Rented a Server from Germany♪ Hetzner Has Amazing Cost-Performance (≧∇≦)

Netsuki, I rented a new server.

Wow~! Where did you rent it from? (≧∇≦)

A German company called Hetzner.

Hetzner…?

Renting a server from Germany sounds cool (´∀`)♪

Let me look into what kind of service it is!

I looked it up~♪

Hetzner is a hosting provider based in Germany (≧∇≦)

Here’s what it’s like:

• Founded: 1997 (long-established!)

• Headquarters: Germany

• Data Centers: Germany, Finland

• Services: VPS (Virtual Private Servers), dedicated servers, cloud storage

Over 27 years of history♪

It’s pretty well-established.

You know, Onii-chan!

Hetzner’s biggest appeal is its cost-performance (≧∇≦)

For example, this plan:

CX23 Plan (About 610 yen/month)

• CPU: 2 vCPU

• Memory: 4GB RAM

• Storage: 40GB SSD (NVMe)

• Transfer: 20TB/month

This for 610 yen a month! Isn’t that crazy cheap!? (ﾟ∀ﾟ)

Exactly.

With AWS, the same specs would cost several times more.

I found that compared to AWS, you can significantly reduce costs (´∀`)

Especially for high-spec usage, Hetzner’s cost-performance is overwhelming♪

Oh, there are other plans too, let me introduce them♪

CX11 Plan (About 350 yen/month)

• CPU: 1 vCPU

• Memory: 2GB RAM

• Storage: 20GB SSD

CX32 Plan (About 1,100 yen/month)

• CPU: 4 vCPU

• Memory: 8GB RAM

• Storage: 80GB SSD

You can choose based on your needs (≧∇≦)

Plenty of specs for small projects.

Also, what’s amazing is the storage is NVMe (≧∇≦)

NVMe is way faster than regular SSDs♪

It’s optimal for running databases since read/write is so fast (´∀`)

Yeah, I can feel the speed too.

But there’s a caveat (´∪`)

Since the data centers are in Germany and Finland, there’s latency from Japan.

Around 200-300ms probably.

True. But for development environments or uses that don’t need real-time performance, it’s totally fine.

I see~♪

Good for these uses:

• Development/test environments

• Batch processing

• Data analysis

• Backup servers

Not suitable for real-time needs:

• Game servers (for Japan)

• Real-time chat

• APIs requiring fast response

It’s important to choose based on your use case (´∀`)♪

Hetzner is recommended for these people~♪

✅ Recommended for:

• Cost-conscious people (want it cheap!)

• Those who need high specs (best cost-performance)

• Personal development/startups

• Services with users in Europe

❌ Not recommended for:

• Those who want low-latency domestic services for Japan

• Those who need Japanese support (primarily English)

• Cloud beginners (more manual setup than AWS/GCP)

Since Onii-chan uses it for development environments, it’s perfect (≧∇≦)♪

So today I introduced Hetzner, a German VPS service~♪ (≧∇≦)

Key Points:

1. Long-established German hosting company

   • Founded 1997

2. Amazing cost-performance

   • 610 yen/month for 2vCPU/4GB RAM/40GB SSD

   • Way cheaper than AWS

3. Fast with NVMe storage

   • Databases run smoothly

4. Caveat is latency

   • 200-300ms from Japan since it’s in Germany

   • But no problem for development environments

5. Ideal for cost-conscious development environments

   • Recommended for personal development/startups

For those like Onii-chan who want cost-effective development environments, try Hetzner♪

Renting a server from Germany has a certain romance to it (〃´∪｀〃)

Netsuki, thanks for researching in detail.

Ehehe~♪

I hope Onii-chan’s development environment becomes comfortable (´∀`)♪