Show HN: Why we moved our servers to Iceland (opens in new tab)

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14 pointsAdriaanvRossum7y ago5 comments

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This is great.

The one thing I don't see mentioned is the cost. How much more does it cost (say compared to DigitalOcean) for a VPS in Iceland?

Not implying an extra cost wouldn't be worthwhile, but curious if it's a marginal difference or something like double the price.

harianus6y ago

Good point which I forgot to mention in the article.

There are not a Linodes or Digital Oceans in Iceland so it’s definitely more expensive. I think it’s safe to say it’s almost double the price if you buy a VPS with similar specs. Check out 1984hosting.com or orangewebsite.com to figure out for yourself.

ypkuby6y ago

As someone who now exclusively hosts in Iceland + Finland for two very freedom of speech and arguably good privacy countries, Iceland costs me twice as much as Finland.

Put into perspective, I pay the equivalent of 100eur in Iceland for a decent sized server (64GB memory, 4TB storage, and my own subnet announced), and in Finland I pay 34eur for the exact same specifications.

harianus7y ago

Hi Hacker News,

I'm the writer of this blog post. I am pretty sure that HN readers will find incorrect assumptions or know how to tackle the described problems better. I can handle HN feedback, so please help this guy out ;-)

TicklishTiger6y ago

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