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KingAct 2mo ago

Demand response programs are just hosts outsourcing their risk to you · Datacenter Talk

Following this thread closely. I have a HostHatch storage VPS in Amsterdam that I use for backup. 20 minutes offline during a DR event means my nightly rsync fails and I get an email I have to read. That's it. Not the same problem as FlowSana's database cluster.

The risk transfer depends entirely o...

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KingAct 4mo ago

Contabo pulled the plug while I'm still paying—what now? · Web Hosting

olespete said:
Anyone taking 2-year prepays in this market is running a Ponzi or a fire sale.

Or just desperate for cash flow. Richard needed the lump sum to cover the Hetzner dispute, I'd bet. Prepaid 2027 money spent by Christmas.

The anycast advice stands for those who can use it. For...

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KingAct 9mo ago

Contabo completely vanished—anyone got a ping? · Web Hosting

Fail1996 said:
Contabo's "removal" probably just means billing paused til next month

Called it. Got billed this morning for a "removed" backup tier from July. Ticket still open. These shops don't have billing reconciliation, they have billing prayer.

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KingAct 9mo ago

Contabo completely vanished—anyone got a ping? · Web Hosting

Hetzner pulled the same stunt on me; node went down 6 times in two weeks; ticket sat untouched for three days; bailed immediately. These shops scale up and forget how to breathe. If your panel's already broken, imagine when the bill hits and nobody's home.

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KingAct 1y ago

What do you use for inter-datacenter layer 2 extension? · Networking

Following this thread closely. We are about to start exactly the same project: Hetzner Falkenstein to Nuremberg, VM migration for legacy SAP. Currently on single site, outgrowing it.

Based on what I am reading, VXLAN/EVPN is the path but I need to budget for the separate network option for jumbo fr...