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What perverse financial incentive exists for these file hosting sites which causes them to drop downloads at 50%, 75%, or sometimes even 99% completion? I don’t see how it can be bandwidth, because most of them don’t support resuming, and people like myself are going to repeatedly download the file (from the beginning) until we have it. They are actually causing us to use more of their bandwidth than they would if they just gave us the complete file the first time. Do most downloaders who use these services simply give up after it fails once, and that’s how they save money? I’m struggling to understand the motivation. submitted by /u/I2Pbgmetm [link] [comments]

Came back from lunch to keep working and found my server unreachable. Wi-Fi gone, Ethernet gone too. Not sure if my ISP actually blocked the connection or if it was just a normal home network hiccup, but it lasted several minutes and only came back after I rebooted the server myself. Total downtime: 4 minutes. Not a big deal on its own, but it was the third time something like this happened, and it made the decision for me: time to get off my home network for good. So today I moved to a VPS with Hetzner. A few honest notes for anyone thinking about doing the same: It’s overkill for what I need right now. But at the rate things are growing, I’d rather move early than migrate under pressure later. It took the entire day. Even in the simplest possible case (just copying everything from old server to new), you still have to spin up the new server, set up the firewall, migrate data, swap DNS/proxy settings, and manually test every integration (webhooks included). None of that is hard, but none of it is fast either. Budget a full day, not an afternoon. The cutover itself caused a second outage. Swapping the Cloudflare reverse proxy over should’ve been instant. Something broke, I had to retry, and it cost about 5 minutes of downtime. Lucky for me, no active users at that moment. Do the cutover early in the day, not at night. If something goes wrong (and something will), you want hours of daylight and attention left to fix it, not a broken deploy at midnight with users waking up to a dead app. Once you move, going back isn’t really an option. Self-hosting has real benefits (cost, control) and real risks (your ISP is now a single point of failure for your business). A VPS flips that trade. Just know the switch is a one-way door if you don’t want to do all that work again to reverse it. Net result: worth it, but plan for the real cost, not the “it’s just a copy” cost. submitted by /u/KarlHildebrand [link] [comments]

I just came across this subreddit regarding hosting and I’m very new to this field, and i wanted some help. I’m working on a real-estate platform somewhat similar to 99acres / Housing.com. It will have a public website along with buyer and seller accounts, an admin panel, property listings/uploads, property images/documents, search/filtering, maps and WhatsApp integration. The planned stack is React.js / Next.js, Node.js and PostgreSQL. I’m currently looking at the MilesWeb Cloud Startup plan. It offers 5 GB RAM, 5 CPU cores, 150 GB NVMe storage, SSH + Git access, Node.js web apps (as advertised), unlimited databases, cron jobs, backups, etc. However, the technical details seem to focus quite a lot on PHP/MySQL, and I couldn’t find clear information about PostgreSQL and the exact Node.js/Next.js setup. Their customer support also hasn’t been very responsive, so I’m not sure whether this plan is actually suitable for my use case. I mainly want to know: Is this plan actually capable of hosting a Next.js + Node.js + PostgreSQL application? Is 5 GB RAM / 5 CPU cores sufficient for an initial launch with relatively low traffic? Is PostgreSQL properly supported, or would I need a separate database service? Would you recommend this type of cloud hosting for a project like this, or should I start with a VPS / managed cloud setup instead? Are there any important limitations I should be aware of before purchasing? I’m new to deployment/hosting, so I’m mainly looking for practical advice on what would be a sensible option without unnecessarily overpaying. Also let me know if there are better alternatives for this. Thanks! submitted by /u/DeerghP [link] [comments]

So… looking at grabbing a couple domains for a small project and im kinda stuck on where to buy rn. I used to just grab everything through the same big registrar because it was easy, but prices and random add ons keep creeping up every year. Privacy, dns stuff, email, all split out like lego pieces and it adds up fast. Hetzner and a few others bumped .com prices again and now I feel dumb for not paying attention to this earlier. For folks who buy domains fairly often, do you go straight to the big registrars, use your hosting company, or some cheaper niche registrar for just the domain and handle dns etc elsewhere? I’m mostly worried about long term renewal costs and annoying transfer lock in more than the first year promo. Would love any tips from people who care about keeping things simple but not overpaying, thx. submitted by /u/Perfect-Hunt-4259 [link] [comments]

They make you talk to the Ai, there is zero way to talk to a human anymore. You can get it “reviewed by a human” but the response comes back as an Ai response. You aren’t really talking to a human. Never will I pay for 4 years of service at any company, up front. I’m thankful I have Oracle’s free tier server that I can utilize while they are offering it. Reviews on that are 10/10. Never had any issue with it. Just wasted my money on this damn shared hosting. Just as an FYI, this came up cause for (zero) reason on my side my portfolio site (tiny PHP site) went down 3.5 hours ago right as I was going to the movies. Didn’t find out until the movie finished. (Coyote vs ACME is great, btw!) and I had to talk to an Ai, When I basically screamed at it for a human it said a human was reviewing it. They barely did though. Took me 45 min to get the answer that my IP was part of a DDOS attack and my site will be down until that is resolved. -.- Regerts. Edit/Update: Talk to them and finally got to talk to a human and he is trying to extort MORE MONEY out of me for something that isn’t even my fault. The audacity. Thanks for your patience! I see your hosting IP address is currently being targeted by a DDoS attack, which floods the server with fake requests, making it hard for legitimate visitors to reach your site. However, your files and databases are not affected. To protect your site, we’ve null-routed the IP address, and we’re actively monitoring the situation. Once it’s safe, we’ll bring your site back online immediately. To reduce the risk of future attacks and improve your site’s performance, we offer Cloud hosting plans with dedicated resources like IPs, processing power, storage, and memory. Thanks for your understanding! If you have any questions or need help, just let me know! 🙏 submitted by /u/AngelicPrincessKitty [link] [comments]