Provider news · February 2024
What the providers shipped
February's update from DigitalOcean had the usual sprinkle of incremental wins, like daily backups in NYC1 and AMS3 (always in those places, never Sydney or Mumbai), crash logs for App Platform, and API-managed DB reconfiguration (that last one's been cooking for ages). Meanwhile, Linode slid out a new LKE version, 1.63.0, which might actually matter if you're not stuck in the old 1.62.x world. UpCloud tried to impress with SDN private network connectivity for Managed Databases (nice but not new) and a Load Balancer metrics view that sounds helpful until you realize it's probably overkill for most developers. If only they'd hurry up on that GPU plan for those few developers actually interested in running a high-end render farm on a budget.
DigitalOcean
- Feb 22 Daily backups in NYC1/AMS3 — Daily backups available in New York and Amsterdam.
- Feb 20 App Platform crash logs — Retrieve crash logs for apps.
- Feb 13 API managed-DB reconfiguration — Reconfigure MySQL/PostgreSQL/Redis via API.
- Feb 6 Daily backups early availability — Daily backups begin in NYC3 and SFO3.
Linode
- Feb 7 LKE v1.63.0 — Linode Kubernetes Engine version 1.63.0 release.
UpCloud
- Feb 16 SDN private network connectivity for Managed Databases — All Managed DB products gain SDN Private Network support with Terraform compatibility.
- Feb 5 New Load Balancer metrics — Metrics view added for visibility into sessions, error codes, and traffic levels.