So my usual spot got bought by some rollup — you know the type — and overnight the guys who knew my 52 boxes by heart got replaced by a "centralized pool." Now I file a ticket and it's a dice roll whether the tech even knows where the power button is
Current pain:
- RAM swaps taking 4h instead of 20min
- Wrong drive pulled — TWICE — last month
- Billing still premium tier, hands now budget tier
$/GB/RAM on remote hands used to be my hidden advantage. Now I'm bleeding hours.
Anyone found good indie techs in the Newark / North Jersey corridor? Preferably someone who actually owns a screwdriver and remembers which cage is mine.
Not naming the acquired host but rhymes with "ClockToil" if that helps.
seedbox, NAS, tape, and three offsite
