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by ponytech 4092 days ago
Do you think that would be acceptable for a database under heavy load, compared to a true dedicated server? Does anyone has tested this product and can share some benchmark?
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As long as you build it from source and realize the limited power of ARM, yes.

I wouldn't trust the packages for ARM because there are variations. Even GoLang doesn't work on all ARM processors, only some!

True dedicated servers would be much more powerful, and frankly, this is a service form Online.NET.

http://www.online.net/en/dedicated-server/dedibox-classic

For 3x the price, you can get a real Xeon processor [that will likely perform equivalent or better to 3x scaleway nodes] and 8x the RAM. At this price point, I don't see the appeal outside of the object storage.

Go works on all ARM processors that use ARMv5 or newer. Today it would be pretty hard to find an ARMv4 CPU.