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Test ping times to hosting servers before committing—low latency (<50ms) boosts SSH and website responsiveness Hetzner offers data centers in Europe and the US—ping their IPs (e g ping 5 161 123 456) from your location to confirm High ping (>100ms) delays CLI commands on Ubuntu or RDP on Windows impacting uptime monitoring Check their network page for peering details (e g Cloudflare CDN) to ensure fast routes Post-deployment run
ping -c 10 8.8.8.8
on Linux VPS or
ping -n 10 8.8.8.8
on Windows to verify internal latency—expect <10ms to major hubs for optimal performance

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