That’s a somewhat odd feature given the ubiquity of Gmail and Outlook, but nevertheless it’s a welcome perk. You can choose from a wide range of open source (and closed source) operating systems including Arch Linux and Core OS, plus Ionos offers “unlimited” email accounts with 2GB storage for each mailbox. There’s no bandwidth constraint thanks to a 1Gbps port, no setup fees, a 480-second setup time, and no minimum contract period (and no introductory price gimmick). NVMe solid-state drives are available, but at a premium for a quarter of the storage, and backup is optional. It is backed by 96GB (yes, 96GB) of DDR4 ECC system memory plus two 4GB 7200RPM SATA drives in RAID-1 configuration (hardware, not software). However, this definitely isn’t the case with the XXL-96: for $180 per month (or $0.25 per hour), the system packs a brand new Intel Xeon Silver 4123 CPU, a processor that was launched in 2018 and comes with eight 3GHz cores and a whopping 11MB cache. Now, there are cheaper (much cheaper) options around, but they are likely to have corners cut and significantly older or slower hardware. IONOS (opens in new tab) (ex-1&1) offers one of the most affordable 8-core dedicated servers out there.

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