Layer7 ❯ AMD Epyc 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 and Linux and Windows templates. It is configured with 4 shared AMD EPYC cores, 16 GB of RAM, and 240 GB of NVMe storage, with a monthly bandwidth allocation of 50 TB delivered over a 1.0 Gbps port. Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 connectivity and rDNS are supported.
Potential Use Cases: This system is indicated for deploying moderately demanding web services and backend applications. It is suitable for running a LEMP stack (using Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP-FPM) for dynamic content delivery, or hosting RESTful API services developed in Node.js or Flask. Its NVMe storage is well-suited for transactional databases and caching solutions such as Redis or Memcached, while container orchestration platforms like Docker or Kubernetes can efficiently manage microservices deployments.
Critical Considerations: The shared EPYC cores may lead to resource contention under concurrent heavy workloads, so CPU-intensive processes (e.g., large-scale compilations using GCC or data processing with Apache Spark) might experience performance variability. Although 16 GB of RAM supports moderate multitasking, deployments involving multiple containers or large in-memory caches could approach the resource ceiling. The 240 GB NVMe storage delivers low-latency performance but might be limiting for applications requiring extensive persistent data storage.
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The latest price was €6.75, collected on March 16.
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