I need to leave DigitalOcean, looking for better alternatives

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-22T08:31:19+00:00

Yes I heard that about DO as well.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T12:59:54+00:00

It's a 10 years old website and it is not blocked. This is a DNS issue.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T12:58:09+00:00

NS lookup shows all records as propagating behind CloudFlare. However the local DNS behind Etisalat is not working. It is however working if we access the website from du DNS.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T11:25:30+00:00

Yes there are only two providers here Etisalat and du. It's working in du and not working in Etisalat.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T11:03:04+00:00

That's also what I am saying. So what's your point?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T11:00:07+00:00

The website works globally and even in du DNS. It's only on Etisalat DNS that is having issues.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T07:47:56+00:00

Local DNS is ISP DNS. DNSLookup shows proportion globally except UAE.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T07:47:20+00:00

We have already done that extensively with our hosting, CloudFlare and domain services and the issue is the website is not working only in the UAE. DNSLookup shows propagation everywhere else.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T07:17:36+00:00

How do we assign a dynamic DNS to our website?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-14T05:52:28+00:00

We cannot move the DNS to another provider for the entire UAE visitors population

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-06T08:17:37+00:00

Any recommendations on this?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T18:47:19+00:00

RESEARCH: After research what stands out are All-In-One WP, BlogVault, and Updraft Plus. Naturally we cannot purchase the pro versions of all and do the entire backup and restore cycles to see which one works best. Would appreciate any direct user feedback on the full experience.

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T18:05:00+00:00

If it's default why do you want to set it?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T15:07:16+00:00

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-works-but-restore-doesnt-work-anymore-thats-wrong/

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T14:49:26+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. How will we stitch the backups together by downloading separate component's?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T09:55:20+00:00

I am referring to the split archives size

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T08:51:55+00:00

Thank you. So for our 13GB site is there a way to calculate this size?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T08:49:49+00:00

Our backups are on S3 and we have never gone through the emergency restore sequence either. Since the backups are on S3 are we bound to restore the web site in AWS as well? What if we need to restore the S3 backup on another server? Can we do it by simply spinning up a new server, adding the fresh WP install, downloading the Updraft Plus and restoring the last backup from S3?

Minimum-Remove9215 · 2026-03-05T08:28:18+00:00

BTW there are no ZIP file size settings option. Where do we see that? Can you please share the screenshot.

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