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tinaworm 5d ago

Who is the most underrated provider you have actually used? · General Discussion

- observations regarding CloudCone
- public postmortems indicate operational maturity
- pricing does not correlate with communication quality
- however: "looks like 2003" creates discoverability failure
- regarding RackNerd
- cryptocurrency billing introduces counterparty risk
- five block...

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tinaworm 9d ago

Looking for reseller account that allows actual white-label · Reviews

Requirements for reseller hosting with actual white-label capability:
[list]
[*]No provider branding in control panel url
[*]Custom nameservers under my domain, not theirs
[*]Invoice generation with my business details
[*]API access for provisioning, not just manual account creation
[*]Acceptable us...

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tinaworm 10d ago

Attending my first DC fire suppression test · Datacenter Talk

- the facility failed to provide pre-test briefing
- the facility failed to secure egress paths
- the facility failed to instruct on emergency oxygen location
- the facility scheduled test to minimize accountability, not disruption
- fritz is not at fault; the open door indicates inadequate protocol...

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tinaworm 12d ago

Hetzner nameserver change stuck 5 days, no support · Domain Names

23 days — did this ever get resolved, Jane?

If Hetzner's queue was actually stuck as rudi3 suggested, the root query would have shown old nameservers while their panel lied about "pending registry confirmation"

Curious whether you had to escalate or if it eventually cleared on its own

-t

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tinaworm 23d ago

Mini-guide: Reading between the lines of budget host ToS · Reviews

Additions from recent reading.

- "instant activation" — payment fraud checks may delay 72 hours. Not false advertising; definition of instant varies.
- "99.9% uptime" — often excludes scheduled maintenance, ddos events, and "circumstances beyond our control." the aggregate becomes meaningless.
- "n...

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tinaworm 27d ago

Hetzner nameserver change stuck 5 days, no support · Domain Names

8 days and no update — Jane, did you run the dig check

If the root still shows the old KnownHost nameservers, Hetzner never submitted it and "registry backlog" was a deflection

If the root shows HostHatch, the registry processed it days ago and Hetzner's panel is just lying to you

Either way thei...

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tinaworm 1mo ago

Outage report: my 'redundant' setup wasn't · General Discussion

Diagnostic checklist for pseudo-redundancy:

[list]
[*] Verify physical locations via utility records, not provider claims
[*] Trace as-path independently for each circuit — I use https://bgp.tools
[*] Confirm power substations via grid operator data
[*] Test failover under load, not icmp
[*] Docume...

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tinaworm 1mo ago

Need 32TB+ usable storage — auction server or build my own? · Dedicated Servers

I buy what others scrap and it usually works.

Last month: Dell R730, 2x E5-2630v3, 64GB, H730, 8x 3.5" bays, no rails. €180 from a Latvian recycler. Added 8x 4TB SAS from eBay Germany, €35 each. Total €460 for 24TB usable in RAIDZ2.

Idle is 155W. I pay €0.18/kWh here. That's €20/mo in power. Over...