[ale] Replacing shared host?

[Leam Hall]

I'd probably use Ansible to build out whatever, and at this point I'm
moving from "sysadmin" to "programmer". The less OS the better.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:49 AM Beddingfield, Allen via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> According to them, hardware failure.
> I had backups, so no data lost.
> Allen B.
>
> On 12/17/18 9:46 AM, Simba via Ale wrote:
> > Uh huh, and can you offer any more detail about how your VMs were lost?
> > Was it user error?
> >
> > Being able to load your own ISO is a nice feature, and one that Digital
> > Ocean recently started to offer. Personally I don't find it extremely
> > useful, since I only use Debian.
> >
> > Simba Lion - https://tailpuff.net
> > https://keybase.io/simbalion
> >
> > "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
> >
> > On 12/17/18 10:38 AM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
> >> 2-3 years ago, if I remember correctly.
> >> The major selling factor for me with Vultr is the ability to load my own
> >> OS.  Digital Ocean doesn't support openSUSE (or didn't the last time I
> >> checked), and I can just load it from ISO on Vultr.
> >>
> >> Allen B.
> >>
> >> On 12/17/18 9:35 AM, Simba via Ale wrote:
> >>> When was that? I've been using them since 2013 and I've never
> >>> experienced more professional treatment from a low cost tech service.
> >>> I run dozens of servers and have had zero issues. Performance is
> >>> consistent and fast.
> >>>
> >>> And you dont pay more for less. That's what AWS and GCP are. Vultr and
> >>> D.O. are basically the same in terms of price.
> >>>
> >>> On December 17, 2018 10:32:16 AM EST, "Beddingfield, Allen via Ale"
> >>> <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      After Digital Ocean lost two of my VMs, and all they could says
> was
> >>>      "sorry, here's some account credits", I lost faith in them and
> >>> moved to
> >>>      Vultr.
> >>>      Either way, I keep my own backups, because I don't trust anyone
> >>> else to
> >>>      do it.
> >>>
> >>>      Allen B.
> >>>
> >>>      On 12/17/18 9:20 AM, Simba wrote:
> >>>
> >>>          Vultr is fine for hobby stuff but they don't seem professional
> >>>          and if
> >>>          yer project is for business I would recommend Digital Ocean
> >>> instead.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>          On December 17, 2018 9:18:03 AM EST, "Beddingfield, Allen via
> >>> Ale"
> >>>          <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>          I highly recommend Vultr. Never had an issue, and they are one
> >>>          of the
> >>>          few that will allow you to upload your own ISO and
> interactively
> >>>          install
> >>>          the OS. If you don't want to do that, you can use one of their
> >>>          images.
> >>>
> >>>          I use Vultr for VM hosting, Enom for DNS, and I have a paid
> >>>          account with
> >>>          ProtonMail for e-mail (got tired of trying to run my own mail
> >>>          server).
> >>>
> >>>          All have been good experiences.
> >>>          Allen B.
> >>>
> >>>          On 12/17/18 6:53 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> >>>
> >>>          Hey all, I need to move into this century. After almost 20
> years
> >>>          with
> >>>          the same shared host, the tech support that has been farmed
> out
> >>>          to keeps
> >>>          making the service useless.
> >>>
> >>>          My needs are pretty simple, a few web pages. In theory I'll
> grow
> >>>          to PHP
> >>>          7 and MySQL in the back end, but right now I need to write web
> >>>          pages and
> >>>          scp them up to the host. I have some time to move things over,
> >>>          thus time
> >>>          to learn something if necessary. I do not want to run a the
> >>>          server in my
> >>>          house.
> >>>
> >>>          Is it time to move to something like Digital Ocean droplets,
> or
> >>>          AWS?
> >>>          Long term it looks like DO costs more and you get less, but I
> >>>          just don't
> >>>          know yet.
> >>>
> >>>          Thoughts and recommendations?
> >>>
> >>>          Leam
> >>>
> >>>
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