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Hetzner can match OVH. To match their prices you need scale to build your own datacenters and servers. Small providers can't do that, they need to colocate and
by dx034 4y ago
Hetzner can match OVH. To match their prices you need scale to build your own datacenters and servers. Small providers can't do that, they need to colocate and that'll usually be more expensive than owning your dc.
- sofixa 4y ago> Hetzner can match OVH Which begs the question, what do their DCs look like?
- matthews2 4y agoGerman YouTuber derbauer has a 20 minute tour video of Hetzner's Falkenstein datacentre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eo8nz_niiM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eo8nz_niiM He also has a newer video showing the power distribution, cooling, and fire suppression in one of the Dr Oetker datacentres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTNcbnZjvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTNcbnZjvY
- mkj 4y agoThat's a nice tour video, thanks for posting it. It's nice to see less secrecy in how they run things vs other cloud providers.
- dx034 4y agoIn addition to the video posted: Their DCs tend to be outside of cities (cheaper space), low density and single story (much easier to cool). If you buy cheap land and keep server density low, both building the dc as well as cooling is much cheaper (you can mostly use ambient air with lower grade fans). Hetzner is also known to do everything in-house, slows them down building new dcs and expanding to new locations but keeps cost down and the company independent.