Technical specification sheet, 0% VAT (excl. tax) contract term pricing and Hetzner comparison for netcup VPS 2000 G12.5. Active checkout voucher: 1 Month Free (€22.62 deduction on 12-month term, 0% VAT (excl. tax)).
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Worth €22.62(1 × €22.62 · 12-month rate, 0% VAT (excl. tax))
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| Contract term | List price / mo (0% VAT) | Voucher deduction (0% VAT) | First-term total after code (0% VAT) | Effective / mo (0% VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 months | €22.62 | €22.62 | €248.82 | €20.74 |
| 24 months | €19.24 | €19.24 | €442.52 | €18.44 |
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| Processor | AMD EPYC (x86_64 KVM) |
| CPU cores | 8 shared vCores |
| RAM | 16 GB ECC |
| Storage | 256 GB SSD |
| Network port | 2.5 Gbit/s (IPv4 + /64 IPv6) |
| Traffic policy | Unlimited flat rate. Temporarily throttled to 200 Mbit/s if rolling 24h traffic exceeds 2 TB; automatically lifted once below 2 TB/24h. |
| Availability SLA | 99.6% general DC average (99.9% SLA on Root Server) |
| 30-day satisfaction guarantee | No (VPS line) |
| Setup fee | €0.00 |
| Local Block Storage | Expandable up to 8 TB NVMe/SSD in SCP |
| Server Control Panel (SCP) | UEFI/BIOS images, custom ISO/qcow2, offline/online snapshots, stateful firewall, Grml rescue, VNC, REST API |
Concrete resource allocation and configuration parameters tailored to 8 shared x86 vCores + 16 GB ECC RAM + 256 GB SSD:
| Subsystem / Stack | RAM Budget | Recommended Configuration Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| Linux kernel, systemd & journald | 0.5 GB | SystemMaxUse=200M in /etc/systemd/journald.conf |
| PostgreSQL 17 / MariaDB | 4.8 GB | shared_buffers = 4096MB · effective_cache_size = 10240MB · work_mem = 32MB · maintenance_work_mem = 1024MB · max_worker_processes = 8 |
| Redis / Valkey cache | 1.6 GB | maxmemory 1632mb · maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru |
| Docker containers / App workers | 7.2 GB | Comfortably runs 16–40 active containers or 64 concurrent PHP-FPM / Node / Go workers |
| OS page cache & burst headroom | 1.9 GB | vm.swappiness = 10 in /etc/sysctl.d/99-tuning.conf |
| Disk & SCP snapshot reserve (256 GB) | ~218 GB usable | SCP requires at least 10% free space (26 GB) to create online/offline snapshots |
Run these commands after provisioning to verify CPU allocation, steal time (%st), /64 IPv6 routing via fe80::1, and disk IOPS (passing -i to YABS skips the multi-gigabyte iperf3 transfer so you do not burn your 2 TB/24h unthrottled budget before the 200 Mbit/s shaping threshold):
# 1. Verify CPU model (allocated KVM vCores) and topology
lscpu | grep -E "Model name|Socket|Thread|NUMA|CPU\(s\):"
# 2. Check CPU steal time (%st column; should remain 0.0 on dedicated Root Server cores)
vmstat 1 5
# 3. Verify /64 IPv6 subnet and netcup's fe80::1 link-local gateway
ip -6 addr show dev eth0 && ip -6 route show default
ping6 -c 4 2606:4700:4700::1111
# 4. Run YABS fio 4k/64k disk + Geekbench 6 benchmark without iperf3 (-i)
curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -iSelecting “No preference Europe” places your server in Nuremberg (DE), Vienna (AT) or Amsterdam (NL) for €0 extra. Locking a specific city adds a monthly surcharge:
| Data center location | Monthly surcharge (0% VAT) |
|---|---|
| No preference Europe (AT, DE or NL) | €0.00 |
| Nuremberg, Germany | +€2.88 |
| Vienna, Austria | +€2.88 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | +€2.88 |
| Manassas, USA | +€2.88 |
| Singapore | +€25.64 |
How this plan compares against its sibling netcup line and equivalent Hetzner Cloud shared (CX) and dedicated (CCX) instances at 12-month / monthly rates:
| RS 2000 G12.5 | VPS 2000 G12.5 | Hetzner CX43 | Hetzner CCX33 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU allocation | 8 dedicated cores | 8 shared vCores | 8 shared vCores | 8 dedicated cores |
| NVMe / SSD storage | 256 GB NVMe | 256 GB SSD | 160 GB NVMe | 240 GB NVMe |
| Included traffic | 3 TB / 24h → 300 Mbps | 2 TB / 24h → 200 Mbps | 20 TB / mo | 30 TB / mo |
| 99.9% SLA | 99.9% | – | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| 30-day money-back | 30d | – | Hourly | Hourly |
| Monthly price (12M / cap) (0% VAT) | €34.20 | €22.62 | €16.49 | €138.99 |
4 × CPU · 8 GB RAM · 128 GB
12 × CPU · 32 GB RAM · 512 GB
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