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I’ve hosted multiple IRC servers over the years and can’t remember ever having to do “maintaining” after the initial setup.

phtrivier 7y ago
Honestly curious, how long did you last without having to: * update the version of the IRC server * update the version of the os of the machine running the IRC server * repair a broken disk / fan / overflowed disk on the machine * add / remove / reset password / change weird settings of users I'm not saying this is "unbearable", and plenty of organisations have people whose job description would probably correspond to doing those tasks. But I can definitely understand why you would want to skip them entirely and have someone host your chat - which is basically the job slack is paid for. "Mission critical, but not paid by your customer" is always tricky to staff for, isn't it ?
- ryanlol 7y ago
  >* update the version of the IRC server Odds are that you’ll have updates worth installing once every couple of years. >* update the version of the os of the machine running the IRC server Almost never unless there’s a remotely exploitable code execution vulnerability. Local bugs wont matter unless you run multiple services on the same box. >* repair a broken disk / fan / overflowed disk on the machine Depends on your hosting setup. With a cloud setup perhaps never. I’m certainly not trying to suggest that anyone should use IRC over slack in any situation, just that it’s not a horrible time sink requiring significant maintenance.
  - jddj 7y ago
    I think what may have triggered people here were the absolute terms (can’t remember ever having to do “maintaining” after the initial setup). In this forum you'll be hard pressed to find someone who thinks it's a good idea to leave a cloud-based (or any internet-facing, really) server completely without maintenance for any significant period of time. If you had said that usually it's as simple as checking in every now and again to reboot / make sure security updates are installed / check functionality and that it's a manageable burden which is worth the effort you might have gotten a more favourable response. Edit: or if you had automated it to an acceptable level, maybe some more information about that.
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phtrivier 7y ago

Honestly curious, how long did you last without having to: * update the version of the IRC server * update the version of the os of the machine running the IRC server * repair a broken disk / fan / overflowed disk on the machine * add / remove / reset password / change weird settings of users I'm not saying this is "unbearable", and plenty of organisations have people whose job description would probably correspond to doing those tasks. But I can definitely understand why you would want to skip them entirely and have someone host your chat - which is basically the job slack is paid for. "Mission critical, but not paid by your customer" is always tricky to staff for, isn't it ?

ryanlol 7y ago
>* update the version of the IRC server Odds are that you’ll have updates worth installing once every couple of years. >* update the version of the os of the machine running the IRC server Almost never unless there’s a remotely exploitable code execution vulnerability. Local bugs wont matter unless you run multiple services on the same box. >* repair a broken disk / fan / overflowed disk on the machine Depends on your hosting setup. With a cloud setup perhaps never. I’m certainly not trying to suggest that anyone should use IRC over slack in any situation, just that it’s not a horrible time sink requiring significant maintenance.
- jddj 7y ago
  I think what may have triggered people here were the absolute terms (can’t remember ever having to do “maintaining” after the initial setup). In this forum you'll be hard pressed to find someone who thinks it's a good idea to leave a cloud-based (or any internet-facing, really) server completely without maintenance for any significant period of time. If you had said that usually it's as simple as checking in every now and again to reboot / make sure security updates are installed / check functionality and that it's a manageable burden which is worth the effort you might have gotten a more favourable response. Edit: or if you had automated it to an acceptable level, maybe some more information about that.
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