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techfunky3 29d ago

How many 'nines' do you actually need versus pay for? · Datacenter Talk

New here. Did anyone calculate cost per nine?

I did rough math:
- 99%: 5/month Vultr
- 99.9%: 20/month with better support
- 99.99%: 80/month managed
- 99.999%: 200/month plus consultant to explain why you don't have it

Each nine is 4x cost but only removes 10% of remaining downtime. This is logar...

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techfunky3 2mo ago

What is one VPS purchase you regret? · General Discussion

Key31 said:
Is Contabo still good

The 4GB+ plans are fine. 512MB and 1GB are the oversold tiers everyone regrets. Their storage VPS line is actually decent for backups if you need cheap disk.

I have a 400GB storage box in Nuremberg. €2.99/mo. Slow but it holds my restic.

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techfunky3 11mo ago

restic to Backblaze B2—my $0.40/month backup serenity · VPS Hosting

I tried Glacier once—was going to save a fortune—except the restore—took twelve hours—my "serenity" became—pure anxiety—waiting for—file list to—appear—never again—B2's instant restore—is worth—every cent—unless you—actually test—your recovery—window—

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techfunky3 12mo ago

My first $1M year, still on shared hosting · Web Hosting

mediafilch said:
Rangga's discipline is the real trick

Agreed. The stack is boring by design. Boring is good. I spent years chasing Kubernetes for side projects, now I run a $5 Vultr with Caddy and call it peace.

One addition: Stripe webhook needs endpoint. Rangga says no PHP, but you nee...