# Hetzner Server Consulting
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197 "2024-03-20T15:33:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@wizible](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wizible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/1 "2024-03-20T15:33:15Z")
I would like to install my first own Discourse forum on my own cloud server.
So far I have only ever worked with managed servers.
I would like to stay with Hetzner. Can anyone tell me which server is suitable for a Discourse forum?
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Better Shared vCPU (x86) or Shared vCPU (Arm64) or directly a Dedicated vCPU?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/2 "2024-03-20T15:37:49Z")
> [@wizible](#):
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> Shared vCPU (x86)
This one, but you might need 8GB now for online upgrades 😅
(I just had a failed online upgrade today with a 4GB server (+ 2GB swap).)
Maybe I just need more swap …
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### Author:  [@wizible](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wizible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/3 "2024-03-20T17:13:56Z")
Thank you. So you think, the minimum i need is CX31, is that right?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/4 "2024-03-20T17:23:37Z")
Or the 4GB server with 4GB swap …
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### Author:  [@wizible](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wizible)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/5 "2024-03-20T17:24:55Z")
Sorry, what does “4GB swap” mean?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/6 "2024-03-20T17:41:25Z")
[https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=swap](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=swap)
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/7 "2024-03-20T20:14:46Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> (I just had a failed online upgrade today with a 4GB server (+ 2GB swap).)
Really? 🤯
Is there some context on why it would fail on this specific installation?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-server-consulting/300197/8 "2024-03-20T21:49:35Z")
No I think it’s just bad luck.
It’s almost certainly occurring at assets compilation.