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Has anyone noticed that oracle keeps changing the idle requirements for compute instances?

I just checked their docs:

  • CPU utilization for the 95th percentile is less than 20%
  • Network utilization is less than 20%
  • Memory utilization is less than 20% (applies to A1 shapes only)

In May it was 15% and in March it was 10%.

Is there anyway I can keep my compute instance without having them keep reclaiming it?

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[–] SheeEttin 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could switch to a company that isn't openly hostile to its customers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a good question for [email protected] is why Oracle. If they don’t have a reason to be using it, this is a great suggestion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried a few others but Oracle was the only one that kinda worked for me. I'm open to switching to other providers if you have any suggestions. @[email protected] @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about Oracle made it work for you over others? Have you looked at the minors like Linode or DigitalOcean?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Difficult to beat a free offer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can get free offers from most places. If you juggle accounts and don’t do a ton, you can use AWS for free perpetually without dealing with this odd idle fandango.