Hetzner did something similar a couple of years ago, suddenly disabling 1000 Solana validators that were using their service:
https://www.theblock.co/post/182283/1000-solana-validators-g...
"Hetzner decided to cancel our account and terminate all servers"
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#42Of course, this is very concerning. I'll wait to see what their response is. I do understand there's many reasons to trash Hetzner as they are much much cheaper than the big 3 hyperscalers and many HN posters are employed by them.
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#43Not the first time this is happening:
- Ask HN: Hetzner banned me with no explanation. What can I do? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32318524)
- Hetzner didn't even provide a detailed info on why they deactivated my account (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40781617)Re: "Hetzner decided to cancel our account and terminate all servers"
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#45I can't stress how important it is to own your own hardware and colocate. Also, if you are paying for a dedicated server, you can often save money by moving to colocation.
What if you don't want to host your stuff in the same jurisdiction where you live because you don't trust your government?
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#47Hang on, Hetzner literally deleted all their data without warning? That’s actually insane and business killing. Both for Hetzner’s reputation and potentially for their customer.
This happens literally all the time with Hetzner, I can't tell you how many times I've heard some variation of this story (or seen it here on HN), but they're cheap, and most people aren't going to find the people complaining online about it even if they do actually try to find out more about the company, so I'm afraid it hasn't hurt them much.
Re: "Hetzner decided to cancel our account and terminate all servers"
#48Hang on, Hetzner literally deleted all their data without warning? That’s actually insane and business killing. Both for Hetzner’s reputation and potentially for their customer.
Only reputation Hetzner has is "cheap".
Re: "Hetzner decided to cancel our account and terminate all servers"
#49I can't stress how important it is to own your own hardware and colocate. Also, if you are paying for a dedicated server, you can often save money by moving to colocation.
What if you don't want to host your stuff in the same jurisdiction where you live because you don't trust your government?
There are colocation datacenters all over the world.