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0 pointsbbgm14y ago0 comments

Not quite. Check this out

http://ark.intel.com/compare/47920,37147

The Softlayer server is a Xeon, the Hetzner is a desktop grade processor.

Key differences for me

* Cache

* QPI (especially in a 2P config that makes a difference)

* Max TDP ... that's a HUGE one.

* ECC memory. See http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2012/02/26/ObservationsOnEr... for why this is important

So, you're not comparing apples to apples

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StavrosK14y ago

Ah, yes, sorry, it's an i7, not a Xeon. Still, you could get around 40 of these machines for one of those, so I'd take these.

tuomasb14y ago

Hetzner's Xeon offerings with ECC aren't that expensive either: http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex6 I would expect Softlayer to be more reliable than Hetzner as a service provider but that being said, the price difference is still huge.

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