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The biggest advantage even for low-end services would be high-availability. If one server goes down you can automatically fail over to another without having to

The biggest advantage even for low-end services would be high-availability. If one server goes down you can automatically fail over to another without having to build that into your code.

bogomipz 10y ago
Does someone running a wordpress site need HA though? You could also just buy a pingdom account and be notified when there is a problem and resolve it via support as needed. Adding an LB tier is adding a layer of complexity and different failure modes. That's why I was asking if maybe they were targeting larger customers now.
- freehunter 10y ago
  I think you're a little off on the idea that DO only hosts unimportant Wordpress sites, or that Wordpress could never be used for something that needs high availability. As of 2014 Digital Ocean was the third largest hosting provider, so they're not a mom-and-pop operation.
  - bogomipz 10y ago
    I never said or implied that the company was a mom-and-pop operation. I know they are a large company. Being the 3rd largest hosting provider however doesn't say anything about what type and size of customers they have. Who are some the larger customers that run their businesses on D.O infra?
    - Tassels 10y ago
      You might want to take a look at https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/ https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/ and/or https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/ https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/
      - bogomipz 10y ago
        The only names I recognized on there was Influx and Compose. Influx actually looks like they use AWS for their cloud offering now: https://www.influxdata.com/announcing-influxcloud-fully-managed-influxdb-clusters-on-aws/ https://www.influxdata.com/announcing-influxcloud-fully-mana... and Compose deploys to AWS, Google, Softlayer and only to D.O for MongoDB classic whatever that is: https://www.compose.com/mongodb https://www.compose.com/mongodb

The biggest advantage even for low-end services would be high-availability. If one server goes down you can automatically fail over to another without having to build that into your code.

bogomipz 10y ago

Does someone running a wordpress site need HA though? You could also just buy a pingdom account and be notified when there is a problem and resolve it via support as needed. Adding an LB tier is adding a layer of complexity and different failure modes. That's why I was asking if maybe they were targeting larger customers now.

freehunter 10y ago
I think you're a little off on the idea that DO only hosts unimportant Wordpress sites, or that Wordpress could never be used for something that needs high availability. As of 2014 Digital Ocean was the third largest hosting provider, so they're not a mom-and-pop operation.
- bogomipz 10y ago
  I never said or implied that the company was a mom-and-pop operation. I know they are a large company. Being the 3rd largest hosting provider however doesn't say anything about what type and size of customers they have. Who are some the larger customers that run their businesses on D.O infra?
  - Tassels 10y ago
    You might want to take a look at https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/ https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/ and/or https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/ https://www.digitalocean.com/customers/
    - bogomipz 10y ago
      The only names I recognized on there was Influx and Compose. Influx actually looks like they use AWS for their cloud offering now: https://www.influxdata.com/announcing-influxcloud-fully-managed-influxdb-clusters-on-aws/ https://www.influxdata.com/announcing-influxcloud-fully-mana... and Compose deploys to AWS, Google, Softlayer and only to D.O for MongoDB classic whatever that is: https://www.compose.com/mongodb https://www.compose.com/mongodb