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Compared to Scaleway, Scaleway gives you two vCPUs (not one) and 50GB storage (not 20GB) for their entry level cloud server, at around 3€/month. URL: https://w

by simosx 9y ago

Compared to Scaleway, Scaleway gives you two vCPUs (not one) and 50GB storage (not 20GB) for their entry level cloud server, at around 3€/month. URL: https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/ https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/ The problem with Scaleway is that they are working at capacity and are almost always out of stock. They are expanding now (and are hiring!), https://blog.online.net/2017/11/13/scaleway-enters-a-new-growth-phase/ https://blog.online.net/2017/11/13/scaleway-enters-a-new-gro... The big difference between Hetzner and all the rest of the cloud servers, is that they start with 2GB RAM for their entry level packages.

rubenfonseca 9y ago
Scaleway is using Intel Atom cores.
- tombrossman 9y ago
  Atom cores and IIRC all network disks, with some peculiarities. For example, reboot means waiting while your instance's 'local' drive is copied to some other type of storage, then your instance reboots, then all the data is copied back, THEN you can access your instance again. When I tested them last year reboots meant 30+ minutes of down time. Their setup is interesting and I really wanted to like it (I did like the pricing), but it was a dreadfully slow experience. And those Atoms really suffered when benchmarking HTTPS connections compared to almost any other provider. Not even close.
- MrHetzner 9y ago
  I'll take a Xeon core over an Atom core any day :-)
stingraycharles 9y ago
> two vCPUs (not one) A vCPU means nothing without considering the underlying CPU being used, and whether or not it's a dedicated core or not.
jmngomes 9y ago
>> two vCPUs (not one) Two Intel Avoton cores, quite inferior to the Xeons that power Hetzner's vCPU. (assuming they are in stock) I wrote this in detail on another reply, but Scaleway's "customer support" forums will give you a good grasp of what you're in for if you buy their service.

by simosx 9y ago

rubenfonseca 9y ago

Scaleway is using Intel Atom cores.

tombrossman 9y ago
Atom cores and IIRC all network disks, with some peculiarities. For example, reboot means waiting while your instance's 'local' drive is copied to some other type of storage, then your instance reboots, then all the data is copied back, THEN you can access your instance again. When I tested them last year reboots meant 30+ minutes of down time. Their setup is interesting and I really wanted to like it (I did like the pricing), but it was a dreadfully slow experience. And those Atoms really suffered when benchmarking HTTPS connections compared to almost any other provider. Not even close.
MrHetzner 9y ago
I'll take a Xeon core over an Atom core any day :-)

stingraycharles 9y ago

> two vCPUs (not one) A vCPU means nothing without considering the underlying CPU being used, and whether or not it's a dedicated core or not.

jmngomes 9y ago

>> two vCPUs (not one) Two Intel Avoton cores, quite inferior to the Xeons that power Hetzner's vCPU. (assuming they are in stock) I wrote this in detail on another reply, but Scaleway's "customer support" forums will give you a good grasp of what you're in for if you buy their service.