Post ATHfi4MKQzCDgvLK3E by stefanha@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #ATHXxDgNFlrrJkQriK by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2023-03-04T19:44:14Z
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Started the process of migrating my VM over to @beasts from Bytemark; I've selected a 'VPS2' with a bit more added disk than my existing VM; it seems a bit faster (even if it's still apparently a Sandy Bridge if it's emulated CPUID is to be believed). Now, a load of DNS and domain twiddling to be done.
(DIR) Post #ATHcVGNC9hznKCwy7k by stefanha@fosstodon.org
2023-03-04T20:35:10Z
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@penguin42 The Raspberry Pi hosting option is intriguing. I wonder if there is something ARM/Pi-specific that attracts people or maybe because it's a cheap way to get 4 cores.https://www.mythic-beasts.com/order/rpi
(DIR) Post #ATHdNqZbmQdfEemfI0 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2023-03-04T20:45:03Z
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@stefanha Yeh I considered that, but guessed that the IO on it would be as good. I do have one of the free Oracle cloud VMs that they were giving out a while ago that is a 4 core ARM x 24GB RAM . (Although being free I don't put anything useful on it since I'd probably have to pay a lot for any actual other services)
(DIR) Post #ATHfi4MKQzCDgvLK3E by stefanha@fosstodon.org
2023-03-04T21:11:07Z
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@penguin42 It says it's set up to netboot from NFS.
(DIR) Post #ATHgMdOPbEEPvgezy4 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2023-03-04T21:18:26Z
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@stefanha As opposed to the x86's that are chunks of SSDs that somehow arrive as virtio-blk
(DIR) Post #ATHgsnpeK0opZajuG8 by stefanha@fosstodon.org
2023-03-04T21:24:15Z
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@penguin42 Yep. Still curious what people are using them for.
(DIR) Post #ATHh9iG8IKhrDDBr2O by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2023-03-04T21:27:20Z
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@stefanha probably not a terrible place for aarch CI
(DIR) Post #ATHuTW6WUlACi4T8Ou by benfrancis@mastodon.social
2023-03-04T23:56:33Z
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@penguin42 Bytemark has been rubbish since it became IOMart. I miss Bytemark. I have considered switching to Mythic Beasts but I noticed they don't let you upgrade a virtual server yourself, you have to email them. How has your experience been so far?
(DIR) Post #ATHw87X2rIyQKMndMu by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2023-03-05T00:15:07Z
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@benfrancis I can't complain much about IOMart, I mean my BigV VM is still there and OK at the moment. Mythic seems to have been pretty good in the few hours I've used it; I've created and installed a VM, and created 3rd party DNS for my (less critical) domain; the web domain name editor is pretty decent (couple of quirks). One neat thing about their login system is the ability to connect multiple accounts with limited perms; so I connected another with a backup email address.