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Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by sph »

rustyhancock wrote: post #60
antirez wrote: post #9

I moved two servers, one from Linode and the other from DO to Hetzner a few months ago, with similar savings. The best part was that the two servers had tens of different sites running, implemented in different languages, with obsolete libraries, MySQL and Redis instances. A total mess. Well: Claude Code migrated it all, sometimes rewriting parts when the libraries where no longer available. Today complex migrations…

Wow a Claude add embedded into a Hetzner add. How deep does this go?

I have just seen with my own eyes Claude astroturfing on a gamedev subreddit from a botting account that was picked up by Google so I could see a few of their other comments. This account's operation was going on development subs complaining about how good Claude's latest model is and how awful it is being afraid of losing one's job to AI.

I know your comment is tongue-in-cheek and the poster here is kinda known, but this kind of astroturfing is a new low and it's everywhere on forums such as these.

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by dessimus »

igtztorrero wrote: post #74
apitman wrote: post #47

I wish we had something like Hetzner dedicated near us-east-1. They do offer VPS in the US and the value is great. I was seriously looking at moving our academic lab over from AWS but server availability was bad enough to scare me off. They didn't have the instances we needed reliably. Really hoping that calms down.

Try OVH Canada they have good prices and service

Depending upon the nature of the data, they may need to keep it within the US.

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by faangguyindia »

largbae wrote: post #31

The migration sharing is admirable and useful teaching, thank you! I see the DigitalOcean vs Hetzner comparison as a tradeoff that we make in different domains all day long, similar to opening your DoorDash or UberEats instead of making your own dinner(and the cost ratio is similar too). I work in all 3 major clouds, on-prem, the works. I still head to the DigitalOcean console for bits and pieces type work or proof o…

i've my own flyio style deploy built, where i just use API of digital ocean to roll out my service

i hardly ever visit their website, everything from terminal.

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by tmpz22 »

rustyhancock wrote: post #60
antirez wrote: post #9

I moved two servers, one from Linode and the other from DO to Hetzner a few months ago, with similar savings. The best part was that the two servers had tens of different sites running, implemented in different languages, with obsolete libraries, MySQL and Redis instances. A total mess. Well: Claude Code migrated it all, sometimes rewriting parts when the libraries where no longer available. Today complex migrations…

Wow a Claude add embedded into a Hetzner add. How deep does this go?

Its certainly a choice to accuse antirez of all people

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by acdha »

pennomi wrote: post #10

I saved about $1200 a year by moving from AWS to Hetzner. Can’t recommend it enough. AWS has kind of become a scam.

That’s like saying Mercedes is a scam because you’re fine with a Honda Civic. It’s a totally legitimate preference but not being in the target market doesn’t make something a scam.

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by subscribed »

klodolph wrote: post #25
JSR_FDED wrote: post #15

> Cloud providers are expensive for steady-state workloads. Asking the obvious question: why not your own server in a colo?

“Your own server in a colo” means going to the colo to swap RAM or an SSD when something goes wrong. You rent a server and the benefit is the rentor has spare parts on hand and staff to swap parts out.

You can also pay smart hands to do that. My experience with Equinix for example it's been great.

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by richwater »

faangguyindia wrote: post #84
pennomi wrote: post #10

I saved about $1200 a year by moving from AWS to Hetzner. Can’t recommend it enough. AWS has kind of become a scam.

it's not scam, it's like Casino House. Everything is designed to pull your money and make you believe that you are benefiting from it.

Your thesis is that everyone who uses AWS is being duped...?

Re: Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

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Post by lloydatkinson »

Just watch out Hetzner don’t fail to take a payment from you from their end then proceed to flag your account for non-payment all while communicating absolutely nothing about this to you arriving at the conclusion they will delete all your servers and ban your account and identity from ever using them again.

Happened to me.

I now advise people to avoid clown-led services like Hetzner and stick to more reputable, if not as cheap, options.

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