Dedicated server at hertzner.de - auction or new?

Question

Iron

We need a server with ~1TB of disks for a while, for 2-3 months. I took a closer look at Hertzner, there is an auction of servers. Should I buy it or get a new one?
Who used, respond.

Answer 1

When buying new servers, you pay an additional setup fee.
When buying from an auction - you have 30 days to test the server for problems (especially hard ones) with a full refund. I took about 10, there were no problems.

Answer 2

Hetzner does not provide new servers. Taking a new one, whether from an auction, you will find out by looking at the smart that the raid from hards is under ten to twelve thousand hours.
Therefore, the best advice is not to take servers from Hetzner, take them from decent hosts.

Answer 3

for "take a new one" you need to have great faith , what prevents you from applying it to the auction? check screws/server before uploading data, and that's it