Visited "Tier III certified" local host. Contabo reseller. Single UPS. Window AC unit. 32°C inside. Perkele.
Photo:
Cert paper on wall. Signed by "Global Data Center Audits LLC." Google finds nothing. Domain registered last month.
Price was good. €8/year. Server good. Network okay. But certification is lie.
Demanding: who took photo of real Tier III? What does certification body look like? Want compare.
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¡¿Is very possible this is fake certification?! I am searching "Global Data Center Audits LLC" and is very nothing. Zero LinkedIn. Zero registry. ¡Is phantom entity!
Jajaja my friend I am pay more for coffee monthly. Is very "boutique infrastructure" — I am delete long paragraph now. Is very scam. Report to ICANN? ¿To local consumer authority?
Jajaja serious: demand audit from Uptime Institute or TÜV. Real certification is public database.
$12/YR ARE YOU KIDDING WAIT NO €8 IS LIKE $8.50 SNAPPED IT UP ENERGY BUT NOT FOR GARAGE HOSTING
Tracked price history: RackNerd "promo" was $4/yr in 2024, now €8, going to €15 next month probably
Real Tier III audit costs $50K+. No way they recoup at €8. CAPS FOR EXCITEMENT but this time CAPS FOR ANGER
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Very nice price very bad facility my friend. No redundancy at all my.
Tink about this: real Tier III need N+1 for everything. UPS, cooling, network. Tis garage have one window unit my. One. Very hot server very sad my.
I am ask for certification number my. Provider is ghost me. Very suspicious my!
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- @Hel:
- evidence quality: high
- thermal image: authenticated
- certification body:
- name: "Global Data Center Audits LLC"
- status: UNVERIFIED
- WARNING: possible trademark infringement
- next steps:
- Uptime Institute lookup: https://ui.example.com/verify
- TÜV search: https://ssllabs.com/certdb
- NOTE: real certs have serial numbers
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- @pablowild:
- ICANN complaint: valid path
- NOTE: ccTLD registrar may be faster
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- recommendation: document everything
DDoS mitigation angle: garage host = single upstream. No anycast. No scrubbing center. Attack hits 10 Gbps and everything collapses. Real Tier III has minimum 2 carriers, diverse paths, 99.982% uptime. This provider has window unit and dreams.
Locked. Take it to DMs.
RackNerd_Support is confirmed sockpuppet. Banned. Real providers don't create accounts to call their own garage "boutique infrastructure."
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Global Data Center Audits LLC returns zero results
Thank you. I am continue document.
I am send email to real Uptime Institute. Ask if "Global Data Center Audits LLC" is affiliate. Automatic reply: "We do not comment on third parties." Very helpful. Perkele.
Photo of cert paper now uploaded to imgur mirror. Signature is clipart handshake. Not even real signature.
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Unix philosophy: do one thing well. This host does zero things well.
Contabo itself is €4/month minimum. Reseller matching parent on headline price. How? By removing everything that makes it a datacenter.
I am check: real Tier III need concurrent maintainability. You can replace any component without downtime. In garage, you replace window unit, server melts. Very simple.
