Production Infrastructure Migration: DigitalOcean to Hetzner Reduces Costs from $1,432 to $233 Monthly
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Summary
A software company in Turkey successfully migrated their production infrastructure from DigitalOcean to Hetzner dedicated servers, reducing monthly costs from $1,432 to $233 (84% savings) while handling complex infrastructure including 248 GB of MySQL data across 30 databases, 34 Nginx sites, GitLab EE, Neo4j, and live mobile app traffic. The migration was driven by Turkey's economic challenges including skyrocketing inflation and a weakening Turkish Lira against the US dollar, which made dollar-denominated infrastructure costs unsustainable. The technical migration was executed with zero downtime, demonstrating a real-world case study of cost optimization for businesses facing currency exchange challenges.
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A real-world production migration from DigitalOcean to Hetzner dedicated, handling 248 GB of MySQL data across 30 databases, 34 Nginx sites, GitLab EE, Neo4j, and live mobile app traffic — with zero downtime.
A bill that felt manageable two years ago now hits very differently when the exchange rate has multiplied
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