I think you're conflating two points, which I will address individually. 1.) Vendor problems - If Linode starts being stupid, I switch providers. This will take a day or two, but is a direct result of non-hardware, non-uptime, non-connectivity problems, and is directly related to poor business practices.
2.) Actual hardware/uptime/connectivity problems - I know from personal experience (having built a few) that building high availability systems in a single location is vastly easier than distributed amongst several locations. Pulling in multiple network feeds and using a router that supports connection failover, and getting a generator that will keep your datacenter up during a power failure is also pretty trivial. By comparison, having several home servers, with residential power, residential Internet[1], and commodity hardware stuck on a shelf or in a dusty basement somewhere is likely to have greater downtime (even with distributed server to server sync) even if it was supported. After all, not only would they have to sync, but you'd have to have site A be able to fail over to site B in the event of a server failure in site A, which requires additional infrastructure such as, for example, DNS which checks server availability. [1] On which, running a publicly accessible server is likely a violation of your terms of service, and your ISP can shut you off if you do this. (At least, for most residential ISPs in the US). On 06/07/2014 12:21 PM, Michael Grosser wrote: > Yeah until linode screws up... > Just saying that relying on one provider doesn't seem to be a better > way. It's still a SPOF and should be avoided. Therefore server2server > sync would be awesome. > > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Matthew Caron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On June 7, 2014 1:48:21 AM EDT, ~Stack~ <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I personally view the primary benefit of owncloud as a way to store >>> data >>> I care about that I *don't* necessarily want other cloud providers to >>> know about (eg: syncing all of my phones contacts and data to my >>> owncloud vs Google's cloud). Should I go away on a business trip and >>> power knocks out my server while I am gone, I don't want to lose access >>> to all of my files! (as has happened twice in the last year; once got >>> the router stuck in a bad state and the second time power was out for >>> more then 20 minutes so UPS did a shutdown.) This really sucks! >> >> I host mine (along with mail, web, etc) on a Linode VPS for $20/month. >> Problem solved. >> >> -- >> "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he >> disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." >> - Thomas Jefferson, _A Bill For Establishing Religious Freedom_ >> PGP Key: http://www.mattcaron.net/pgp_key.txt >> ~~ Matt Caron ~~ >> _______________________________________________ >> User mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/user > _______________________________________________ > User mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/user > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller PGP Key: http://www.mattcaron.net/pgp_key.txt ~~ Matt Caron ~~ _______________________________________________ User mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/user
