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They (Scaleway) are ARM machines, no?

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Depends which offer you are looking at. They also have x86 VPS options using Atom chips.

You can still run mail servers on them though. You might have to compile stuff up for yourself if your distro doesn't support it but I've found Arch to be pretty good in this respect.

cyberpunk8y ago

That's all fine, but then you're one hardware failure away from not being able to receive email.

I'm working on a guide on how to setup a replicated fault tolerant email cluster (galera/dsync) here [1] -- feedback appreciated.

This costs far more than something like fastmail, however. Depending on your situation you might value cost over peace of mind.

1: https://medium.com/@cyberpunk_networks/nsa-proof-your-email-...

zimpenfish8y ago

> galera

Unfortunately, with Galera, you're not even a hardware failure away from losing / corrupting email.

https://aphyr.com/posts/327-jepsen-mariadb-galera-cluster

> Unfortunately, even in totally healthy clusters, with no node failures or network failures, Galera Cluster does not satisfy its claims of Snapshot Isolation.

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cknight8y ago

Depends which offer you are looking at. They also have x86 VPS options using Atom chips.

zimpenfish8y ago

You can still run mail servers on them though. You might have to compile stuff up for yourself if your distro doesn't support it but I've found Arch to be pretty good in this respect.

cyberpunk8y ago

That's all fine, but then you're one hardware failure away from not being able to receive email.

I'm working on a guide on how to setup a replicated fault tolerant email cluster (galera/dsync) here [1] -- feedback appreciated.

This costs far more than something like fastmail, however. Depending on your situation you might value cost over peace of mind.

1: https://medium.com/@cyberpunk_networks/nsa-proof-your-email-...

zimpenfish8y ago

> galera

Unfortunately, with Galera, you're not even a hardware failure away from losing / corrupting email.

https://aphyr.com/posts/327-jepsen-mariadb-galera-cluster

> Unfortunately, even in totally healthy clusters, with no node failures or network failures, Galera Cluster does not satisfy its claims of Snapshot Isolation.

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