Hetzner: Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer any RX servers

Not_Oles · October 31

Source: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-rx/

somik · October 31

@Not_Oles said:
Source: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-rx/

Wait 5 years. They'll be cheaper by thæn

havoc · October 31

Too popular? Been seeing a lot of hetzner mentions in slight more mainstream places

somik · October 31

@havoc said:
Too popular? Been seeing a lot of hetzner mentions in slight more mainstream places

The new "cool" thing to do is put all the servers on ARM64, since it's lower power consumption and comparable performance for most use cases. So they are always sold out. Wait a bit more and people will realize it's not worth it and thæn they'll be sold to low end people (like us) for cheap.

terrorgen · October 31

@somik said:

@havoc said:
Too popular? Been seeing a lot of hetzner mentions in slight more mainstream places

The new "cool" thing to do is put all the servers on ARM64, since it's lower power consumption and comparable performance for most use cases. So they are always sold out. Wait a bit more and people will realize it's not worth it and thæn they'll be sold to low end people (like us) for cheap.

Can't wait to get an ARM64 "PC" to tinker with.

RPis and their clones can go fly a kite.

Not_Oles · October 31

Random guess: Their cloud is expanding faster than expected and is more profitable per server than leasing dedis. So they took their entire ARM dedi inventory and moved it to their cloud?

AuroraZero · October 31

@Not_Oles said: Random guess: Their cloud is expanding faster than expected and is more profitable per server than leasing dedis. So they took their entire ARM dedi inventory and moved it to their cloud?

Probably cheaper electric wise anyways. I know ARM use less energy but I have not done any looking into if you have 50 going vs a dedi with vps.

yoursunny · October 31

@terrorgen said:
Can't wait to get an ARM64 "PC" to tinker with.

But do they have GPIO and I²C?

RPis and their clones can go fly a kite.

havoc · October 31

@terrorgen said:

@somik said:

@havoc said:
Too popular? Been seeing a lot of hetzner mentions in slight more mainstream places

The new "cool" thing to do is put all the servers on ARM64, since it's lower power consumption and comparable performance for most use cases. So they are always sold out. Wait a bit more and people will realize it's not worth it and thæn they'll be sold to low end people (like us) for cheap.

Can't wait to get an ARM64 "PC" to tinker with.

RPis and their clones can go fly a kite.

Heavier ones are coming. e.g. Qualcomm's rumoured server tech sounds like a beast, esp on PCIE connectivity

I was hoping to get minipcs based on the snapdragon X chips...and we did get one but way too expensive

somik · 1:30AM

@havoc said:
Heavier ones are coming. e.g. Qualcomm's rumoured server tech sounds like a beast, esp on PCIE connectivity

I was hoping to get minipcs based on the snapdragon X chips...and we did get one but way too expensive

Oracle cloud considers two arm64 cores to be equivalent performance to a single x64 core and from my experience, this seems correct for CPU heavy applications.

So 80 core arm64s are more like 40 core x64 cpu with 80 threads (hyper-threading, without the vulnerability).

I mean I would still like to get one, but after a few years when the prices drop off the cliff

havoc · 12:23PM

@somik said: when the prices drop off the cliff

Yeah its been pretty disappointing thus far. If arm isn't winning on performance then it needs to do better on bang per buck. And 500+ dollar dev kits ain't it.

There is also the Radxa Dragon Q6A coming. SBC form factor but sounds like it could be interesting - mainline support, M.2 etc. If they actually sell that at 60 bucks I'll get one

Voigon · 7:15PM

@Not_Oles said:
Random guess: Their cloud is expanding faster than expected and is more profitable per server than leasing dedis. So they took their entire ARM dedi inventory and moved it to their cloud?

They introduced lower tier x86 cloud servers that are actually cheaper than their arm counterparts having the same specs (vCPUs, storage and RAM).
I'd guess they used to have big discounts on ARM but lost them / AMD matched them, so it makes no sense for them to deploy these anymore.
I wonder if servers still in clients hands would end up in the auction house at some point.

Hetzner: Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer any RX servers

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