| ▲ | 202508042147 2 hours ago |
| Last week I migrated our db away from AWS RDS to a European cloud provider. Everything runs fine and we also have it cheaper! One of our domains is due for renewal in a couple of months. I'm setting up the transfer to a EU registrar for it next week. This all takes time and it's not the most important thing for the bottom line, but on the long run I'm sure I'll look back and say it was a great investment. |
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| ▲ | andsoitis 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Last week I migrated our db away from AWS RDS to a European cloud provider. Everything runs fine and we also have it cheaper! If I may ask, why didn't you choose the cheaper option before? What do you think you're trading off, if anything? |
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| ▲ | embedding-shape an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > to a EU registrar Which one? I've been using DNSimple for so long, been trying to find something equally developer friendly who is based in Europe but haven't had much success. Used to use Gandi before DNSimple but it's obviously down the drain today. |
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| ▲ | 202508042147 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Best would be to research a local one where you live. Support your community while you're at it! | | |
| ▲ | embedding-shape an hour ago | parent [-] | | I live in a town with 10K other folks, I feel like I'd know if there was a local DNS registrar here :) But maybe I should be the change I wanna see! |
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| ▲ | new23d an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | netim.com has been reliable over the years for me |
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| ▲ | rookonaut an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Can you disclose which European cloud provider you chose? |
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| ▲ | 202508042147 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | We went with Hetzner as we already had good experiences with their VPSes. For this particular db migration, a resonably sized VPS with volumes does the job for us. We don't have planet scale operations so the lowish IOPS is not an issue atm. Also, with this experience at hand, I am confident that we'll manage another migration if need be. | | |
| ▲ | esskay 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Did the exact same thing for a client who's ops we managed on AWS. I was pretty against ditching RDS and a load balanced setup for hetzners load balancer and 3 instances (2 web, 1 db) but honestly, it's been pretty smooth sailing. The sites faster, and costs dropped massively, saving the client approx €900/mo for a better service. | |
| ▲ | gregman1 42 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Afaik Hetzner has a couple of server locations in the USA.
Is it correct to say that Hetzner has to comply to US CLOUD Act and therefore give away any data requested? | | |
| ▲ | 20 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | [deleted] | |
| ▲ | MonkeyClub 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | Depends on which data center you're hosted. The one under US jurisdiction operated by Hetzner US LLC must comply, while the German ones are operating under the GDPR, which has extraterritorial clauses can can deny or challenge the request. |
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| ▲ | dopidopHN2 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | OVH in my case |
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