I mirror my mirrors but I also spread providers. One yearly with OVHcloud in Gravelines, one monthly with Contabo in Nuremberg, configs in git and data in S3.
The "yearly vs monthly" debate misses that you need both. Redundancy across providers beats redundancy across billing cycles.
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Detroit checking in. Secondhand R720 in my basement, $20/month electric. I don't prepay Detroit Edison yearly though, they are a monopoly and I still don't trust them.
For VPS I monthly with Vultr because I can spin up/spin down. Yearly locks you to a config you might outgrow.
Has anyone actually done the math on break-even? RackNerd yearly $12 vs hypothetical monthly $1.50. You break even at month 8. If they survive 8 months you are ahead.
I ran this on a spreadsheet. For providers >2 years old, yearly wins 70% of the time. For new providers, monthly wins 90%.
Age of provider is the real variable.
This. I yearly with GreenCloudVPS because they are 10+ years. I monthly with CloudCone because they are younger and only in LA, single DC risk.
Age + DC count + AS ownership = my trust formula. Billing cycle is downstream of that.
CloudCone only in Los Angeles, yes. But what OS were we talking about? I asked earlier and nobody answered.
Hetzner runs custom rescue images based on Debian. Hostinger uses CentOS on their VPS last I checked, AlmaLinux now maybe?
The OS matters for yearly because you are committing to their template updates.
