Comment on Does university email give you any free server?

WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• claim_arguably@lemdro.id ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If so, why nobody talks about? Could I setup rss server there?

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s run by One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison.

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a bit of a bitch, and they can kill it at the drop of a hat.

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  • WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because Oracle has the tendency to delete VMs without prior notice.

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    • axum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only if you do something they don’t like, or generate way too much traffic

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This happened to our Minecraft server LOL

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  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On their ARM server you get something like 8 cores and 24GB of RAM. Honestly, that’ll run a hell of a lot more than an RSS server.

    I have one that’s running three different minecraft servers simultaneously.

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  • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Image

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On a more serious note.

    As you aren’t paying for the compute your stuff will be turned off when a paying customer wants capacity.
    All the cloud vendors do this Azure calls it Spot pricing

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