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I would expect a large provider like Hetzner to refresh hardware continuously - every year a fraction of old hardware is retired and replaced by new. Given pric
by citrin_ru 8mo ago
I would expect a large provider like Hetzner to refresh hardware continuously - every year a fraction of old hardware is retired and replaced by new. Given price shock they could stop doing this but older hardware is less energy efficient and has limited life anyway.
- alt227 8mo agoBut they cant refresh hardware already sold to customers can they? So increasing prices on existing cutomer hardware is what, subsidising hardware refreshes elsewhere in the datacenter?
- 1718627440 8mo agoOften they do not actually sell you hardware servers, but VMs running on them, with designated properties.
- gizzlon 8mo agoHetzner do both.. well rent, not sell, afaik
- 1718627440 8mo agoI ment selling time-shares, so yeah rent.
- alt227 8mo agoI agree but this is not only easy to tell, you also specify when you buy AFAIK. You either buy VPS or bare metal servers.
- nottorp 8mo agoHosting providers do not sell hardware. They rent it.