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simplotek on April 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hetzner Introduces ARM64 Cloud Servers

> A simple single node is often more reliable than a complex fault-tolerant setup.

...except when your single piece breaks and you get your whole service down. Then what?

xupybd on April 13, 2023 | [–]

You get it back up and running quickly because it's so simple and easy to deploy a new server and load the backups on to it.

faeriechangling on April 13, 2023 | [–]

Cluster the node?

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