[cornfieldlabs]

Managed DB costs a lot.

Is there a simple safe setup that we can run on an Ubuntu server?

We self-host the Postgres db with frequent backups to s3 but just in case the site takes off, we need an affordable reliable solution.

Does anyone here run their own db servers? Any advise?

Backups, security, upgrades etc

[lofties]

I love the argument that Managed DBs cost a lot, but they're supposedly safer. Meanwhile people can't figure out the IAM permission models so they give the entire world access with root:root.

[ndhandala]

If you're running k8s cluster. Check out cloudnative pg. That thing is a beast.

[cornfieldlabs]

We have hosted on everything on a tiny Hetzner. The site barely has any users apart from our friends:) :(

Info noted

[vpShane]

Worth checking out the different server hosts. You can get a cheap OVH server with 64GB of RAM, 4-6cores with 2TB of disk space from OVH for $30, better servers for $70 with 1gbps - 2gbps bandwidth.

Setting up a DB isn't hard, using an LLM to ask questions will guide you to the right places. I'm always talking with Gemini because I switched from Ubuntu to Fedora 42 server and things are slightly different here and there.

But, different server hosts offer DB-ready OS's so all you have to do is load the OS on the server and you'll be ready to go.

The joy of Linux is getting everything _just right_ and so much _just right_ that you can launch a second server and set it up that way _just right_ within minutes.

[film42]

Maybe look at R2 or Wasabi instead of S3. That would cut your storage bill by 3x and take your cloud network bill to zero. IMO self-managing DBs always sucks no matter what you do.