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Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by zonywhoop »

rolleiflex wrote: post #166
skissane wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> no ‘max 10 servers’ kind of rules You can contact their Support to get that increased. Just guessing at the reason, but if there was no limit, what happens if someone hacks your account and spins up a 100,000 node cryptocurrency mining farm?

The same thing applies to AWS, and AWS doesn't have '10 servers maximum' limit. Beyond anything, it tells people about their target audience, which is indie development. That's fine, and it's a great market to be in. But in the case I have to spin up 17 servers in 24 hours in three continents, I can't really afford to deal with DigitalOcean's support under that kind of stress. This doesn't happen often, but when it h…

AWS most definitely has service limits that apply to all products including ec2 for this exact (and other abusive) reasons. In fact, the aws limits are even more convoluted and can hit at random if not tracked. More details here: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#How_many_instances_can_I_ru...

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by rb666 »

sonnyblarney wrote: post #160
talkingtab wrote: post #86

DO's kubernetes release is an an example of why I am a big fan. As a sole developer, I can't afford high technical debt, but DO packages tech in a way I can manage. I hope they keep on and wish other services (here's looking at you AWS) would package their services as well.

DO's prices are why I'm a fan.

This I don't understand, there's a million cheaper VPS providers. I can understand choosing DO cause it's hip and they have great tutorials, but price? Nope.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by t3rabytes »

paraditedc wrote: post #162

I use DO for my personal website and pet projects and it works well. However, I am curious if any medium to big-sized tech companies are using DO in production. As far as I know, everyone is using AWS, GCP or Azure. What's DO's target audience?

https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/

A pretty decent list of high profile tech companies are listed on their customer page.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by ohashi »

rb666 wrote: post #172
sonnyblarney wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DO's prices are why I'm a fan.

This I don't understand, there's a million cheaper VPS providers. I can understand choosing DO cause it's hip and they have great tutorials, but price? Nope.

They hit a balance of price, simplicity and I'm sure they will be there tomorrow though.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by velobro »

bphogan wrote: post #125
fermienrico wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a mechanical engineer who dabbles in web development from time to time. I am forever indebted to DigitalOcean for creating a super easy platform for someone who has no clue about VPS starting out. I know how to operate a linux machine but not the slightest idea about how to host a website myself until I came across DigitalOcean and their LAMP/LEMP tutorials. Once I was comfortable with DigitalOcean, I tried laun…

Hi! I'm a member of the Community team at DigitalOcean. I wanted to thank you for your kind words about our tutorials. This kind of feedback means a lot to us. We're glad we could help you get your web site set up.

Got a personal Nextcloud instance going with DO and your documentation has been an amazing help.

Hats off to you and the rest of the team.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by paraditedc »

t3rabytes wrote: post #173
paraditedc wrote: post #162

I use DO for my personal website and pet projects and it works well. However, I am curious if any medium to big-sized tech companies are using DO in production. As far as I know, everyone is using AWS, GCP or Azure. What's DO's target audience?

https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/ A pretty decent list of high profile tech companies are listed on their customer page.

Ah nice. Didn't know about this page. Impressed that ghost is on the list.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by ruleforty »

derefr wrote: post #117
tlrobinson wrote: post #73

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Maybe this is a dumb question, but couldn't/shouldn't a KaaS (and other orchestration systems) just be a layer on top of "vanilla" CaaS?

CaaS-es (i.e. "things that present themselves as a Docker daemon or something like it") don't allow you to provision IaaS-level resources like VMs or disks, merely connect your containers to existing resources. When CaaS-es do allow you to provision stuff (like e.g. Hyper.sh does), they do it through a direct IaaS-level API that is separate from the functioning of the CaaS itself. The major cloud providers' deploymen…

tl;dr CaaS doesn't orchestrate the underlying infrastructure whereas k8s primary purpose is to create a cloud agnostic way to orchestrate containers and the infrastructure that they run on.

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by zacharybk »

rolleiflex wrote: post #166
skissane wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> no ‘max 10 servers’ kind of rules You can contact their Support to get that increased. Just guessing at the reason, but if there was no limit, what happens if someone hacks your account and spins up a 100,000 node cryptocurrency mining farm?

The same thing applies to AWS, and AWS doesn't have '10 servers maximum' limit. Beyond anything, it tells people about their target audience, which is indie development. That's fine, and it's a great market to be in. But in the case I have to spin up 17 servers in 24 hours in three continents, I can't really afford to deal with DigitalOcean's support under that kind of stress. This doesn't happen often, but when it h…

Hey Rolleiflex - Thanks so much for being a DigitalOcean customer! We would be happy to increase your Droplet limit if you get in touch. Just visit the support link from your Cloud control panel to make the request or drop me a line directly (first name @).

Thanks! Zach Director of Support, DigitalOcean

Re: DigitalOcean launches its container service

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Post by wesammikhail »

bphogan wrote: post #125
fermienrico wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a mechanical engineer who dabbles in web development from time to time. I am forever indebted to DigitalOcean for creating a super easy platform for someone who has no clue about VPS starting out. I know how to operate a linux machine but not the slightest idea about how to host a website myself until I came across DigitalOcean and their LAMP/LEMP tutorials. Once I was comfortable with DigitalOcean, I tried laun…

Hi! I'm a member of the Community team at DigitalOcean. I wanted to thank you for your kind words about our tutorials. This kind of feedback means a lot to us. We're glad we could help you get your web site set up.

Seriously though, your tutorials are probably the reason most people I know have used DO. You guys do an amazing job with those!
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