Ask HN: Which dedicated server provider do you currently use?

So you're in Europe/Germany? I've used AWS, Softlayer, Firehost, etc - and my thoughts are: - If you have a small team, and will use the services, AWS can be great. It can become expensive. But many people don't realize the cost actually defers the need for some DevOps team members. Performance of EC2 hosts can be middle of the road at times compared to Softlayer, or pure metal. I love their HighAvailability, and many of their offerings, and security that comes "for free". - SoftLayer is fantastic. They don't have as many SaaS (eg: SQS, SNS, RDS) offerings - so you will build more of your own services and be responsible for uptime, etc. I love their performance. - FireHost is what you want if you're taking care of a very financially at-risk product. It is expensive, but you won't be hacked unless it's on your own stupidity.

Hey Sam, I work for http://bytemark.co.uk

What are you trying to do? What's it for?

There's a whole bunch of pros and cons to dedicated servers, bang for buck, uptime, customer service, networking...

If you explain what you're planning on using it for, I might be able to tailor some suggestions as to what might suit you best - always happy to offer helpful suggestions - even if it's not about our products.

Hetzner 4 years, no major issues yet, good support, reliable servers

Online.net 1 year, no major issues yet, reliable hardware, support a bit slow

I'm with Hetzner, although I'm also considering online.net[0]

No complaints with Hetzner thus far. Support is okay.

0. https://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server

Check out serverbear.com. They have a really nice overview over most (all?) server providers, their price, IOPS, UnixBench and more. Helped me a lot when choosing servers :) (There is a tab so you only see dedicated servers)

I'm with TransIP but I'd jump to Digital Ocean if I didn't had a fairly complex FreeBSD setup.

NOTE: Sorry I kinda misread, wasn't talking about dedicated, was talking (personal) VPS.

Hetzner for a long time. Experienced nothing out of the ordinary. I'm content.

been with Liquid Web for 5+ years. I've got several dedi's with them, never an issue and up time to the 9's.

Where? :=)

soyoustart.com

digital ocean