Layer7 ❯ Intel Xeon SP Gold Server VPS Germany FRA1
Layer7 is a small but dynamic company legally registered in Germany offering cloud services primarily from data centers in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Paris. They own and operate their own server hardware in colocation at ISO/IEC 27001 certified data centers. The company has an excellent track record in regards to the reliability and uptime of their services, with exceptionally positive customer reviews left across hosting forums and specialized websites. Despite their small market share compared to big brand names like Hetzner or OVH, they are known among enthusiasts for offering some of the cheapest high-storage machines in the European Union and for their powerful AMD virtual servers with low neighbor contention and liberal Terms of Service.
VPS Description:
Overview: This Layer7 VPS is hosted in Germany on KVM virtualization and supports custom ISO installations for arbitrary OS deployments, plus Linux and Windows templates. It is provisioned with 4 shared Intel cores, 8 GB RAM, and 120 GB NVMe storage, and offers 50 TB monthly bandwidth over a 1.0 Gbps port with dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and rDNS.
Potential Use Cases: The fast NVMe storage and generous bandwidth make this VPS suitable for low-latency applications that require rapid read/write operations. It can efficiently serve as a caching server using Redis or Memcached, or host a high-performance database backend such as PostgreSQL optimized for transactional workloads. The system is also suitable for running containerized microservices via Docker and orchestration platforms, and can function as an API gateway or a reverse proxy using HAProxy or Nginx. Additionally, its location in Germany provides low-latency connectivity for European users.
Critical Considerations: The shared CPU may lead to performance variability during sustained high-load operations like intensive data processing with Apache Spark or heavy database transactions. With 8 GB RAM, applications requiring extensive in-memory caching or multi-container environments could approach resource limits. Furthermore, adherence to DMCA policies must be considered when hosting content that might attract takedown notices.
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The latest price was €3.99, collected on March 13.
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