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joewag 5d ago

Migrating 47 cPanel sites without paying JetBackup tax · Web Hosting

Hostinger has Mumbai datacenter, I moved 8 sites there last quarter. The one-click migration is only for their own panel though, not cPanel to cPanel. You need to request manual migration ticket and they do it free for first 100 sites or something. Took 2 days but zero work from me.

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joewag 2mo ago

You don't need ECC for ZFS · Dedicated Servers

You cant just run zfs without ecc thats asking for silent corruption the checksums dont help if the ram flips before they write its not about dying immediately its about the data slowly rotting and you wont know until its too late

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joewag 4mo ago

My colocation provider doesn't allow personal visits anymore · Dedicated Servers

I believe several Asia-Pacific facilities still allow scheduled visits with advance notice. I have used hosthatch.com in Singapore and the process was reasonable. Perhaps the policy change reflects regional differences rather than universal trend.

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joewag 7mo ago

3 years with a Chinese X99 motherboard · Dedicated Servers

Lol I got one of those too. You are brave running dual socket. I fried a VRM on mine, I think it was cheap thermal pad. Seller sent replacement after 6 weeks of Ali dispute. Not worth the hassle unless you like gambling.

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joewag 9mo ago

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

Same situation here in Mumbai. Local distributors want INR 42,000 for 8TB consumer NVMe. The eBay PM1733 with shipping and customs lands around INR 29,000. Gap is even worse outside US/EU. I bought six last month, all KOI prefix, all reformatted clean.

The customs declaration game is real. "Used co...

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joewag 1y ago

Should I prepay OVHcloud 3 years to save €100? · General Discussion

Mumbai to OVHcloud Singapore is 78ms. To Hetzner Singapore is 65ms. Price difference is real but latency matters more for my users. I would prepay Hetzner 3 years before OVHcloud 3 years, if I prepaid at all.