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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by nezirus on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:40AM (#26912488)
I don't have enough details about the exact setup, but the server cost looks excessive* to me. Especially those Xeon Gold and Silver machines (are they using managed hosting or what). Almost all of them are in single OVH data center too, that's not very robust.

* Compared to a certain German hosting provider, where I can get AMD EPYC 7502P with 128GB RAM for about 100EUR. Again don't know the arrangement, but with some effort they could add more servers, lower the cost and add Geo-resiliency.

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by hutrdvnj on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:48AM (#26912528)
"to a certain German hosting provider" Hetzner
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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by nezirus on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:01AM (#26913384)
Yeah, don't want to provide free advertising (they don't need it), but they should be as reliable as OVH for hosting servers in Europe.
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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by yourad_io on Friday April 23, 2021 @02:27PM (#26917614)
Until you get DDOSed and then they (Hetzner) null-route your server.

They claim not to:

https://twitter.com/hetzner_online/status/968085046073622528...

I do wonder if that is still the case.

edit: Maybe not: https://community.centminmod.com/threads/any-personal-feedba...

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Re:Why Lichess will always be free by hutrdvnj on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:43AM (#26923371)
That is quite normal behavior for most hosters and it depends on the strength of DDOS. If you have to deal with DDOS frequently then you need a loadbalancer in between your service and your clients, that offers DDOS protection.
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