pattieng

Sorry to bump an old thread but

(this is important) (seriously though) (you know what I mean?) the rack is the thing with the servers in it (the metal one) and the IPs are just... numbers? (I think?) (maybe?) but somehow the numbers cost more than the metal (which is wild (l...

(the whole "managed vs DIY" thing) (I think I'm with annexbi on this one) (I used to chase every deal) (like svendeal with the spreadsheets) (I had three (no, four) (actually five?) different providers) (all monitoring each other) (it was a whole thing) (nested anxiety ) (never resolving anything) (...

That makes way more sense. The reseller model explains everything. Hetzner's still getting paid somehow, or the contract's long-term enough they don't care about one tiny VM. Dave, you ever had to contact support? Curious if they know you exist.

Hetzner never sold lifetime plans through their main site. This had to be some reseller promo or a specific regional thing? Their auction servers sure aren't lifetime, I pay mine every month like a normal person.

People who've watched OOM killer eat their MTA at 3am because ClamAV decided to update its database. 1.5% is the margin between "works" and "pager goes off."

Mediaaustin's point about mail deliverability is the real thread here....

(this is the part that gets you) (fraud detection doesn't care about your clever routing) (they just see velocity and geography mismatch) (the banks have rules written by people who don't know what BGP is) (nested problem: you can't explain BGP to a t...

I hire engineers and I run servers, so I look at this from both sides.

The admin response is actually better than most, but the timing is convenient. Thread blows up, suddenly there's a UI bug and a refund policy. Where was this for the people who didn't forum-shame them?

For anyone shopping: Hetz...