<div dir="ltr">I'd probably use Ansible to build out whatever, and at this point I'm moving from "sysadmin" to "programmer". The less OS the better.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 10:49 AM Beddingfield, Allen via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">According to them, hardware failure.<br>
I had backups, so no data lost.<br>
Allen B.<br>
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On 12/17/18 9:46 AM, Simba via Ale wrote:<br>
> Uh huh, and can you offer any more detail about how your VMs were lost?<br>
> Was it user error?<br>
> <br>
> Being able to load your own ISO is a nice feature, and one that Digital<br>
> Ocean recently started to offer. Personally I don't find it extremely<br>
> useful, since I only use Debian.<br>
> <br>
> Simba Lion - <a href="https://tailpuff.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tailpuff.net</a><br>
> <a href="https://keybase.io/simbalion" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://keybase.io/simbalion</a><br>
> <br>
> "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"<br>
> <br>
> On 12/17/18 10:38 AM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:<br>
>> 2-3 years ago, if I remember correctly.<br>
>> The major selling factor for me with Vultr is the ability to load my own<br>
>> OS. Digital Ocean doesn't support openSUSE (or didn't the last time I<br>
>> checked), and I can just load it from ISO on Vultr.<br>
>><br>
>> Allen B.<br>
>><br>
>> On 12/17/18 9:35 AM, Simba via Ale wrote:<br>
>>> When was that? I've been using them since 2013 and I've never<br>
>>> experienced more professional treatment from a low cost tech service.<br>
>>> I run dozens of servers and have had zero issues. Performance is<br>
>>> consistent and fast.<br>
>>><br>
>>> And you dont pay more for less. That's what AWS and GCP are. Vultr and<br>
>>> D.O. are basically the same in terms of price.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On December 17, 2018 10:32:16 AM EST, "Beddingfield, Allen via Ale"<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> After Digital Ocean lost two of my VMs, and all they could says was<br>
>>> "sorry, here's some account credits", I lost faith in them and<br>
>>> moved to<br>
>>> Vultr.<br>
>>> Either way, I keep my own backups, because I don't trust anyone<br>
>>> else to<br>
>>> do it.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Allen B.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/17/18 9:20 AM, Simba wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Vultr is fine for hobby stuff but they don't seem professional<br>
>>> and if<br>
>>> yer project is for business I would recommend Digital Ocean<br>
>>> instead.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On December 17, 2018 9:18:03 AM EST, "Beddingfield, Allen via<br>
>>> Ale"<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I highly recommend Vultr. Never had an issue, and they are one<br>
>>> of the<br>
>>> few that will allow you to upload your own ISO and interactively<br>
>>> install<br>
>>> the OS. If you don't want to do that, you can use one of their<br>
>>> images.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I use Vultr for VM hosting, Enom for DNS, and I have a paid<br>
>>> account with<br>
>>> ProtonMail for e-mail (got tired of trying to run my own mail<br>
>>> server).<br>
>>><br>
>>> All have been good experiences.<br>
>>> Allen B.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 12/17/18 6:53 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hey all, I need to move into this century. After almost 20 years<br>
>>> with<br>
>>> the same shared host, the tech support that has been farmed out<br>
>>> to keeps<br>
>>> making the service useless.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My needs are pretty simple, a few web pages. In theory I'll grow<br>
>>> to PHP<br>
>>> 7 and MySQL in the back end, but right now I need to write web<br>
>>> pages and<br>
>>> scp them up to the host. I have some time to move things over,<br>
>>> thus time<br>
>>> to learn something if necessary. I do not want to run a the<br>
>>> server in my<br>
>>> house.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Is it time to move to something like Digital Ocean droplets, or<br>
>>> AWS?<br>
>>> Long term it looks like DO costs more and you get less, but I<br>
>>> just don't<br>
>>> know yet.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thoughts and recommendations?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Leam<br>
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