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## Alpine Linux 3.15 celebration

Just recently [Alpine Linux
3.15](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.15.0-released.html) has
ben released. Also just a few days ago the first public
[dedicated server offer from ungleich](../dedicated-december-2021) has
been released. Enough reason to add one on top of it:

**Dedicated, low power servers running with Alpine Linux 3.15**


## Low Power Servers

We are proudly using the [PC Engines
APU](https://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm) in a lot of places at Data Center
Light. They are small, robust and easy to handle. And furthermore:
they consume only about 10W of power.

While there are other systems that are more power efficient, these
boxes are very suitable to be running as a tiny cluster. Webserver? No
problem. Mail server? No problem.

So let's have a look at the specifications:

* 4 real cores
* 4 GB RAM
* 1x 120GB SSD (usable: ca. 100GB)
* Gigabit Ethernet


## The offer in detail

The offer is valid for all orders received between 2021-12-06 to
2021-12-24. The monthly price is 100 CHF instead 150 CHF.
The price stays the same until the end of the contract.

You get:

* A dedicated, routed /48 IPv6 network
* A dedicated layer 2 network
* (optional, add on) IPv4 addresses (mapped via NAT64)
* **No setup fee** (instead of regular setup fee of 50 CHF)
* A server powered by 100% hydro power

The fine print:

* Minimum contract duration: 3 months

On order, you get access to the server with Alpine Linux 3.15
installed. You will need to provide your public SSH key for accessing
the device.

The server includes 15TB traffic per month. Additional 30TB traffic
can be added for 75 CHF/month. The server is located in an *IPv6 only*
network. It can reach the IPv4 Internet via outgoing NAT64. If you
need **incoming** IPv4 connectivity, we offer dedicated public IPv4
addresses for 9 CHF/month. They are mapped via NAT64-SIIT
to an IPv6 address of your choice.

The default setup fee of 50 CHF for dedicated servers is removed for
this offers.

The offer is limited to 10 dedicated servers on a first come, first
serve basis.

## The costs in the offer and even more competitve offer

Some of you will be doing the calculation of what it costs for hosting
it yourself. And we want to be as transparent as possible so that you
understand how the price is calculated.

The costs for ungleich consist roughly of:

* The hardware itself (~150~200 CHF)
* The manual work (~150 CHF)
* The support work (~100 CHF)
* The electricity (~5-10 CHF/month)
* The network traffic (~20~90 CHF/month)

Some of these can be optimised with larger quantities, but some of
them are rather static. However you can see that the network traffic
(based on 10~50 Mbit/s average) is one of the bigger parts of the
monthly cost.

For that reason, we offer a second, even more affordable version: if
you commit on using less than 10 Mbit/s on average (still burstable up
to 1000 Mbit/s), we can offer the dedicated APU for 50 CHF/month.

## What if it hardware breaks?

As this is real hardware, hardware failures can occur and they will be
repaired without any extra cost. It is however your responsibility to
inform the Data Center Light team about issues. Response times
according to [your selected SLA level](/u/products/ungleich-sla/).

## How can I start / how can order?

You can order at the
[Data Center Light / Dedicated APU Alpine 3.15](https://datacenterlight.ch/product/dedicated-apu/) or
on [Data Center Light / Dedicated APU Alpine 3.15 10
Mbit/s](https://datacenterlight.ch/product/dedicated-apu-10mbit/).


After the order is confirmed you will get access to the server within 5 working days.