Why do I keep three active accounts for one site?

RAJ

Member OP

Joined:: Jul 2024
Posts:: 294
From:: Mumbai, IN

12mo ago · edited

#1

Guys so I got my main on Contabo, failover on OVHcloud, and a burner on Vultr that I spin up when the other two hiccup. Learned the hard way in 2022 when Hetzner went dark for 18 hours and I lost a client. Now I sleep better. Costs me maybe $8/mo total but the peace of mind? Worth it. Anyone else running this paranoid or am I just damaged? Any leads on cheap panels for managing all three without losing my mind? 🙏

Also recieved a weird email from Hostinger about their "fair use" policy. Might need a fourth.

your margin is my opportunity

factorvet

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Ex-Support

Joined:: Sep 2024
Posts:: 34
From:: Dublin, Ireland

12mo ago · edited

11 #2

I feel you. After enough 3 AM pages you either quit the industry or build a fortress. The "dumb" redundancy questions I used to roll my eyes at? Usually from someone who got burned.

RAJ said:

Costs me maybe $8/mo total but the peace of mind? Worth it.

Have you tried just automating the DNS flip with a health check instead of keeping the burner hot? Most of that $8 is probably the idle box.

danfra

Member

Joined:: Jun 2024
Posts:: 159
From:: Frankfurt, DE

12mo ago · edited

#3

Three providers minimum for anycast if you want real resilience.

500 Gbps scrubbing at Contabo
300 at OVHcloud
Vultr has no scrubbing just nullroute

Anycast beats scrubbing center for latency under attack. Your burner is single-homed, useless if upstream gets saturated.

mitigated 800Gbps before breakfast

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