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You can extract a lot of value from bare-metal servers from Hetzner but you need to put some effort initially to get them going. That being said, it is not real
by _pdp_ 8mo ago
You can extract a lot of value from bare-metal servers from Hetzner but you need to put some effort initially to get them going. That being said, it is not really that difficult. And, frankly, it a lot more fun.
- navigate8310 8mo agoCould you explain the "some effort initially" part?
- esafak 8mo agoThe usual bare metal lack of amenities, that's all.
- jurgenburgen 8mo agoYou take care of disaster recovery, failing machines, the works. Getting a new (or replacement) machine from Hetzner takes longer than spinning one up on a cloud provider so you need to be able to survive some machines failing.
- speedgoose 8mo agoAlso no encryption at rest. You have to setup LUKS yourself.