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I am super excited for this. I've been running an ARMv7 server on Scaleway almost since they were released.

However, I don't see any news that the new ARMv8 servers will support native IPv6.

This is a big limitation, if you want to be IPv6 accessible now, you have to run a 6in4 tunnel. The x86 servers (physical and VM) from Scaleway all support native IPv6. The explanation so far was that the ARM back plane doesn't support IPv6.

So will these new ARMv8 servers support native IPv6? Or are they build on the same back plane as the ARMv7 servers?

Edit: It's supported, I can't read.

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They say in this article these new servers have native IPv6 support actually.

Thanks for pointing that out, I totally missed that!

Their main page still doesn't mention this though. [0]

[0] https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/

When creating a new ARMv8 server, IPv6 is off by default. You just need to tick it and that's it.

And kill the IPv4 address (if you don't need it) and save 1€ per month.

Too bad all they offer is a single IP, or a /127 to be exact. Very strange decision.

Is there any specific reason that you went with the ARM server, rather than an x86? They honestly don't seem that much cheaper than say an VMs from other cloud providers, and I don't imagine that they're able to beat an x86 in terms of performance.

> Is there any specific reason that you went with the ARM server, rather than an x86?

1. I work a lot with ARM in my personal and professional life, so I actually like that Scaleway is offering ARM servers because it means I can take armhf binaries I build at home and run them in Scaleway

2. I run Linux on the server, so I'm not really impacted by the fact it's ARM. All the packages I need are available for ARM. I'm not running any legacy software that would require x86.

> I don't imagine that they're able to beat an x86 in terms of performance.

It's primarily a web server, so I don't give a hoot about performance. I care more about the unlimited bandwidth Scaleway offers, even though I don't consume that much. For 3 EUR per month it's perfect for me.

VPS providers usually over provision (unless they really suck at being VPS providers) and that means you might have a great time, or a terrible time, depending on your neighbours resource utilisation. Being the only tenant means that you aren't impacted by what other people do, and as I said, it's 3 EUR/month which is fantastic for running a personal website.

They do have IPv6 - I just checked the admin dashboard.

What advantages are you hoping to get from IPv6? It's in a broken state right now and will be for years to come.

Each container having its own public ipv6 address or each customer's requests coming off of a different bindhost

Most providers will give you a /64 IPv6 subnet, so you can assign services distinct IPv6 addresses.

Apart from that, I'd like people on IPv6 connections to be able to access my server directly? There are a lot of providers who are using cgNAT today for IPv4 connections in Asia and Europe due to address exhaustion, and I've had bad experiences with people behind cgNAT.

Plus it's 20-freaking-17. Why aren't they offering IPv6?

Can you elaborate on what constitutes "broken" ?

Sure, how about routes are not working or are very very slow via IPv6? Just an example I had a problem with recently: DTAG (largest german carrier) had no route at all to a DC in the Netherlands via IPv6. I had no option to reach DTAG from this specific DC, which is basically most germans. It took days (!) to get sorted.

Next example is Cogent, they had huge packet loss via IPv6 for days (we are speaking 50%+). After a ticket was opened it was fixed very fast, but it seems no one cares about IPv6 as long as they can put a stamp on it which says "We support IPv6". Most people who shout for IPv6 are not even using it so I am always a bit sceptical.

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