Tag: Migration

A real-world production migration from DigitalOcean to Hetzner dedicated, handling 248 GB of MySQL data across 30 databases, 34 Nginx sites, GitLab EE, Neo4j, and live mobile app traffic — with zero downtime.

Crack, splash, boom! In 2024, the VMware ecosystem endured a seismic shift. Broadcom acquired VMware and quickly introduced a controversial change in its pricing model — shifting from a vRAM-based system to one centered on per physical core (pCore) licensing — and shaking the veritable ground users stood upon. What once allowed customers to pay for […]

Datadog cut off our observability overnight. We migrated to an open Grafana stack in 48 hours. Here’s why vendor lock-in is fading in an AI-native world.

The Challenge: When Granularity Is Your Only Option We were dealing with a legacy "beast" of a platform: a critical and systemic service running on traditional infrastructure, glued behind a single IP address. This IP hosted hundreds of distinct TCP ports, each representing different customers, prot

We made the switch from AWS-hosted MongoDB Atlas to a self-hosted solution on Hetzner, resulting in a 90% reduction in costs while maintaining performance and reliability.

We saved 76% on our cloud bills while tripling our capacity by migrating to Hetzner from AWS and DigitalOcean. Digital Society is a not-for-profit cooperative helping you get your projects off the ground and realise the value of your data.

This was a tough decision, having used Gmail since 2007/2008. However, I had to draw the line and stop giving Google my data for free.
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How to migrate from RAIDZ1 to RAIDZ2 without a spare ZFS server or a boatload of extra disks.

Migrate VMware to Proxmox for free using Veeam Community Edition. The steps are easy and quick for VMware to Proxmox migration