OVH Scale-a2, $ 422.00/mo. on Linux/Windows Dedicated
Scale-a2 has been added on Sep 27, 2025, Aggregate Rating (3.1 out of 10 from 37 reviews)
| 💪 CPU/Cores : | AMD EPYC GENOA 9254, 24 cores / 48 threads, 2.9–3.9 GHz |
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| 🔋 RAM : | 128000 MB |
| 🔌 Hosted domains : | unlimited |
| 🆓 free domains : | 0 |
| 📌 Dedicated IPs : | 1 |
| 💳 Payment Methods : | Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal |
| 🔧 Category : | Self ManagedDDoS Protection |
| ✍️ Support Options : | EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free |
| ⚑ Targeting : | AU AT BE CA FR DE IN IE IT LT LU MC MA NL PL PT SN SG ES TN UK US |
| 🚀 Uptime : | 99.99 % |
See also initial Scale-a2 plan location on their website!
*📜 Plan description
AMD EPYC 9254 brings Zen 4 efficiency and 24c/48t for mixed web/database use, CI workers and mid-size virtualization. Memory scales from 128 GB to 1 TB DDR5 ECC, and base storage is 2 x 1.92 TB NVMe that can be expanded or RAIDed for resilience and IOPS. Public links are guaranteed (non-metered) and private vRack is 50 Gbps for low-latency east-west traffic. Add IPv4 failover blocks or BYO IPs as your network map evolves; IPv6 range included as standard. Anti-DDoS protection mitigates volumetric attacks at the provider edge.
Scale emphasizes predictable performance and resilient networking (four 25-Gbps ports, 99.99% SLA). With automated provisioning and API access, it suits teams consolidating many dynamic websites, headless CMS clusters and application middleware on one host while keeping room to grow.
Scale emphasizes predictable performance and resilient networking (four 25-Gbps ports, 99.99% SLA). With automated provisioning and API access, it suits teams consolidating many dynamic websites, headless CMS clusters and application middleware on one host while keeping room to grow.
📄 Editorial Review
OVHCloud is a large, vertically integrated provider founded in 1999 that serves ~1.5M customers with a very broad catalog spanning Shared Hosting, VPS, Dedicated Servers, Public/Hosted Private Cloud, domains, email, and SSL. They operate on an in-house global backbone (quoted ~20 Tbit/s capacity) and run infrastructure across dozens of locations on four continents. The overall value proposition blends scale, price/performance, and control: anti-DDoS is standard, bandwidth is generous (often unmetered in EU/US/CA), and many products include backups and automation while keeping costs predictable.Product lineup at a glance
- Shared Web Hosting – PHP hosting with anti-DDoS, daily backups, databases, 1-click CMS installers, and a free domain for the first year on many plans. They advertise 99.99% availability on the platform (no formal SLA on shared).
- VPS – NVMe-backed instances with daily automatic backups, 1-click scaling, integrated KVM console, IPv4/IPv6, optional managed databases, 99.9% SLA, and optional cPanel/Plesk images.
- Dedicated Servers (Bare Metal Cloud) – multiple ranges:
- Rise (best price/performance; 1 Gbps guaranteed public bandwidth in EU/US/CA; 500 GB backup space).
- Advance (versatile AMD EPYC, 3 Gbps guaranteed public + 25 Gbps private, 99.95% SLA, rich storage/backup options, Network Security Dashboard, Carbon Calculator).
- Storage (SAS/NVMe, hot-swap, HA-NAS and file-storage add-ons).
- Game (high-freq AMD EPYC, Game DDoS protection, NVMe/DDR5).
- Scale (up to 256 cores, 4×25 Gbps NICs, 50 Gbps vRack).
- High Grade (Xeon Gold/EPYC 9004, dual PSUs, hot-swap SSDs, 99.99% SLA, up to 100–200 Gbps internal with OLA).
- Wholesale/white-label rack options and the budget Kimsufi line for low-resource projects.
- Public Cloud – OpenStack/Kubernetes-based compute, storage, networks, managed databases, analytics, AI/ML, and a growing Local Zones footprint; API calls and egress are included in many price points to keep costs predictable.
- Hosted Private Cloud – VMware SDDC in dedicated environments (Essential/Premier).
- Email/Exchange, CDN (Basic/Security/Advanced), and SSL (Sectigo DV/EV) round out the web stack.
Security and compliance are a core theme (built-in anti-DDoS; certifications; SecNumCloud for sensitive EU workloads). The manufacturing/supply chain is unusually integrated (servers built in France/Canada, custom water-cooling, component reuse), supporting both sustainability and cost control.
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