[ale] Replacing shared host?
Simba
simbalion-ale at tailpuff.net
Mon Dec 17 10:55:46 EST 2018
If you'd like a managed solution have a look at
https://pridetechdesign.com, fully managed servers built on Digital Ocean.
Simba Lion - https://tailpuff.net
https://keybase.io/simbalion
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
On 12/17/18 10:54 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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