Questions[dedicated-server](server)

I've been spending some time last weeks researching about dedicated server rentals in Spain and, appart from all of them being really expensive, I found something that's bugging me.

So this is a range of IPs used by one of those providers (51.254.154.0/24). I got some of the ips, used some geo location tools and got back some weird results. While some of the ips seem to be located in Spain, others don't.

I then found out that the company linked to those IPs is OVH, which offers no services in Spain, having the nearest datacenter in France, where some of those IPs seem to be from.

As a final check, I wanted to simply ping these IPs and compare it to some I knew are located in OVH France's datacenter finding out that there was almost no difference, having between 53-54ms of response time.

mtrcheck on "spanish" IP (51.254.154.225) and one of my servers(192.0.2.50) in France from fr1 located there as well:

# mtr -c10 -r -n 51.254.154.225
Start: Mon Feb 27 14:14:23 2017
HOST: fr1                         Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- 192.0.2.10                 0.0%    10  974.0 208.1   0.3 1079. 432.2
  2.|-- 10.95.68.132               0.0%    10    0.3   0.3   0.2   0.3   0.0
  3.|-- 10.95.66.72                0.0%    10    0.2   0.2   0.2   0.4   0.0
  4.|-- 37.187.231.253             0.0%    10    1.8   1.8   1.7   1.8   0.0
  5.|-- 178.33.103.226            80.0%    10    2.0   8.7   2.0  15.5   9.5
  6.|-- 51.254.154.225             0.0%    10    1.8   1.8   1.8   1.9   0.0

# mtr -c10 -r -n 192.0.2.50
Start: Mon Feb 27 14:14:24 2017
HOST: fr1                         Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- 192.0.2.10                 0.0%    10    1.8 156.6   0.3 1069. 342.6
  2.|-- 10.95.68.196               0.0%    10    0.3   0.3   0.2   0.3   0.0
  3.|-- 10.95.66.70                0.0%    10    0.2   0.3   0.2   0.3   0.0
  4.|-- 37.187.232.120            70.0%    10    0.2   0.2   0.2   0.3   0.0
  5.|-- 192.0.2.50                 0.0%    10    0.6   0.6   0.5   0.7   0.0

So...

• Is this spanish provider lying about the location of their servers?
• If so, how can it be possible to show that the IP is located in Spain when it actually isn't?
• Might it be pure coincidence that I get same ping results as I live in the middle of France and Madrid datacenters?

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I ordered a dedicated server 1 month ago and I want to make sure my server is dedicated and not a VPS or Shared server. Are there any tools I can verify that my server is running on bare metal and that I am the only user?

This is a Canonical Question about Cloud Hosting

When deploying my application to the Internet:

• Should I chose a dedicated server, cloud hosting or a VPS?
• What factors should I consider when choosing?

1. Many web hosting companies are now offering Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors under "cheap dedicated hosting." But my laptop has an Intel core i3 processor, which makes it more likely a desktop processor than a server processor.

2. When I spoke to one of the web hosting company's tech support official about this, he told me that their "i3 processor comes bundled with ECC/Registered DDR3 RAM on a server-class motherboard (socket LGA1156)." Furthermore he told me this:

"We've chosen to offer this particular CPU as our "budget" server, but in no way lowers the quality of the actual server itself. We utilize proper cooling methods and also the same fans and heatsinks that we use on our Xeon CPU's.

The main difference between the Xeon and these i3' are that the Xeon processors can support multiple CPU's on the same motherboard, while these cannot. They're also marketed to be server CPU's, while the i3's are not, but they perform just as well under the same conditions."

I would like to take any input I get from the community. Is it good to go with an i3/i5/i7 processor, with the kind of setup mentioned above? or is there anything I should be worried about?

EDIT: To be more clear, I've got an Intel Core i3-540 Dual-Core processor (3.06GHz) with HyperThreading. And I will be running a wordpress blog on it (generates some 1-1.5 million pageviews a month).

What exactly is the difference between a VPS (Virtual Private Server), a Cloud Server, and a Dedicated Server? I'm having trouble finding a concise explanation that isn't littered with advertising.