NameCrane Offloaded SQL is now in public BETA!

Francisco · March 29

Hello everyone!

We're happy to announce that we're in the process of rolling out a "Managed Databases", or "Offloaded SQL" product for NameCrane. We've had quite the increase in MySQL heavy websites causing quite the mess during peak hours.

Features

Based on MariaDB 11.4. Given the nature of the product we hope to also offer PostgreSQL.
High performance hardware (top performing CPU's for MySQL, 1 million IOPS enteprise NVMEs, tons of RAM).
Colocated on the same LAN/switch as our shared/reseller hosting, giving you ~0.1ms latency/
phpMyAdmin available with a whitelabeled domain. Users can point their own domains to the server and an SSL will automagically be assigned.
Hourly backups with probably 24 - hours of retention, as well as DR backups. Not implemented yet, but should be ready by the time this is out of BETA.

Pricing

We're aiming around $0.35 - $0.50 per GB of storage, per year. So, 10GB of database storage would be $5.00/year.

Ordering

You can order the service at https://namecrane.com/store/networking/managed-databases . This service currently only available in Las Vegas, but we expect it to be live in the Netherlands in the next couple weeks.

Other locations will follow as demand dictates.

What's Franned?

The current hardware is not the final specs we'll be rolling with. The node we bought for this came in damaged to the point we physically can't use one of the front drive bays, half the ram won't show up, and 2 of the PCI slots won't respond. We expect replacement hardware next week, at which point we'll migrate everything over.

It should still perform quite well, but it'll absolutely haul ass once moved.

Feedback either on here or our Discord would be highly appreciated!

Francisco

localhost · March 29

Awesome

If I had a prior service with offloaded db, how would it impact? Can I migrate there? Will the pricing change?

Francisco · March 29

@localhost said:
Awesome

If I had a prior service with offloaded db, how would it impact? Can I migrate there? Will the pricing change?

...you mean with another host or are you talking about once the BETA is done?

Need some context, friend

Francisco

MichaelCee · March 30

@Francisco said:

@localhost said:
Awesome

If I had a prior service with offloaded db, how would it impact? Can I migrate there? Will the pricing change?

...you mean with another host or are you talking about once the BETA is done?

Need some context, friend

Francisco

Maybe they're on about coming from BuyVM's version?

risturiz · March 30

Nice, im going to wait for NYC

sanvit · March 30

Would there be a performance difference if someone used the offloaded SQL from NameCrane shared/reseller compared to using the built in DB from their account?

dgc1980 · March 30

@sanvit said: Would there be a performance difference if someone used the offloaded SQL from NameCrane shared/reseller compared to using the built in DB from their account?

almost none, since they are on the same network it would be like using a it on the same host, but being a dedicated system for the sql it would be faster overall if the main system is struggling due to scripts and calls

legendary · March 30

@MichaelCee said:

@Francisco said:

@localhost said:
Awesome

If I had a prior service with offloaded db, how would it impact? Can I migrate there? Will the pricing change?

...you mean with another host or are you talking about once the BETA is done?

Need some context, friend

Francisco

Maybe they're on about coming from BuyVM's version?

Ouch.

Freek · March 30

Cool developments I must say

A tad unrelated, but what's the status on the Luxembourg departure? I've been bit out of the loop.

Thanks

localhost · March 30

@Francisco said:

@localhost said:
Awesome

If I had a prior service with offloaded db, how would it impact? Can I migrate there? Will the pricing change?

...you mean with another host or are you talking about once the BETA is done?

Need some context, friend

Francisco

Coming from buyvm

I have one service somewhere with offloaded sql

Francisco · March 30

@localhost said: Coming from buyvm

I have one service somewhere with offloaded sql

Aah well, you shouldn't be moving from buyvm to this since the latency will be worse.

I've fixed a few bugs and improved the UX on the Users modal. Added a password generator and made the show password toggle more sane.

Francisco

Francisco · March 30

@Freek said:
Cool developments I must say

A tad unrelated, but what's the status on the Luxembourg departure? I've been bit out of the loop.

Thanks

DB Shenker is set to pickup the crate from Vegas in the next day or two. I'm hoping to have it in NL by EOW, but who knows.

Francisco

Francisco · March 30

@dgc1980 said:

@sanvit said: Would there be a performance difference if someone used the offloaded SQL from NameCrane shared/reseller compared to using the built in DB from their account?

almost none, since they are on the same network it would be like using a it on the same host, but being a dedicated system for the sql it would be faster overall if the main system is struggling due to scripts and calls

Cloudlinux makes things a lot uglier than it needs to be when it comes to SQL. We've had many many times where if it's trying to rate limit too many users, it'll just randomly deadlock MySQL and it hits 2400% CPU (literally every core maxed out). Its caused multiple outages over the past few months.

The offload just allows for more room to burst, leaving more CPU for PHP and things like that.

Francisco

Freek · March 30

@Francisco said:

@Freek said:
Cool developments I must say

A tad unrelated, but what's the status on the Luxembourg departure? I've been bit out of the loop.

Thanks

DB Shenker is set to pickup the crate from Vegas in the next day or two. I'm hoping to have it in NL by EOW, but who knows.

Francisco

Thanks for the update, I appreciate it.
Which NorthC DC is it exactly if I may ask?

Thanks

Francisco · March 30

@Freek said:

@Francisco said:

@Freek said:
Cool developments I must say

A tad unrelated, but what's the status on the Luxembourg departure? I've been bit out of the loop.

Thanks

DB Shenker is set to pickup the crate from Vegas in the next day or two. I'm hoping to have it in NL by EOW, but who knows.

Francisco

Thanks for the update, I appreciate it.
Which NorthC DC is it exactly if I may ask?

Thanks

AMS.

We'll be using Eranium's network and peering on ERA-IX right away.

Francisco

Freek · March 30

@Francisco said:

@Freek said:

@Francisco said:

@Freek said:
Cool developments I must say

A tad unrelated, but what's the status on the Luxembourg departure? I've been bit out of the loop.

Thanks

DB Shenker is set to pickup the crate from Vegas in the next day or two. I'm hoping to have it in NL by EOW, but who knows.

Francisco

Thanks for the update, I appreciate it.
Which NorthC DC is it exactly if I may ask?

Thanks

AMS.

We'll be using Eranium's network and peering on ERA-IX right away.

Francisco

Thanks. Looking forward to it

havoc · March 30

Wouldn't this normally have volume pricing and/or transaction limits? Or a fair use concept?

Francisco · March 30

@havoc said:
Wouldn't this normally have volume pricing and/or transaction limits? Or a fair use concept?

This is very much a fair share product.

99% of our customers will be fine with that. When we see people being obviously abusive, we'll deal with them.

Francisco

sanvit · March 31

@Francisco said:

@localhost said: Coming from buyvm

I have one service somewhere with offloaded sql

Aah well, you shouldn't be moving from buyvm to this since the latency will be worse.

I've fixed a few bugs and improved the UX on the Users modal. Added a password generator and made the show password toggle more sane.

Francisco

Wait so BuyVM LV and NameCrane LV are in different network/location?

Francisco · March 31

@sanvit said:

@Francisco said:

@localhost said: Coming from buyvm

I have one service somewhere with offloaded sql

Aah well, you shouldn't be moving from buyvm to this since the latency will be worse.

I've fixed a few bugs and improved the UX on the Users modal. Added a password generator and made the show password toggle more sane.

Francisco

Wait so BuyVM LV and NameCrane LV are in different network/location?

Both are in Fiberhub, but Namecrane is in its own rack. The latency isn't much (if the routing isn't broken), but it's still there.

There's no reason to move to this from BuyVM's, if you're using it with a Slice.

Francisco

sanvit · March 31

@Francisco said: PostgreSQL

Any ETA on PostgreSQL? Would be great if we could use this + Hyperdrive

teamacc · March 31

Will this be available from external ips as well, or only from internal ones?

Francisco · March 31

@sanvit said:

@Francisco said: PostgreSQL

Any ETA on PostgreSQL? Would be great if we could use this + Hyperdrive

I need to learn how to safely create users and grant access. It seems PostgreSQL is a lot more involved and I want to make sure we're covered.

@teamacc said:
Will this be available from external ips as well, or only from internal ones?

We aren't blocking external usage, but I think if we make this a standalone product we'll have 2 tiers of pricing, where 'primarily remote usage" would charge a bit more (0.75/G/year?), and 'primarily internal usage' with a crate we give the discounted price.

All depends on if we want to allow it to be purchased stand alone or not.

I do think if we did allow 'standalone' that we'd put some servers in Kansas & over in Switzerland too, get pretty good coverage.

Francisco

Freek · March 31

So Switzerland is also still happening?

NameCrane · April 3

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

NameCrane · April 3

Also - we've turned up an Offloaded SQL node in NYC - so you can order one of those if that's a better location for your testing. https://namecrane.com/store/networking/managed-databases

It's also not on final hardware, but should still give some significant performance benefits.

EU gear has shipped and is on its way to Amsterdam.

Freek · April 4

@NameCrane said:

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

beagle · April 4

@NameCrane said:

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

Is that BuyVm or Namecrane? Looking forward to the EU lifetime

treesmokah · April 4

@beagle said:

@NameCrane said:

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

Is that BuyVm or Namecrane? Looking forward to the EU lifetime

Afaik BuyVM will have presence in Swiss(that's where Lux goes), Namecrane both Swiss and NL.

Francisco · April 5

@treesmokah said:

@beagle said:

@NameCrane said:

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

Is that BuyVm or Namecrane? Looking forward to the EU lifetime

Afaik BuyVM will have presence in Swiss(that's where Lux goes), Namecrane both Swiss and NL.

This is correct.

Francisco

Freek · April 5

@NameCrane said:

@Freek said:
So Switzerland is also still happening?

Yeah, but basically LU nodes will shift 1:1 to NL. And then people can self-migrate to CH if they want. Too many people require stuff in EU proper, so we won't dump anyone to CH unless they opt-in.

Just so you're aware, the government of Switzerland is currently debating whether or not to revise its surveillance law. If the revision passes, companies would be required by law to provide access to intelligence services upon request. This would mean Switzerland could lose its strong privacy advantage.

Voting is set to take place in May. The CEO of Proton has already stated that the company will leave Switzerland if the law passes.

More info (in German): https://www.derbund.ch/andy-yen-gegen-revisionsplan-des-bundesrats-mit-dieser-aggressiven-ueberwachung-muesste-proton-die-schweiz-verlassen-487339556764

NameCrane Offloaded SQL is now in public BETA!

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Pricing

Ordering

What's Franned?

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