C2: Affordable X86-64 Servers
Avotons are very slow, an 8C SoC will typically be slower than an 8 year old 2C desktop CPU (I ran Go builds as a benchmark on my own 2.4 GHz C2750 vs. a 2008 iMac with 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo).<p>As for Scaleway, some people seem to like it very much, but I found their policy about spamming their users problematic. They (online.net) mock you at registration with a sleazy checked and disabled box for receiving spam (&quot;product news&quot; etc.), therefore I would consider their offers &quot;ad-supported&quot;.<p>The C2 is advertised as &quot;bare-metal&quot;, but since they offer a 4C variant, I doubt that (there&#x27;s a 4C variant, the C2550, but that doesn&#x27;t seem to be a sane choice). C2L might be a full dedicated box (or not), but C2S and C2M seem very much VPS&#x2F;shared. It&#x27;s likely to be based on SuperMicro MicroBlades: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.supermicro.nl&#x2F;products&#x2F;MicroBlade&#x2F;module&#x2F;MBI-6418A-T7H.cfm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.supermicro.nl&#x2F;products&#x2F;MicroBlade&#x2F;module&#x2F;MBI-6418...</a> (4 nodes in 1 3U blade!).