Hetzner stopped offering ARM processors

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Although the Reddit thread is from a while ago, the situation is still current.

From https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-rx/:

"Unfortunately, we are currently unable to offer any RX servers."

NetCup still offers Arm VPSs, but similarly no managed servers.

Are the recent improvements in x86 getting us back to an architectural monoculture, at least until other Arm providers step up?

Probably a combination of improvements in x86 and increased prices from ARM

Yes I think so as well, as one comment on the Reddit thread mentioned, increased prices and lack of new features on Arm may have driven such decisions.

I did enjoy the few Arm servers and VMs I got to work with, and the software ecosystem wasn't in any way lacking for Java and Python deployments. However I did encounter absence of SIMD support in SBCL.

> The server backups, which I'm paying for, will be useless if we cannot get a new ARM instance to dump them into, especially considering that I cannot download these backups to take them elsewhere.

So the server backups are not backups.

> Just somewhat concerned.

Backup ? What backup ?

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