Database / Postgres / Redis

Dedicated CPU, NVMe, plenty of RAM.

Databases live and die by IO + RAM (page cache). You want NVMe + dedicated CPU (shared vCPU has variable latency that kills your p99). For serious Postgres: 8GB RAM minimum, 16+ recommended.

RAM ≥ 16 GB CPU ≥ 4 cores Storage ≥ 100 GB

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Chosen for fitting the requirements and the price/performance for this workload.

Why: 8 dedicated AMD vCPU + 32 GB RAM + NVMe

hetzner/ccx33.json 6 regions · Hetzner

Hetzner CCX33

Dedicated CPU 8 vCPU 32 GB. For loaded databases and APIs.

$0.10 /hr

~25 ms Database-ready

4.7

Dedicated CPU

8 AMD EPYC dedicated

RAM

32 GB

NVME

240 GB

Bandwidth

30 TB

8 CPU 32 GB RAM 240 GB NVME 30 TB

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Why: 128 GB DDR5 + 2× 1.92TB NVMe for serious databases

hetzner/ax102.json 2 regions · Hetzner

Hetzner AX102

Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 128 GB DDR5, 2× 1.92 TB NVMe.

$119.57 /mo

~25 ms Top dedicated

4.9

Dedicated CPU

16 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

RAM

128 GB

NVME

1920 × 2

Bandwidth

∞ unmetered

16 CPU 128 GB RAM 1920 GB NVME ∞

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Why: Only if you need a multi-region global network

hostinger/vps-kvm-4.json 12 regions · Hostinger

Hostinger KVM 4

4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe.

$12.99 /mo

~15 ms ★ Featured Best seller

4.3

vCPU

4 AMD EPYC

RAM

16 GB

NVME

200 GB

Bandwidth

16 TB

4 vCPU 16 GB RAM 200 GB NVME 16 TB

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Operational tips

NEVER use shared vCPU for a serious production database
Snapshot backups + WAL archiving to cheap S3 storage
Consider connection pooling (PgBouncer) so you don't burn RAM