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That's why I like VPS setups. You hit the monthly maximum, and it just stops working. I host demos, not running a business, so it's less of an issue to get in

by JJMcJ 1y ago

That's why I like VPS setups. You hit the monthly maximum, and it just stops working. I host demos, not running a business, so it's less of an issue to get interrupted. Better an interruption than a $50,000 bill for forgetting to shut off a test database from last Wednesday.

qcnguy 1y ago
That's not comparable. With a VPS there is no monthly maximum, just a max load on a second by second basis. You can be hit with traffic of which 90% bounces because your server is down, get nowhere near your intended monthly maximum, and then the rest of the month is quiet.
- McGlockenshire 1y ago
  You seem to be describing this as a bad thing instead of the objectively good thing that it is.
  - qcnguy 1y ago
    The ideal is obviously smoothed limits, such that you can absorb a big traffic spike if it still fits within your budget. Nobody seems to offer that.
    - EGreg 1y ago
      How would you predict the smooth curve ahead of time?
- JJMcJ 1y ago
  I got VPS and other types of shared hosting mixed up, though I have seen VPS offerings with monthly or daily maximums.
emseetech 1y ago
Unless a startup has five+ nines service contracts with their customers already, a little bit of downtime once in a while is not the end of the world the cloud services want us to believe.