Looking for a VPS. I don't know who to choose.
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
I've been using Contabo. German company, several geographic locations for your nodes, reasonably priced.
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
Before I grew enough spare capacity at home to self host our family’s server, I was using MCPro hosting. It was fine and at the time, cheap. I understand they’ve been bought by Apex now though. No experience with them.
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
You can get a quad core ARM 24 gb ram vpn for free on oracle cloud on their free tier.
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You can get a quad core ARM 24 gb ram vpn for free on oracle cloud on their free tier.
Already got one of those but thanks
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
I'm reasonably happy with Hetzner, except the recent gutting of transfer quotas in their non-EU data centers. They're still super competitive though, so I'll probably stick with them.
I have no idea about Minecraft hosting though.
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Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.
Did you upgrade your account to a paid one? I've read that this might help to precent from being deleted. Even with a paid-as-you-go account you're able to use the free tiers.
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
Just an FYI getting a vps or dedicated server that is fast enough for Minecraft modpacks is going to be fairly expensive. It might be cheaper to get shared hosting for the MC server and a separate vps for the docker stuff.
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You can get a quad core ARM 24 gb ram vpn for free on oracle cloud on their free tier.
They refused my visa during the onboarding, a bit surprising
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My main use currently is a modded Minecraft server. But I want a VPS over one of those Minecraft host specifically because I plan on messing around with docker containers later and hosting my own Lemmy instance. Currently I have a openVZ server from TNA hosting because it was like $50 a year. But it's not powerful enough for the Minecraft modpack.
So what VPS provider would you lot recommend?
Silly question but isn’t using a VPS the exact opposite of “self hosted”?
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Silly question but isn’t using a VPS the exact opposite of “self hosted”?
For me, self-hosting is about staying in control over your software and data, so I think hosting in a VPS still fits the bill, even if it isn't the way most people go about it
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Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.
Their free tiers look nice, but I've read that your server must stay above X% CPU usage average to prevent deletion, is that true?
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For me, self-hosting is about staying in control over your software and data, so I think hosting in a VPS still fits the bill, even if it isn't the way most people go about it
Aren’t you partially not in control? If that hardware gets nuked some how then you’re compromised
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Aren’t you partially not in control? If that hardware gets nuked some how then you’re compromised
True, but you'd still have a lot more control over your stuff than say, some Microsoft or Google product
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Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.
I got one. It's just too slow for what I need and can't do webrtc because of a hardware limitation.
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Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.
What are the specs like?
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They refused my visa during the onboarding, a bit surprising
Credit card? Have things changed? I have two containers hosted there and I never gave mine.
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What are the specs like?
24gb memory and 4 OCPU . the CPU doesnt sound like much, but if its using the ampere back end and not the amd micro, the CPU performance scales up with demand (to a point).
I have two containers running, one using 16gb memory and another using 4gb, they each have one cpu and they perform fine for what they do.
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Silly question but isn’t using a VPS the exact opposite of “self hosted”?
The opposite of VPS is more like “home lab”.
Managing a VPS yourself still counts as self-hosting.
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Aren’t you partially not in control? If that hardware gets nuked some how then you’re compromised
Sure, but with proper backups, you can be up and running somewhere else quickly, minutes even if you script it.
I mostly use it to get around CGNAT, but it totally makes sense for something that needs to be externally available anyway, like a Minecraft server.
