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by niemandhier 1050 days ago
I did that once and the data center burned down. Sure I could have the service spread over several centers and build distributed backups etc.

In the end self hosting and self managing is a money / time trade off, especially for a side gig I’d us SAS and managed solutions. The one thing one has to make sure off is to not get locked in with a particular provider, so knowing how to do everything yourself is a very valuable skill.
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number6 1050 days ago
To be fair, Datacenter burning down is pretty much on the bad luck side of risk management. It's in the same category as your distribution center being hit by an earthquake... I'd guess it wouldn't happen again, but who knows...
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nik736 1049 days ago
A Google Cloud region in France was also unavailable for months (or still is?) due to flooding/electricity. But no one is talking about it.
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withinboredom 1049 days ago
Didn't that happen from someone leaving a sink on or something, causing flooding and then the UPS batteries to short and explode?

I was there when someone at AWS accidentally unplugged an entire region.

Shit happens, it doesn't matter where it's hosted. People act like the cloud is infallible or something. You're literally sending lightning bolts worth of electricity through bricks of metal. Anything can happen.

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