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How many servers is enough for you ?

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  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    @host_c said:

    @Neoon said: 50+

    Any Deals?

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  • brueggusbrueggus Member, IPv6 Advocate
    edited May 8

    @zGato said:
    or even the syncthing relay gang

    image

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  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    Good old days, when I used to push 0.2PB per month.
    I shall return to this number and beat it.

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  • bgerardbgerard Member

    2x vps frontend with a tunnel back to home for storage & compute works for me, for now.

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  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
    edited May 8

    About 20 +-5 seems to be about right for me. Incl. 1 (desired 2) dedi(s), a few high quality VDS, a bunch of good VPS (preferably with high traffic volume >= 20 TB), plus a couple of small < 1GB, 1 vCore, SSD boxes.

  • LenonLenon Member

    Interesting topic! I think the number of servers that feel “enough” really depends on what projects you’re running and how scalable your setup is. I’m currently at around 6 mixed-use VPS and feel okay for now, but sometimes I catch myself browsing deals “just in case.” The urge to add more never really disappears—it’s more of a mindset than a number.

  • bdspicebdspice Member

    mentally strong people dont need server, ftp hosting is enough & ipv6 is everything. @yoursunny m i right?

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  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Megathread Squad

    @Rubben said:
    2

    1 proxy
    1 app server

    i only feel comfortable when proxy is @Francisco luxembourg horse cock vps 1gb for $3.50

    im just lazy to manage more than 2 servers.. imagine you have 6 vps from 6 different providers, fucking nightmare

    someone is going to blow Rubben mind when he find out there is cheaper @Francisco horse cock vps for only $2 per month

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  • nghialelenghialele Member
    edited May 8

    @bdspice said:
    mentally strong people dont need server, ftp hosting is enough & ipv6 is everything. @yoursunny m i right?

    IPv9 NAT OpenVZ VPS for mentally strong (and arm-strong) people

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  • ZhuclZhucl Member

    Han Xin counts the soldiers—the more, the better.

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  • nghialelenghialele Member

    2025 peer pressure

  • RubbenRubben Member

    @beanman109 said:

    @Rubben said:
    2

    1 proxy
    1 app server

    i only feel comfortable when proxy is @Francisco luxembourg horse cock vps 1gb for $3.50

    im just lazy to manage more than 2 servers.. imagine you have 6 vps from 6 different providers, fucking nightmare

    someone is going to blow Rubben mind when he find out there is cheaper @Francisco horse cock vps for only $2 per month

    Ok blow me

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  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Megathread Squad

    @Rubben said:

    @beanman109 said:

    @Rubben said:
    2

    1 proxy
    1 app server

    i only feel comfortable when proxy is @Francisco luxembourg horse cock vps 1gb for $3.50

    im just lazy to manage more than 2 servers.. imagine you have 6 vps from 6 different providers, fucking nightmare

    someone is going to blow Rubben mind when he find out there is cheaper @Francisco horse cock vps for only $2 per month

    Ok blow me

    yes

    Thanked by 2nghialele admax
  • truemagictruemagic Member

    Everytime I visit LET: I just need ONE MORE server......

    so any dealz? 😂😂😂

    Thanked by 8admax nghialele PineappleM lothos host_c vastness4594 FAT32 cybertech
  • host_chost_c Patron Provider, Top Host, Megathread Squad
    edited May 9

    @truemagic said: Everytime I visit LET: I just need ONE MORE server......

    That's the spirit, keep it up >:)

    That is nice, FYI, is the avatar a baby @fat32 ? :)

    cool if it is :+1:

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  • bozolover99bozolover99 Member

    2 Dedicated (soon to be 1), 1 VDS backup for the dedicated (may get another really cheap vps for the dedicated backup), 1 data vps and 3 backup data vps's (they are cheap but good, I need to get rid of 1or 2 eventually) . A few S3 backups backblaze east w/replicate to west, Storj (awesome) and Telnyx S3 backup (unused)

  • truemagictruemagic Member

    @host_c said:

    @truemagic said: Everytime I visit LET: I just need ONE MORE server......

    That's the spirit, keep it up >:)

    That is nice, FYI, is the avatar a baby @fat32 ? :)

    cool if it is :+1:

    Yes I'm following his foot steps...baby dino with baby steps 😂

    Thanked by 3PineappleM barbarza FAT32
  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    A crucial website ought to have:

    • a primary server: Ryzen CPU, NVMe storage.
    • a secondary standby: Xeon CPU, SSD storage.
    • a third replica: Atom CPU, spinning rust storage.
    • a fourth backup: ARMv5 CPU, VHS tape.
    • a system to automatically perform failover.
    • a cat to look over this system.
    • a robot to feed the cat.
    • an engineer to repair the robot.

    These can get your data 99.99% secure.

    Full article including how to reach 100%:
    https://dev.to/yoursunny/how-many-servers-do-you-need-for-a-crucial-website-51np

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  • bozolover99bozolover99 Member
    edited May 9

    @yoursunny said:
    A crucial website ought to have:

    • a primary server: Ryzen CPU, NVMe storage.
    • a secondary standby: Xeon CPU, SSD storage.
    • a third replica: Atom CPU, spinning rust storage.
    • a fourth backup: ARMv5 CPU, VHS tape.
    • a system to automatically perform failover.
    • a cat to look over this system.
    • a robot to feed the cat.
    • an engineer to repair the robot.

    These can get your data 99.99% secure.

    Full article including how to reach 100%:
    https://dev.to/yoursunny/how-many-servers-do-you-need-for-a-crucial-website-51np

    my cat would rather sit in the sun all day

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  • mclovinit101mclovinit101 Member

    Always need more, Cant have to many

  • gbzret4dgbzret4d Member
    edited May 10

    I'm on almost 90 at the moment and the number needs to go up.... there can't be enough servers

  • rcy026rcy026 Member

    I have around 60 or so at any given time, sometimes more, at least 40 of them does nothing or very close to nothing.

    I always tell myself that I really do not need more servers, but then I visit LET and someone has a sweet yearly deal and my brain does some calculations and think "that is actually less than what I spend on pizza every week" and then I buy it just because it's less than what I spend on pizza every week.
    Unfortunately, I eat a lot of pizza so most yearly deals are less than what I spend on pizza. I'm fucked.

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    We use HelloFresh meal kits.
    The weekly delivery of a 10-serving box is $80~100 depending on discounts.

    In contrast, our most expensive VPS is $80~100 every 2~3 years.

  • rcy026rcy026 Member

    @yoursunny said:
    We use HelloFresh meal kits.
    The weekly delivery of a 10-serving box is $80~100 depending on discounts.

    In contrast, our most expensive VPS is $80~100 every 2~3 years.

    It's hard to not buy servers when the math just maths, isn't it?

    Thanked by 1yoursunny
  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate
    edited May 11

    @rcy026 said:
    It's hard to not buy servers when the math just maths, isn't it?

    Our grocery + meal kit purchases are limited by available fridge space.
    Our restaurant purchases are limited by available calorie count.
    Our VPS purchases are limited by available hostnames.
    They are the same.

    In the end, excess money is generally spent on experiences: trips, museums, parks.
    These purchases are limited by available time, but we still have some left.
    The Capital Wheel at National Harbor

    Thanked by 2PineappleM nghialele
  • nghialelenghialele Member

    @yoursunny said:

    @rcy026 said:
    It's hard to not buy servers when the math just maths, isn't it?

    Our grocery + meal kit purchases are limited by available fridge space.
    Our restaurant purchases are limited by available calorie count.
    Our VPS purchases are limited by available hostnames.
    They are the same.

    In the end, excess money is generally spent on experiences: trips, museums, parks.
    These purchases are limited by available time, but we still have some left.
    The Capital Wheel at National Harbor

    Nice yatch u got there, flexxxx

  • unsafetypinunsafetypin Member

    @yoursunny said: but we still have some left

    how many?

  • dotdotnetworksdotdotnetworks Member

    I have about 20 servers or VPS for my own use, and it was as high as 50 at one point.

  • fijxufijxu Member
    edited May 12

    I have 9 :33333. All of them are doing at least something.

  • serverpointserverpoint Member, Patron Provider
    edited May 12

    Is collecting idling servers a thing? :) I had no idea. :)

    We run a lot of servers... but our "collection" comes in a different form, and it's due to some of our tech guys being hoarders.

    We have 6 storage units full of old servers that we no longer use but that we haven't had the time to send to e-cycling, but mostly because some of us refuse to let them go.

    The old "you never know when we might need one of those!" philosophy...

    There's even 6 Cisco GSR 12000s inside one of those units...

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