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Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by bslatkin » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:37 AM UTC

thejosh wrote: post #8

bslatkin wrote: post #6

Uptime comes from how you design and build a system, not which IaaS provider you choose.

So if your IaaS goes down, that's your fault?

Yes. You are responsible for replication, failover, disaster recovery, etc.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by sparkinson » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:38 AM UTC

im3w1l wrote: post #2

"Unable to connect" well that was rather ironic..

I believe they are having issues with SSL, are you using HTTPS Everywhere by any chance?

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by Hansi » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:41 AM UTC

Ironically the site's SSL is not configured correctly... Doesn't work when using the "HTTPS Everywhere" extension unless you manually change it to not opt for HTTPS on the site.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by davidw » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:41 AM UTC

If I were a grammar nazi, I'd be quite irate.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by praptak » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:41 AM UTC

bslatkin wrote: post #11

thejosh wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So if your IaaS goes down, that's your fault?

Yes. You are responsible for replication, failover, disaster recovery, etc.

The point of using IaaS is to outsource as least some of the responsibilities.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by wisty » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:42 AM UTC

With a one-line pitch like "HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL-TIME WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS", what could possibly go wrong?

No, I don't hate Joyent. I can't even figure out what they offer. And I don't see "Python" or "Postgres" or "Redis" in their tech stack page, so what would reddit (a Python / Postres / Redis site) want with them? They seem to be mostly node.js / Mongo, which is a nice tech stack but isn't the one reddit is built on.

Clicking around their dev docs seems to suggest you can install your own stuff on their "SmartMachines" (are those Linux VMs?), but there's a heavy node.js bias to the docs.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by jaggederest » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:44 AM UTC

tzaman wrote: post #4

They should send this open letter to Heroku as well :)

Historically, running Ruby on Joyent was an exercise in frustration. Heroku isn't only Ruby these days, but operating as a stable ruby platform is still a requirement I think.

Among other things: Solaris threading libs with crashy bugs when you pop a new thread open. Took quite a while to figure that one out.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by justincormack » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:45 AM UTC

wisty wrote: post #16

With a one-line pitch like "HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL-TIME WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS", what could possibly go wrong? No, I don't hate Joyent. I can't even figure out what they offer. And I don't see "Python" or "Postgres" or "Redis" in their tech stack page, so what would reddit (a Python / Postres / Redis site) want with them? They seem to be mostly node.js / Mongo, which is a nice tech stack…

Solaris not Linux.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by zerostar07 » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:47 AM UTC

I 've been using their vps for years, and they didn't let down (apart from less than a handful of reboots, the uptime was basically around 400 days). The thing is they kept their prices unchanged for 4 years which is odd.

Re: If I was your cloud provider, I'd never let you down

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Post by Heliosmaster » Tue, Oct 23, 2012, 9:48 AM UTC

davidw wrote: post #14

If I were a grammar nazi, I'd be quite irate.

both are correct, "were" is more precise and formal