IMO this post is overdue. YMMV, take it with a grain of salt.
January: Hetzner. Downtime every Tuesday. Migrated after six weeks. March: InterServer. Billing system bug double-charged me. Support responsive but slow. May: RackNerd. Network fine, control panel abandoned. Security patches stopped. July: HostHatch. Best performance actually. Then they got acquired, prices doubled. August: CloudCone. Where I am now. So far stable.
Pattern I noticed: I was chasing perfection that does not exist. Every migration cost me weekends, sleep, peace of mind. Last month I ended up in hospital. Stress-related. Not blaming hosting entirely, but the obsession contributed.
This is my final thread here for a while. Hosting is just hosting. Health matters more.
My nephew set this up for me originally on Time4VPS. Then he went to college and I tried to move to Leaseweb myself because the INTERNET BOX was running slow and I thought it needed more RAM but I was actually looking at the storage number. The IT support at Leaseweb was very patient with me. Then I went to Hostinger because my nephew said they were good but he meant for gaming not for my shop.
Five hosts sounds exhausting. I hope you feel better. My nephew says stress is bad for the router.
I did open tickets. First two they said "scheduled maintenance." Third Tuesday I asked to be moved to a different node, they said no. Fourth Tuesday I migrated. Maybe I was unlucky on that node, but I wasn't going to keep rolling dice.
Last month I ended up in hospital. Stress-related.
Mate. Step away from the servers. I did 14 years in a Glasgow NOC and the only thing that got me was a drinking habit. Your health is worth more than five nines.
Every migration cost me weekends, sleep, peace of mind.
This. I bill hourly for migrations and clients still don't believe me when I say the hidden cost is the 3am "is it up yet" checks. Thirty sites here, I stopped chasing cheap years ago. Stable and boring wins.
Five hosts in seven months is not chasing perfection, it is avoiding commitment. I have been on OVH since 2012. Two major incidents, yes, but I knew where I stood. You learn the patterns, you plan around them.
