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That depends on a lot of factors, but for me personally, yes it is. Much worse.

Assuming we’re talking about hosting things for Internet users. My fiber internet connection has gone down multiple times, though relatively quickly restored. My power has gone out several times in the last year, with one storm having it out for nearly 24 hrs. I was sleep when it went out and I didn’t start the generator until it was out for 3-4 hours already, far longer than my UPSes could hold up. I’ve had to do maintenance and updates both physical and software.

All of those things contribute to a downtime significantly higher than I see with my stuff running on Linode, Fly.io or AWS.

I run Proxmox and K3s at home and it makes things far more reliable, but it’s also extra overhead for me to maintain.

Most or all of those things could be mitigated at home, but at what cost?



Maybe if you use a UPS and Starlink then ...




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