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PSA: Oracle Cloud Free Tier halved

3 months ago by yuman to c/selfhosted

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In case you were one of the lucky ones able to snag a free account in the olden days, the terms have changed. Instead of 4 CPU and 24 RAM that you were free to whack up amongst 1-4 VPS, now you got 2 CPU and 12 GB RAM, so either one dual-core VPS or two single-core. If you keep using the old setup beyond a certain date (can't be bothered to look up when that is) you'll get billed; at reasonable rates, I'm sure.

If I'm reading this correctly, the block volume storage allotment hasn't changed, but their whole setup is hella confusing, so might be off on that.

Was really a matter of days when they was gonna axe the thing, they fired half a planet's worth of workers, I'm amazed they left even this much.

edit: I'm behind the times, this was reported more than a month ago: https://linuxiac.com/...

BozeKnoflook 106 points 3 months ago

There is nothing Oracle could ever do to convince me to use their services or software even if they were free.

Fuck Oracle, fuck Larry Ellison!

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irmadlad 9 points 3 months ago

Do I need to bring some poppers and lube? Why are we fucking Larry Ellison?

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JasonDJ 15 points 2 months ago

You see what happens, Larry?

You see what happens?

This is what happens, Larry. This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps. This is what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs.

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irmadlad 5 points 2 months ago

If I could I'd double upvote. That got an audible belly laugh. Great movie. One of those movies that has so many memorable lines.

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zikzak025 67 points 3 months ago

No one should touch anything Oracle with a 5000ft pole, to be honest. Sorry you had to find out that way, OP.

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GreyEyedGhost 2 points 2 months ago

I'm not really sure Azure or AWS is much better. Not a defense of Oracle or Larry, just a dearth of free VPS servers out there, and I'm not sure I want to spin up a paid one with the other guys.

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TeaWithDani 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah... I pay money for 2 cores and 4gb RAM. I'd read the fine print on those free services.

I'm not comfortable with free services anymore. Nor am I comfortable dealing with a company subject to the Cloud Act.

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albbi 19 points 3 months ago

I suppose this is what getting your stock rated just above trash will do.

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sk 17 points 3 months ago

Image/photo

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sk 12 points 3 months ago

the notification says :

Does not impact existing boot volumes, Block Volumes, or running instancesApplies only to new instance launches or workflows that create new boot volumes after enforcement is enabled

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yuman 14 points 3 months ago

thanks. the notification went away after login and I wasn't able to find its text anywhere in the myriad of pages.

also I'd take this "does not" coming from them with a bag of salt.

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AbidanYre 8 points 2 months ago

For now...

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melfie 10 points 2 months ago

I wouldn’t trust them enough to run anything important.

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danielfm123 3 points 2 months ago

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mgrimace 2 points 2 months ago

In case others are wondering, here's how I changed my existing free tier:

  • go to instance, select your instance, actions, more actions, edit
  • scroll down to VM.Standard.A1.Flex, expand it
  • change OCPU and memory
  • Save (reboots instance)

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