Re:The Cost of Blogging
by caminanteblanco on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:30PM
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I mean if you switch to pay as you go you can get an Ampere server for free, with no wait. The wait is just for the always free tier. It's a $100 hold, but oracle's never charged me a dime. It is an insane deal, I'll never understand giving away 200gb of disk, 24gb or ram, and 4vcpus for free
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They lowered the ram allowance. You might be paying for that now if you have the full 24gb provisioned
Re:The Cost of Blogging
by browningstreet on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:35PM
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I lowered my RAM allocation on my Oracle Ampere server and it runs my Hermes Agent just fine. But yes, to get the free ampere server I had to put in a credit card for possible billing. But I've never been billed.