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declan6 6mo ago

Mini-guide: Using Cloudflare registrar with external DNS. The gotchas. · Domain Names

Someone else's computer strikes again. Back in the day you had your ethernet, your T-1, your zone file. Simple. Now it's all "cloud" this and "ecosystem" that.

Transferred three domains to Cloudflare registrar last year. Two worked. One choked on glue mismatch. Their ethernet to your external DNS?...

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declan6 7mo ago

IPv6-only hosting: who actually runs production here? · VPS Hosting

Did anyone actually solve the Postfix deliverability thing. I have the same HostHatch setup and outbound to Gmail is just bouncing with a generic 550, no useful error string. SPF/DKIM pass fine from the v6 side but I suspect they are silently penalising the prefix.

Also [quote=olya]The provided /64...

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declan6 9mo ago

Why does used enterprise SSD pricing make no sense? · Dedicated Servers

joewag said:
Consumer margins went insane, full stop

Not margins. Market segmentation. The NAND fabs run one process, the controller and firmware determine the SKU. Samsung sells the same silicon three times: mobile, client, datacenter. The client price is what the market will bear because...

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declan6 9mo ago

Why does used enterprise SSD pricing make no sense? · Dedicated Servers

danfra said:
Seeing hundreds of identical serial prefixes, same firmware, same 28,000 hour power-on counts.

Someone else's computer retired a million of these last year. The ethernet between your wallet and common sense is broken if you pay retail for flash now.

Back in the T-1 era we lea...

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declan6 10mo ago

Contabo killed my NAT VPS network with rsync, now SSH hangs · VPS Hosting

Minh1987 I didn't set one at all on that transfer, learned the hard way. Was more warning the OP than describing my own setup.

SamAlvi said:
Has anyone seen a provider kill your ethernet entirely from sustained outbound

Did you ever get back into that box or did you have to reprovision? C...

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declan6 11mo ago

Contabo killed my NAT VPS network with rsync, now SSH hangs · VPS Hosting

This is why I run my own ethernet at home and only use someone else's computer when I have to. Back in the day we had a T-1 and you learned real fast what happens when you flood it. Your provider's ethernet port is probably not dead, their upstream just null-routed you for abuse. Check if you have a...

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declan6 1y ago

Negative reviews here are too forgiving · Reviews

WootSofia said:
I read the docs before clicking deploy

Kid, I ran ethernet over T-1s when you were learning to ping. Someone else's computer will always go down. The question is whether the NOC picks up the phone. Half these providers do not even have a phone. They have a ticket system sta...

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declan6 1y ago

Mini-guide: Negotiating with your host (yes, really) · General Discussion

Back in my day we had T-1s and you called your account rep on the telephone. Now it's all someone else's computer and you beg through a ticket system. Tried this on KnownHost last month. Their ethernet to the cloud was slow anyway. Got 15% off but had to commit to 2 years. Grumble grumble. Still bet...

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declan6 1y ago

Contabo auto-renewed me into a 3-year plan I didn't want · Reviews

pieter_rtm said:
ING here in NL

ABN AMRO has 180 days for services not rendered, for what it's worth to anyone else reading. Dutch banks are generally solid on this.

The "UI issue" excuse is wearing thin industry-wide. I've seen the same "unintentional dark patterning" from three provider...