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Looking for a VPS. I don't know who to choose. (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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 an 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?

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oracle Free Tier. Works like a charm for me for 2 years. Really free, really working. No matter what shit company Oracle is.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Just a PSA, never ever EVER request deletion of an Oracle free tier if there is any possibility you might want one in the future.

You can delete/remove instances or whatever as you desire, but you won't be able to get a second free tier account even if the first is completely deleted.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

I got one. It's just too slow for what I need and can't do webrtc because of a hardware limitation.

[–] skoell13@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on completely free, no deletionm I'm using it to run Wireguard tunnel to my home network, after I was put behind CGNAT. Domain name pointed to the VPS, it redirects ports to my home.

[–] skoell13@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Yes I am currently doing the same but was wondering if my account will be deleted at some point.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, maybe I'll play around with that. I'm currently on a simple $5/month Hetzner VPS which does everything I need it to do, but maybe I'll try using it for experimental stuff (considering a Rust build server, for example).

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are the specs like?

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Numeral3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Do you know what is the transfer bandwidth limit on these machines? Wondering if they can be used for setting up a wireguard node.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok thanks not bad! How much storage?

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmm... Let me look.

Edit: each instance gets 50gb boot volume, I can log in and confirm if you like.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Not bad for free. Appreciate you checking.