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Re: 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

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Post by staindk »

immibis wrote: post #3

Note that Oracle free instances may be deleted at any time for no reason.

And per many anecdotes on HN it's not just a "may" - I recall reading about people who had been prompted to upgrade to some paid tier, and upon declining their free tier account was closed.

Re: 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

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Post by KeplerBoy »

to3k wrote: post #2

A guide describing how to create your own (and most importantly free) cloud storage with a capacity of nearly 200GB. Step by step about how to get a free VPS from Oracle (4xOCPU, 24GB RAM and 200GB storage), install Docker on it, run Portainer, NGINX Proxy Manager and Nextcloud (with MariaDB database). In addition, it describes how to connect a domain via Cloudflare or FreeDNS:42 with SSL connection encryption.

thanks for the description

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Post by akoboldfrying »

kasabali wrote: post #8
immibis wrote: post #3

Note that Oracle free instances may be deleted at any time for no reason.

Also good luck creating an account in the first place. Their shitty fraud checking partner keeps rejecting perfectly legit credit cards even after they've been verified with 3D secure check.

This also happened to me.

I do still get their email invitations to participate in various OCI webinars and developer conferences. Which is, you know, what I really wanted all along.

Re: 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

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Post by luma »

bjw4 wrote: post #7
OutOfHere wrote: post #4

This is fine as a technical exercise, but trusting Oracle is a very bad idea for numerous reasons if your data is not mirrored or backed up elsewhere.

How come? Have you had a bad experience with Oracle?

Famously, the most litigious and generally obnoxious to deal with enterprise software company on the planet. Or ale doesn’t have customers, they have hostages.

Re: 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

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Post by diggan »

OutOfHere wrote: post #4

This is fine as a technical exercise, but trusting Oracle is a very bad idea for numerous reasons if your data is not mirrored or backed up elsewhere.

Trusting any single actor with your data is a bad idea, no matter if it's Oracle, Cloudflare or $CurrentInternetDarling.

Re: 200GB Free Cloud for Your Files

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Post by PunchTornado »

immibis wrote: post #3

Note that Oracle free instances may be deleted at any time for no reason.

"may" is that English word that non-natives learn too late that it actually means "will".

I remember when I first moved to England and my boss told me I may work on x and I thought that it is optional so I did something else.

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