Excellent, thanks. I will check out those two witness accounts now.
Running a witness server at home is not really the best idea because the average home connection to the web is not as reliable as a purpose built data centre. On the other hand, having all the nodes in the same data centre (Privex) is not ideal either. Originally, I was specifically sourcing servers with unknown companies in order to further decentralisation, but over time I've realised that this isn't really needed. For the moment I am using Privex too for ease of use and speed. As I move higher in the ranks and have more funds available as a result, I can put more time into the hardware and might look again at a different solution.
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Just as a note, almost all of Privex's apps are open source and everyone is welcome to use and contribute to them, these also include Hive related apps (like Dockerized versions) as well.
Moreover, we support people self-hosting their own nodes and witnesses outside of Privex's server ecosystem (we have a Discord channel dedicated to this in the first place) so if anyone has their own servers and just need our help setting up their nodes and witnesses, we are available.
For the "everyone is in Privex" argument, we currently have 4 different data centers, in 4 different countries so, in theory, we're quite redundant :) -- To be honest, it's a lot better than sourcing servers from unknown sources where you do not know what might happen tomorrow, as well as the quality of their servers and datacenters in general.
Thanks for clarifying. From an absolute security perspective, a single point of failure is always a risk - rogue employees with axes to grind may be able to access all data centres - not that I am suggesting you have an axe or like to grind it. lol.
Fair point :) I am sure none of us have axes though people over at the datacenters, the technicians, might... Because, fire is always a hazard after all.
Nevertheless, when renting servers from anywhere, I advise carefully researching them to make sure you are getting what you are paying for. Not just "Very fast CPU, a lot of RAM and storage space" but more in-depth in terms of technical stuff, and for non-technical stuff, of course the second most important thing is the reliability of the company, their privacy policy (Do they sell your data for ads? Marketing? How long have they been in the market?) to locate the best one fitting your needs and budget.
Yes, there are definitely many poor hosting companies out 'there'!
I'm on a similar domestic Israeli Fiber to the home connection though via a different isp to @apshamilton .
Since I mothballed the isp's Spyware router and bought my own $20 Fiber modem, the connection has been rock solid. I actually have bigger problems with whole building power and I should also replace an old router.
Yes, the power supply is also a major issue in domestic situation. In general, data centers will have fallback solutions for all of the key infrastructure elements that just aren't available at home in most cases (unless you are Elon Musk or Bill Gates).
I have a UPS too.
There is really nothing that a data center has that you can’t easily duplicate at home.
But a data center will always be vulnerable to pressure from hostile parties.
Data Centres tend to have multiple lines in/out - plus be in hardened, high security facilities and have numerous levels of redundancy to facilitate nearly 100% uptime. You could recreate that at home but it would be extremely expensive and I doubt anyone on Hive has done so.
If you visit a Layer 3+ facility it will resemble a nuclear bunker more than an office :)
I will soon have redundant internet links by sharing my home fibre via wifi with the office across the road (which already has dual redundant internet).
I could easily and cheaply get a second fiber link at home too.
My apartment building is already highly secure with guards and nuclear, biological and chemical proof safe rooms - although my kids are in there not my Hive node :-)
Not really sure why a Hive node would need multiple layers of security in any case.
Overrewarded comment, hopefully you understand.
Yes, it was a bit excessive. :-)
This is a good example of an appropriate use of a balancing downvote. Countering a single perhaps overly generous upvote.
In contrast nuking lengthy original posts to zero because of political differences is what I am concerned about.
Me too and I have been one of the few countering some of those, that is if the authors haven't behaved like small babies over them.
Except that your account ocdb is 2nd only to curangel for doing the downvoting of long, original content, because you disagree with it.
It's almost as if it was a mistake, and communication could have been used instead. Weird?
Removed the upvote, I was simply on the wrong account when I placed it.