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I have a dedicated server, so they can't possibly overprovision that. Just load up the OS over IPMI and I manage the VMs and all. Been using them before AWS was a thing and couldn't be bothered, I like having all the control I can. I have a nice /29 of clean IPs with it that I've owned for 8 years as well.
OVH's IPv6 is total ass though. Don't even try, it's essentially unusable especially if you want to use more than like 8 single IPs of your /56. The routers crap themselves and forget about the rest because it's not a routed prefix, it sees it as if you have a single box claiming 8 IPs on itself.
I'm not sure I would use their cloud offerings. Renting old baremetal from them for cheap is much more price effective, especially if you can snag it on sale. And it also reduces waste by stopping those old boxes from being trashed and putting them to good use.
Going to have to look into that. I didn't know that was even an option. Good tip!
In all fairness, they usually end up on eBay and then in my basement 😂
I suggest checking out their discount brands Kimsufi and SoYouStart. I pay like C$12/month for a dedicated server with a few cores, 8GB of RAM, and 2TB of hard drive space.