Hetzner’s New Intel VPS Plans: Compared to AMD Offerings

Hetzner has just launched four new shared vCPU VPS server offerings powered by Intel processors. I am very interested in benchmarking the performance differences between the AMD EPYC VPS line and the new Intel VPS line. I currently host all of my web servers on Hetzner’s AMD EPYC shared VPS servers and want to make …

Maximize Your Online Security with NextDNS or Pi-hole: A Comparison of Cloud vs Self-Hosted DNS Blockers in 2023

NextDNS and Pi-hole are two well-known DNS blockers that provide similar features, but differ in their implementation. NextDNS operates as a cloud-based service, while Pi-hole functions as a self-hosted solution. The advantages and disadvantages of each approach depend on the user’s needs. In this article, we will compare cloud-based versus self-hosted DNS blockers based on …

Further Hetzner VPS Optimizations and Benchmarks

In a follow-up to my previous post, I shall go through new benchmarks, configuration, and optimizations for my VPS server. This is all in an attempt to squeeze the maximum performance out of my Hetzner CPX11 (2 cores, 2GB) VPS server that I use for web hosting. $5/month hosted in Ashburn, VA Server Configuration Keeping …

Hetzner VPS Web Hosting Benchmark Results

Attempting to push my Hetzner CPX11 (2 cores, 2GB) VPS server to its limits. $5/month hosted in Ashburn, VA Configuration Running through the free Cloudflare plan. Individually optimized and tweaked Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, and Redis. Using Redis Object Cache and Autoptimize for further performance and optimization. Benchmarking WPPerformanceTester WordPress Hosting Benchmark Tool KeyCDN Run on …