp.
Please include in your offer
Which option (VPS or dedicated), price per month and per year, plus the renewal price
Exact specs: CPU model (dedicated) or vCores (VPS), RAM, disk size and type (NVMe/SATA/HDD, RAID level), bandwidth, port speed
Datacenter location, test IP and a download test file
How long you've been operating, and a status page if you have one
Upgrade path for RAM/disk without a reinstall or migration
Setup time, and refund/trial policy
For dedicated offers: hardware age, disk health (SMART), replacement/guarantee policy, whether IPMI is included, and whether it's your own hardware or a reseller
Any fair-use limits I should know about (CPU steal, IOPS caps, etc.)
Not needed: control panel, Windows license, DDoS protection, SLA.
Best offers here in the thread or by PM. Thanks.
Comments
A bit tight on your budget but SKRIME perhaps if they restock their Intel line
https://www.kimsufi.com/en/ks/
There might be good offers from OVH when they begin sale about Halloween.
i dont mind older ddr3 hardware maybe there is some server setting dust waiting for me somewhere.
https://royal-server.ro/en/linux-vps-servers.php
DM sent.
~ SMARTHOST
Thanks for the mention @averagedatahoarder!
Hey @loggableim,
this would be a KVM VPS from us, since our XEON line is sold out right now. The EPYC 32G matches your list closely, with 8 vCores on AMD EPYC (Zen 3 Milan, shared), 32 GB ECC DDR4 RAM, 200 GB NVMe in RAID 1, one IPv4 and an IPv6 /64 for 24.99€/mo. Paid for 12 months it's 22.49€/mo, so 269.88€ for the year. These are our regular prices and not a first-year promo, so you renew at the same price.
Traffic is unmetered with no monthly cap, on a 10 Gbps shared port. We have one location, SkyLink Datacenter in Eygelshoven, Netherlands, right at the German border near Aachen. We've been running since 2019, and our status page is at status.skrime.eu.
RAM and disk upgrades go through a ticket. There's no refund, but you can get a 3-day test server through our support. Fair use is simple, the cores and the port are shared, so nobody runs at 100% CPU or full line speed around the clock. PayPal and card both work.
Order: skri.me/epyc
Test IPv4: 77.90.60.30 | Test IPv6: 2a09:3f00:3000::cafe
Looking Glass: skrime.eu/network / AS215365