That's why I choose the `d` EC2. They come with NVMe SSD ephemeral storage and in terms of bandwidth, AWS will beat it anyway. R6 is around 10Gbps if I remember correctly.
Hetzner gives you 20TB/month outgoing bw + 1euro/TB if you add 39 euro for 10gbps uplink - or un-metered 1gbps bw.
Even if you have "up to 10 gbps" bw from aws - it's going to be much more expensive! And if you just need low latency (and "no" data), 1 gbps would probably serve you just as well?
So at those prices (essentially no bandwidth) - you could get two physical servers from hetzner...
Fwiw i agree comparing aws to dedicated doesn't make much sense - but unless flexibility is important - I don't see aws comming out on top from such a simple comparison.
Yes the local storage is not throttled on bare-metal. Maybe these new AWS instance with ephemeral storage are not throttled as well, I can't find the information.
Anyway, it's not 8TB but 1TB and on the AWS price calculator it costs 650€ for this instance. You may have access to special prices.
And the AWS offer is missing storage and bandwidth, which are extremely expensive if you want something comparable.