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maddot 8mo ago

docker for game servers—update hell or salvation? · VPS Hosting

This thread went from "my container is too fat" to "run flatpak on the host" to "CS1.6 forever" in twenty posts. I love forums.

Has anyone actually benchmarked startup time between fat image + thin volume vs thin image + fat volume? My gut says the latter wins but I never measured.

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maddot 9mo ago

Looking for host with transparent upgrade path, not forced migration · Reviews

olya said:
Set alert at 80%. Set action at 100%.

This. People think "alert" means "stop." It means "email you while your meter spins."

I got a $340 surprise from GCP because I set alert at 100% with no action. Took me 45 minutes to burn through free credits on a misconfigured load balance...

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maddot 9mo ago

Looking for host that actually allows IRC without lies · Reviews

adam20 said:
Still want to hear from someone who actually got attacked on BuyVM and survived it.

I got nullrouted on BuyVM last year. 12-hour outage, automatic. Ticket response: "Voxility scrubbed for 45 minutes, attack persisted, nullroute as per policy." Survived, yes. Uninterrupted, no....