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Engineered for production databases, CI/CD build nodes, and multi-container SaaS workloads requiring guaranteed AMD EPYC™ 9645 (Zen 5) physical cores, DDR5 ECC RAM, NVMe storage, and 2.5 Gbit/s networking.
| Plan | Dedicated CPU | RAM / NVMe | 12m Net | Voucher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS 500 G12.5 | 2 Cores Zen 5 | 4 GB / 64 GB | €10.86 | €5.00 OFF (New Customers) |
| RS 1000 G12.5 | 4 Cores Zen 5 | 8 GB / 128 GB | €18.26 | 2 Months Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
| RS 2000 G12.5 | 8 Cores Zen 5 | 16 GB / 256 GB | €34.20 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
| RS 4000 G12.5 | 12 Cores Zen 5 | 32 GB / 512 GB | €65.40 | €5.00 OFF |
| RS 8000 G12.5 | 16 Cores Zen 5 | 64 GB / 1024 GB | €124.72 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
High memory-per-euro virtual private servers powered by shared AMD EPYC vCores, ECC RAM, enterprise SSD storage (expandable up to 8 TB Block Storage on G12.5), and 2.5 Gbit/s traffic-flatrate connectivity on VPS 500–8000 G12.5 (1 Gbit/s on pico/nano from €1.85/mo net).
| Plan | Shared CPU | RAM / SSD | 12m Net (0% VAT) | Voucher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS 500 G12.5 | 2 vCores | 4 GB / 64 GB | €6.94 | €5.00 OFF (New Customers) |
| VPS 1000 G12.5 | 4 vCores | 8 GB / 128 GB | €12.18 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
| VPS 2000 G12.5 | 8 vCores | 16 GB / 256 GB | €22.62 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
| VPS 4000 G12.5 | 12 vCores | 32 GB / 512 GB | €38.11 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
| VPS 8000 G12.5 | 16 vCores | 64 GB / 1024 GB | €56.39 | 1 Month Free (Standalone Promo Plan) |
Plesk Obsidian, 50 GB–1 TB SSD, 1–12 free .de domains, Let’s Encrypt SSL, WordPress Toolkit, and Node.js/Ruby support.
Transparent registration & renewal pricing, automated ACME DNS-01 wildcard SSL support, and custom nameserver delegation.
| Model / Architecture | CPU & Isolation | RAM / Storage | Port & Traffic | €/GB RAM Value | Base → Yr-1 Effective | Voucher & 1-Click Cart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEDICATED ROOT | 2C EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) 0.0% Steal (Pinned) | 4 GB DDR5 ECC 64 GB NVMe | 2.5 Gbit/s (>3TB/24h) | €2.63 /GB |
€10.86 →
€10.51 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | €5.00 Credit Apply ↗ |
| RS 1000 G12.5 HOT DEDICATED ROOT | 4C EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) 0.0% Steal (Pinned) | 8 GB DDR5 ECC 128 GB NVMe | 2.5 Gbit/s (>3TB/24h) | €1.90 /GB |
€18.26 →
€15.22 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 2 Months Free Apply ↗ |
| RS 2000 G12.5 HOT DEDICATED ROOT | 8C EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) 0.0% Steal (Pinned) | 16 GB DDR5 ECC 256 GB NVMe | 2.5 Gbit/s (>3TB/24h) | €1.96 /GB |
€34.20 →
€31.35 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| DEDICATED ROOT | 12C EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) 0.0% Steal (Pinned) | 32 GB DDR5 ECC 512 GB NVMe | 2.5 Gbit/s (>3TB/24h) | €2.03 /GB |
€65.40 →
€65.05 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | €5.00 Credit Apply ↗ |
| DEDICATED ROOT | 16C EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) 0.0% Steal (Pinned) | 64 GB DDR5 ECC 1 TB NVMe | 2.5 Gbit/s (>3TB/24h) | €1.79 /GB |
€124.72 →
€114.33 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| SHARED VPS | 1 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 1 GB ECC 30 GB SSD | 1 Gbit/s Flatrate | €1.85 /GB |
€1.85 →
€1.85 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | Entry Rate Apply ↗ |
| SHARED VPS | 2 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 2 GB ECC 60 GB SSD | 1 Gbit/s Flatrate | €1.55 /GB |
€3.10 →
€3.10 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | Entry Rate Apply ↗ |
| SHARED VPS | 2 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 4 GB ECC 64 GB SSD | 2.5 Gbit/s (>2TB/24h) | €1.65 /GB |
€6.94 →
€6.59 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | €5.00 New Cust. Apply ↗ |
| VPS 1000 G12.5 HOT SHARED VPS | 4 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 8 GB ECC 128 GB SSD | 2.5 Gbit/s (>2TB/24h) | €1.40 /GB |
€12.18 →
€11.16 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| VPS 2000 G12.5 HOT SHARED VPS | 8 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 16 GB ECC 256 GB SSD | 2.5 Gbit/s (>2TB/24h) | €1.30 /GB |
€22.62 →
€20.74 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| SHARED VPS | 12 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 32 GB ECC 512 GB SSD | 2.5 Gbit/s (>2TB/24h) | €1.09 /GB |
€38.11 →
€34.93 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| SHARED VPS | 16 vCores EPYC KVM Shared vCore | 64 GB ECC 1 TB SSD | 2.5 Gbit/s (>2TB/24h) | €0.81 /GB |
€56.39 →
€51.69 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 1 Month Free Apply ↗ |
| PLESK HOSTING | PHP 128MB Incl. 1x Free .de | 128 MB PHP RAM 50 GB SSD (25G+25G) | Free SSL + Plesk | Managed Plesk |
€2.26 →
€2.26 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | €5.00 Credit Apply ↗ |
| Webhosting 2000 HOT PLESK HOSTING | PHP 512MB Incl. 3x Free .de | 512 MB PHP RAM 150 GB SSD (75G+75G) | Free SSL + Plesk | Managed Plesk |
€3.39 →
€2.37 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 30% OFF Lifetime Apply ↗ |
| Webhosting 4000 HOT PLESK HOSTING | PHP 512MB + Node.js Incl. 6x Free .de | 512 MB PHP RAM 500 GB SSD (250G+250G) | Free SSL + Plesk | Managed Plesk |
€6.81 →
€4.77 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 30% OFF Lifetime Apply ↗ |
| PLESK HOSTING | PHP 1024MB + Node.js Incl. 12x Free .de | 1024 MB PHP RAM 1000 GB SSD (500G+500G) | Free SSL + Plesk | Managed Plesk |
€11.07 →
€7.75 /mo 0% VAT Net (Yr-1 Effective) | 30% OFF Lifetime Apply ↗ |
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# 1. Verify CPU Model (EPYC 9645 Zen 5) & Steal Time (%st = 0.0 on Root Server)
lscpu | grep -E "Model name|CPU\(s\)|Thread|L3" && mpstat 1 3
# 2. Verify Non-Cached NVMe/SSD Random I/O Latency & IPv6 /64 Routing via fe80::1
ioping -c 10 -D . && ip -6 route show && ping6 -c 4 2606:4700:4700::1111
# 3. Optional Community Standard YABS (Geekbench 6 + fio + iPerf3)
curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -iNetcup’s Virtual Private Server (VPS) portfolio occupies a very specific engineering niche in European cloud infrastructure: high-memory, KVM-isolated virtual machines running on shared AMD EPYC host threads with ECC RAM, redundant SSD storage (expandable up to 8 TB via Local Block Storage on G12.5), and 2.5 Gbit/s traffic-flatrate connectivity on all G12.5 plans (1 Gbit/s on pico/nano G11.5s). While hourly cloud providers charge €45–€110/month for 16 GB to 64 GB of RAM, Netcup delivers those memory footprints for €22.62 to €56.39/month net (€26.92 to €67.11/month gross incl. 19% VAT)—provided you understand the operational trade-offs of fair-share CPU scheduling and 12-month contract cycles.
Open Thread & Benchmarks →In European systems engineering circles, Netcup’s "Root-Server" line has achieved near-legendary status: a KVM-virtualized machine that gives you the operational agility of cloud virtualization (instant snapshots, HTML5 VNC rescue console, Cloud-Init, custom ISO mounting) backed by guaranteed, dedicated physical AMD EPYC 9645 "Turin" (Zen 5) CPU cores, DDR5 ECC memory, local NVMe storage, and a 2.5 Gbit/s network port. With the G12.5 generation revision—spanning from the entry RS 500 G12.5 (€10.86/mo net / €12.93/mo gross) to the flagship RS 8000 G12.5—an objective tier-by-tier audit is essential before you deploy.
Open Thread & Benchmarks →Not every project justifies maintaining a raw Linux kernel, configuring Postfix/DKIM mail queues, or patching Docker daemons. Netcup’s managed Webhosting portfolio (Webhosting 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000) pairs Plesk Obsidian control panels with segregated SSD web and email storage (50 GB to 1,000 GB total), up to 1 GB of PHP memory_limit per worker, and 1 to 12 permanently bundled .de domains. When combined with our standalone 1-click 30% OFF Lifetime vouchers on tiers 2000–8000, the math becomes so favorable that the included domains alone practically pay for the hosting plan.
Open Thread & Benchmarks →Netcup (AS197540) and Hetzner Online (AS24940) are the two pillars of German infrastructure engineering, yet their hypervisor scheduling, storage topologies, and commercial billing models solve fundamentally different architectural problems. Hetzner Cloud is engineered for elastic, hourly-billed cloud orchestration with native L4/L7 load balancers, floating IPs, and Terraform autoscaling. Netcup is engineered for sustained baseline compute density—offering pinned AMD EPYC 9645 "Turin" (Zen 5) cores on its Root Server line (starting at €10.86/mo net / €12.93/mo gross on RS 500 G12.5 and €18.26/mo net / €21.73/mo gross on RS 1000 G12.5), local RAID-backed NVMe storage without Ceph network hops, and unmetered fair-use 2.5 Gbit/s bandwidth on 12-month commitments.
Open Comparison Thread →OVHcloud (AS16276, Roubaix, France) and Netcup (AS197540, Karlsruhe, Germany) represent two distinct philosophies in European cloud infrastructure. OVHcloud operates a massive global fiber backbone and a proprietary multi-terabit inline DDoS scrubbing platform (VAC), but abstracts its VPS line behind undisclosed host CPU generations, tiered port speed caps, and first-year promotional discounts that step up at renewal. Netcup publishes exact processor models (AMD EPYC 9645 Zen 5 on G12.5 Root Servers), unlocks 1 Gbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s ports even on entry plans, and maintains flat, non-escalating contract rates.
Open Comparison Thread →To a casual buyer scanning headline specs, Contabo GmbH (AS51167) and netcup GmbH (AS197540) both look like ultra-affordable German server hosts. To a systems engineer inspecting /proc/stat, vmstat, and iostat -xz, they sit at opposite ends of the infrastructure engineering spectrum. Contabo optimizes for headline RAM marketing on heavily oversubscribed shared host nodes with strict 200 Mbit/s–400 Mbit/s network port shapers, optional storage expansion fees, and non-EU location surcharges. Netcup optimizes for deterministic compute density—provisioning modern AMD EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) dedicated cores on Root Servers starting at €10.86/mo net / €12.93/mo gross (RS 500 G12.5) and €18.26/mo net / €21.73/mo gross (RS 1000 G12.5), 1 Gbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s ports, free SCP snapshots, and lower tenant contention.
Open Comparison Thread →Tested commands, explanations, expected output, and security notes for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Debian 12.
When a fresh Netcup VPS or Root Server finishes installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS inside the Server Control Panel (SCP), the initial 25 minutes of systems engineering determine whether your server runs reliably for years or suffers from unquiesced snapshot corruption, SSH brute-force floods, and suboptimal TCP throughput. This production runbook walks through verifying KVM paravirtualized drivers, installing the QEMU Guest Agent for live SCP snapshot freeze hooks, creating an unprivileged administrative account, tuning NVMe swap and TCP BBR congestion control for high-bandwidth VirtIO interfaces, and locking down dual-stack network exposure.
Because every Netcup VPS and Root Server runs on full QEMU/KVM hardware virtualization rather than shared-kernel LXC/OpenVZ containers, Docker Engine runs at native speed with zero cgroupv2 or overlay2 restrictions. However, simply running apt install docker.io leaves you with outdated distribution packages, unbounded container JSON logs that will eventually fill your SSD/NVMe disk, and a dangerous security flaw where Docker silently bypasses UFW firewall rules. This guide installs the official upstream Docker CE suite and hardens both daemon logging and network port binding.
Netcup gives you two distinct architectural paths for hosting WordPress, and choosing the right one upfront prevents painful migrations later. Path A uses Netcup Managed Webhosting (Webhosting 2000 or 4000), providing managed Plesk Obsidian, inclusive .de domains, managed Postfix/Dovecot mail, and zero Linux kernel maintenance. Path B uses a Netcup KVM server (such as the 8 GB ECC RAM VPS 1000 G12.5 or the 4-core dedicated AMD EPYC RS 1000 G12.5) to run an isolated Docker Compose stack with PHP 8.3 OPcache, MariaDB 11 tuned InnoDB buffer pools, and persistent in-memory Redis Object Caching for sub-50ms Time to First Byte (TTFB). Below are the complete production runbooks for both architectures.
Placing a tuned Nginx edge reverse proxy in front of your Docker containers, Node.js/Go APIs, or Python Gunicorn workers on a Netcup server lets you terminate TLS 1.3 and HTTP/3 (QUIC) in one place, pool upstream keepalive connections, enforce per-IP rate limiting against credential stuffing, and serve static assets directly from Linux kernel page cache (sendfile on). This guide provides a complete production Nginx configuration tailored for multi-core AMD EPYC Netcup nodes.
Placing Cloudflare’s Anycast CDN and Web Application Firewall (WAF) in front of your Netcup VPS or Root Server caches static assets at 300+ global edge PoPs and shields your origin IP. However, three mistakes plague 80% of Cloudflare deployments: using "Flexible" SSL (which sends unencrypted HTTP across the internet to Nuremberg/Vienna), logging Cloudflare edge IPs instead of real visitor IPs in Nginx/Fail2ban, and leaving ports 80/443 open to non-Cloudflare IPs so attackers can bypass your WAF entirely. This runbook fixes all three.
Every Netcup VPS and Root Server—across the entire Generation 11.5s and Generation 12.5 lineup—includes a dedicated static IPv4 (/32) address and a routed IPv6 /64 subnet (2a03:4000:... in Europe) containing 1.84 × 10¹⁹ addresses. However, Netcup’s IPv6 network architecture uses a fixed link-local default gateway (fe80::1) and requires Router Advertisements (accept-ra: false) to be disabled when configuring static IPv6 addresses. Misconfiguring this single detail causes intermittent IPv6 route drops every few minutes. Here is the exact configuration for Ubuntu 24.04 Netplan, Debian 12, Reverse DNS (PTR), and Docker IPv6.
Netcup’s G12.5 lineup pairs AMD EPYC™ 9645 ("Turin" Zen 5) processors with 2.5 Gbit/s ports while halving base NVMe storage and adjusting monthly pricing on RS 2000–8000 compared to G11/G12.
Our automated KV feed confirms 60 active voucher codes across 12 product groups, highlighted by 2 free months on RS 1000 G12.5 and 30% recurring discounts on Webhosting 2000–8000.
Generation 12/12.5 instances include hypervisor-level stateful firewall policies inside the Server Control Panel (SCP) alongside Cloud-Init automated YAML provisioning.
Every Netcup product voucher code (such as RS 1000 G12.5 2 Months Free, VPS 1000–8000 1 Month Free, or Webhosting 30% OFF Lifetime) is a standalone promotional package. Do NOT add a regular server from the Netcup storefront first! Simply click our 1-Click Direct Apply (?gutschein=<CODE>) button—or paste the code into the "Redeem voucher" box in an empty cart—and Netcup will automatically add the discounted promotional package directly to your cart. Only the €5.00 new-customer cart credit (36nc...) is applied on top of a regular product.
Netcup product vouchers (such as free-month Root Server or 30% lifetime Webhosting codes) are generated in small single-use or limited-redemption batches. If the first code in a batch was just redeemed by another customer minutes ago, you can immediately click "Apply ↗" or "Copy" on Backup Code #2, #3, #4, or #5 from the same card.
Yes, product-specific vouchers (such as RS 1000 G12.5 Free Months, VPS 1000 Free Month, and Webhosting 30% OFF Lifetime) are marked "All Customers" and can be redeemed by existing customers when ordering a new contract. However, the €5.00 cart discount voucher (tag 5e) is strictly restricted to new customers placing their first order.
Both use KVM full hardware virtualization (isolated Linux/Windows kernel and full root access), and both G12.5 lineups include a 2.5 Gbit/s network interface (1 Gbit/s on entry-level VPS pico/nano G11.5s). The critical difference is CPU and storage isolation: Netcup Root Servers allocate dedicated physical AMD EPYC 9645 (Zen 5) CPU cores, local PCIe NVMe storage, and a 99.9% annual availability SLA, whereas Netcup VPS plans use shared vCores and enterprise SSD storage optimized for bursty or high-RAM workloads at a lower price.
Generation 11 used AMD EPYC 9634 (Zen 4) processors. Generation 12 upgraded compute to AMD EPYC 9645 "Turin" (Zen 5) with 2.5 Gbit/s networking and native SCP firewall rules. Generation 12.5 retained the Zen 5 platform and DDR5 ECC RAM for new orders while adjusting base NVMe disk sizes (e.g., 128 GB on RS 1000 G12.5 and 256 GB on RS 2000 G12.5) and updated monthly pricing.
Netcup includes a Traffic Flatrate at full port speed (2.5 Gbit/s on both VPS 500–8000 G12.5 and Root Servers G12.5; 1 Gbit/s on VPS pico/nano G11.5s) with zero overage charges. Under Netcup’s official fair-use policy: Root Server G12.5 plans are temporarily throttled to 300 Mbit/s only if rolling 24-hour traffic exceeds 3 TB; VPS 500–8000 G12.5 plans are temporarily throttled to 200 Mbit/s if rolling 24-hour traffic exceeds 2 TB; and VPS pico/nano G11.5s are throttled to 100 Mbit/s if 24-hour average traffic exceeds 100 Mbit/s. Full speed resumes automatically once traffic drops below the threshold.
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