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tfunken, 22 days ago

@thor They are all part of the content retention settings.

The only thing that doesn't get called regularly is the remove-orphans function.

The function loops trough all folders and files on the S3 backed.
As many S3 providers charge also for every api call, this can become a very expensive action, very quickly.

As orphan files should not occur that often, it should only be used on a case by case basis.

tfunken, 22 days ago

@thor Well, I guess because those commands are not really meant to be used for a regular, automated use.

You can define many of those things in the settings and mastodon itself is then scheduling the cleanup tasks.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@lea @lexi Where did you found it? 👀

tfunken, 1 month ago

@Jain Too late :nko_giggle:

tfunken, 1 month ago

@parkellipsen If you want a totally honest recommendation, try to pick smaller providers and maybe not use what everyone else is using.

Even when we ignore the fact that they are kinda supporting the afd, its overall healthier for the internet and also for the fediverse if services more decentral.
Also, if one provider gets too big its crushing all the other smaller providers.
Its just impossible to match the price Hetzner is offering unless you are damn huge. (Hetzner is running 23 own Datacenters in Europe)

So, if it is in your budget please consider supporting a smaller provider.

Well, enough about that :neocat_laugh_nervous:
Some recommendations I have so far.

Small & Community Providers
(Usually more expensive but run by smaller companies or non-profits)

IN-Berlin
Location: Berlin, DE
Products: VPS, Colocation
URL: https://www.in-berlin.de

Run by a Association (Verein). Afaik some of them are CCC friends.
Is for example used by codeberg.org

Glauca Digital
Location: Leeds, UK
Products: VPS, Colocation
URL: https://glauca.digital

Run by fellow fedi citizens like @q
LGBTQ+ friendly and they have shorks :blobhaj_trans_heart:
Also offers managed hosting :neocat:

1984
Location: Reykjavík, IS
Products: VPS
URL: https://1984.hosting

Strong focus on privacy.

Mythic Beasts
Location: UK, US, NL
Products: VPS, Dedicated Servers, Colocation
URL: https://www.mythic-beasts.com

Nice people and also active on fedi @beasts
Afaik they also do managed mastodon hosting.

Aurologic
Location: Frankfurt, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server, Colocation
URL: https://aurologic.com

Kinda expensive, but solid quality and a nice and helpful support.

Meerfarbig
Location: Frankfurt, DE
Products: Dedicated Server, Colocation
URL: https://meerfarbig.net

Also kinda expensive, but really solid quality and a nice and helpful support.

CommunityRack
Location: Zurich, CH
Products: Colocation
URL: https://communityrack.org

Less a provider and more a Association (Verein) which runs a couple of racks together.
Afaik requires you to become a member to participate.

Cheap & Lowend Providers
(Cheapish providers, includes bigger providers)

Active Servers
Location: Frankfurt, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server, Colocation
URL: https://active-servers.com

Probably the best of all the cheap providers.
Support is okay, network is good and the dedicated servers are reasonable priced.

Netcup
Location: Vienna, AT & Nuernberg, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server
URL: https://www.netcup.eu

They offer really cheap arm VPS.
But last time I've tested them they seem to oversell their system a bit.

Webtropia
Location: Dusseldorf, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server, Colocation
URL: https://www.webtropia.com

Guess they kinda try to target the market segment of Hetzner.
Servers are okay, network is good support is.. okayish..
They also run something like the Server Börse from Hetzner at:
https://servdiscount.com

First Root
Location: Dusseldorf, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server, Colocation
URL: https://www.first-root.com

Nice people, cheap VPS but the support is kinda slow and the hardware is already 2-3 generations old.

Host Hatch
Location: US, UK, NL, JP, HK, SG, AU, SE
Products: VPS
URL: https://hosthatch.com

They have a lot of regions available, VPS pricing is good but the offered storage options are really tight.
They are using kinda recent EPIC hardware and most locations are 10G or even 40G, so performance is mostly great.
The storage VPS on the other hand are really slow. So don't think about to run a nextcloud or anything on them. Just use them as pure backup storage.
The Support is really nice, but sometimes awfully slow.. Once had a ticket waiting 7 days for a reply...

Contabo
Location: DE, UK, US, SG, JP, AU
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server
URL: https://contabo.com

Often one of the first names you get when asking for cheap servers.
But.. I personally would not recommend them.
Last time I've checked the VPS servers where heavily oversold.
idk, if you have RAM intensive applications which don't really need that much CPU performance they are probably a good pick, but otherwise I would not choose them.

Datalix
Location: Frankfurt, DE
Products: VPS, Dedicated Server
URL: https://datalix.eu

Just recently discovered them, not tested any of their products yet. But they seem to be reasonable priced.

Please don't see this as a endorsement for those providers.
Just a couple of providers I had in mind right now.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@shalien Actually, that has noting to do with net neutrality at all.

Hetzner is free do decide with who they are doing business with or not.
It's called "Vertragsfreiheit" in German law.

Also they had no problem to cancel contracts with various LGBTQ+ sites recently, so they are also free to cancel the contract with a nazi party.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@ipg @j0 Well, the difference between Google and Mozilla is that Google is trying to to exploit you to gain as much money for their investors as possible.

Mozilla on the other hand is headless running around with the goal to gain new sources of income to survive.
While it's true that the lines between the Foundation and the Cooperation are not as clear as they probably should be, the Cooperation is still fully owned by the Foundation.

They might be both doing the wrong things, things we don't like but they still do them for a different reason.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@ipg @j0 O.o

I've never said "Cooperation" is a disregarding/downplaying sense, I made a clear differentiation between Cooperation and Foundation.

But as a Cooperation usually follows the will of their owners, I thought it's important to point out that the Mozilla Cooperation is fully owned by the Mozilla Foundation while Google is owned by Alphabet which is owned by their shareholders, like for example the Vanguard Group, BlackRock or JP Morgan Chase and so on.

There is definitely a lot of room to speculate what the intentions of the Mozilla Foundation are, especially of the current board members, but I'm pretty sure that we all have a pretty clear vision what the intention of those investment companies is.

So I've just pointed out that I think the motivations behind their actions are completely different.

Again, I dislike a LOT of what Mozilla is doing in the recent years. If you ask me they should completely drop everything non Browser related and cut the team down to max 100 people. A Firefox Foundation if you so will.

But when judging about people, groups or organizations, I think it's important to also think about why they act the way they act and not just what they did.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@yassie_j Just a stupid, uneducated thought but.. might Mozilla be to big?

Again just a uneducated thought but it feels a bit like they do a lot various stuff but, mostly with limited success and mostly driven by the urge to gain new sources of income.

The search for new income sources since years start to give me a bit the feeling they spend a lot of time with fighting for survival instead of fighting for a free and open internet :/

(not saying they don't do the latter too)

tfunken, 1 month ago

@puniko @rick I guess they need a lot of energy to grow :nko_giggle:

tfunken, 1 month ago

@Jain How can't you be sure that I'm not from the future? :nko_giggle:

But thank for the info.
Should be fixed :neocat:

tfunken, 1 month ago

@volpeon ⚠️ This post was sent using the Encrypted Toots Mastodon Extensions, but your instance doesn't support this feature.

tfunken, 1 month ago

@kaia I knew that they weren't particularly popular, but calling them dogs is a bit harsh :neocat_googly_shocked: /j

tfunken, 2 months ago

@Jain Ohhh, okay that makes sense.

Well, at least it isn't cloudflare :neocat: