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I am paying 4,63€ for a VPS that would cost me $30 on AWS. If you don't need scalability, always look into traditional (VPS/bare-metal) hosting.

by foepys 9y ago

ge96 9y ago
Yeah paying in advance helps too I do 1 year for like $40-$50, single core 10GB 2GB ram edit: the one for $30/mo on AWS is 2 Core, 4GB RAM, like 30GB space, what specs are you getting for that price? For me roughly that (though $ is not as strong) that's what I mentioned above through OVH.
- foepys 9y ago
  I'm at Hetzner and I'm using it for some bandwidth-hungry stuff. Hetzner includes 2 TB egress traffic per month which alone would cost me about $60 on AWS. It's easy to forget about the data transfer when looking at AWS/GCP/Azure prices.
  - ge96 9y ago
    Wait is data transfer equivalent to bandwidth? I never even look at bandwidth. Sorry if that's obvious I have seen that "metric" before and didn't click till now.
    - vidarh 9y ago
      For really low bandwidth stuff (<1GB month) it won't hit you with AWS. But as soon as you're over that, it gets real expensive real quick. E.g. 1TB on AWS (traffic out of AWS) costs you $90 most regions, I believe, while you often get at least that much included elsewhere. For Hetzner as mentioned, once you exceed the included bandwidth (which for most VPSs and servers is 2-3TB at least per month), it costs less than 2 euro/month extra. This isn't likely to affect you for a personal git repo, but mentioning it as it's one of the things that often burn people with AWS, as the AWS bandwidth rates are crazily high to the point where for high-bandwidth applications even if you want/need to use AWS it's sometimes cheaper to run your own CDN in front of it to reduce bandwidth charges. My order of preference if I don't need AWS specific services tends to be Hetzner, OVH and Digital Ocean, depending on what additional geographical regions I need (Hetzner is only in Germany) or other service requirements. AWS is great for specific use-cases as long as you keep a close eye on costs.
      - ge96 9y ago
        Wasn't able to respond to you earlier Thanks for the tip, I wasn't even considering bandwidth. I think when I first was setting up EC2 I got a "bad batch" if that's a thing, I should say instance. I couldn't figure out why the TTFB was varying from 3-5 seconds I tried so many things eventually I had to switch and since I didn't have elastic IP I think, I switched servers (regions) to whatever I was assigned on restart and it was instant/correct like in the 10s/100s ms range. Anyway I'll keep an eye on that, don't have users yet but something to keep in mind, thankfully not really serving media mostly text.
        foepys 9y ago
        For very fresh comments, HN disables the reply link on the comment overview to deter flame wars. You can click on the comment date to see only the single comment and then the reply link will be visible. Or just wait 2 minutes.
        ge96 9y ago
        That is interesting, I like it. I don't know I am often wrong, just need to learn how to deal with it, the proper thing is to accept/thank/learn move on haha.
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  - j_s 9y ago
    If you genuinely need bandwidth, there are providers that offer unlimited bandwidth that HN users have tested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14247795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14247795 > notamy: I have an application on OVH (on the USD $3.50/month plan) that pushes/pulls >10TB/month That entire discussion is recommended for anyone looking for a cheap VPS.
notheguyouthink 9y ago
Where from? Care to plug them? Assuming you like them, trust them, etc. My home "server" was... "reclaimed" recently and until I buy new hardware I really should get my shit up and running again.
- foepys 9y ago
  Hetzner in Germany. If you want international hosting, look into OVH and Scaleway.

I am paying 4,63€ for a VPS that would cost me $30 on AWS. If you don't need scalability, always look into traditional (VPS/bare-metal) hosting.

by foepys 9y ago

I am paying 4,63€ for a VPS that would cost me $30 on AWS. If you don't need scalability, always look into traditional (VPS/bare-metal) hosting.

ge96 9y ago

Yeah paying in advance helps too I do 1 year for like $40-$50, single core 10GB 2GB ram edit: the one for $30/mo on AWS is 2 Core, 4GB RAM, like 30GB space, what specs are you getting for that price? For me roughly that (though $ is not as strong) that's what I mentioned above through OVH.

foepys 9y ago
I'm at Hetzner and I'm using it for some bandwidth-hungry stuff. Hetzner includes 2 TB egress traffic per month which alone would cost me about $60 on AWS. It's easy to forget about the data transfer when looking at AWS/GCP/Azure prices.
- ge96 9y ago
  Wait is data transfer equivalent to bandwidth? I never even look at bandwidth. Sorry if that's obvious I have seen that "metric" before and didn't click till now.
  - vidarh 9y ago
    For really low bandwidth stuff (<1GB month) it won't hit you with AWS. But as soon as you're over that, it gets real expensive real quick. E.g. 1TB on AWS (traffic out of AWS) costs you $90 most regions, I believe, while you often get at least that much included elsewhere. For Hetzner as mentioned, once you exceed the included bandwidth (which for most VPSs and servers is 2-3TB at least per month), it costs less than 2 euro/month extra. This isn't likely to affect you for a personal git repo, but mentioning it as it's one of the things that often burn people with AWS, as the AWS bandwidth rates are crazily high to the point where for high-bandwidth applications even if you want/need to use AWS it's sometimes cheaper to run your own CDN in front of it to reduce bandwidth charges. My order of preference if I don't need AWS specific services tends to be Hetzner, OVH and Digital Ocean, depending on what additional geographical regions I need (Hetzner is only in Germany) or other service requirements. AWS is great for specific use-cases as long as you keep a close eye on costs.
    - ge96 9y ago
      Wasn't able to respond to you earlier Thanks for the tip, I wasn't even considering bandwidth. I think when I first was setting up EC2 I got a "bad batch" if that's a thing, I should say instance. I couldn't figure out why the TTFB was varying from 3-5 seconds I tried so many things eventually I had to switch and since I didn't have elastic IP I think, I switched servers (regions) to whatever I was assigned on restart and it was instant/correct like in the 10s/100s ms range. Anyway I'll keep an eye on that, don't have users yet but something to keep in mind, thankfully not really serving media mostly text.
      - foepys 9y ago
        For very fresh comments, HN disables the reply link on the comment overview to deter flame wars. You can click on the comment date to see only the single comment and then the reply link will be visible. Or just wait 2 minutes.
        ge96 9y ago
        That is interesting, I like it. I don't know I am often wrong, just need to learn how to deal with it, the proper thing is to accept/thank/learn move on haha.
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- j_s 9y ago
  If you genuinely need bandwidth, there are providers that offer unlimited bandwidth that HN users have tested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14247795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14247795 > notamy: I have an application on OVH (on the USD $3.50/month plan) that pushes/pulls >10TB/month That entire discussion is recommended for anyone looking for a cheap VPS.

notheguyouthink 9y ago

Where from? Care to plug them? Assuming you like them, trust them, etc. My home "server" was... "reclaimed" recently and until I buy new hardware I really should get my shit up and running again.

foepys 9y ago
Hetzner in Germany. If you want international hosting, look into OVH and Scaleway.