OP asks for not doing exactly that though.
Comment on Risks of self-hosting a public-facing forum?
3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Its so cheap to just get a vps from a littlecreekhosting deal, I checked them all on lowendtalk and its the cheapest for highest specs, you do have to comment your invoice to double ram, but its 4 core 8gb ram for 3.50 a month and 8core 16gb 7$ cogent amd epyc, and solid ssd space 140-160 idr exactly, they have multiple deals posted, the one with the prices I mention is the best one, they also had windows vps deals. Spent way too long testing hella, its not the best ping out there for me since I’m fairly far but I’m not hosting gameservers so its a non issuez
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
its just way less risky and not that expensive tho? I had the same idea as op til I realized that fit my needs and gave a lot more resources than hetzner.
downhomechunk@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I’ve had good luck with these guys: cloudfanatic.net/pricing/
I think they would fall in the less resources category. But they offer unlimited data transfer, and you can use any distro you want. I run slackware btw.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Ill check them out, been curious about unlimited data transfer, does it allow torrenting done through their hosting
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This site seems suspicious as hell. Incredibly basic site, no info on where they’re located, and the “About Us” links aren’t even links. There’s no About Us page.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
its one of the more trusted ones on lowendtalk?
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
No, I didn’t say this “isn’t a nice site”. I said it’s “suspicious as hell”.
Having a working site and a navigable “About Us” page isn’t “nice”. It’s the bare minimum I would expect of any legitimate nice or ugly site.
There’s just a lot on their site that reeks of sloppy scammers.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
either waymy suggestion was to find a deal that suits your needs at low end talk over trying to self host anything otherppl will be accessing from your home, you wont find good deals just googling around, or even on reddit
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
but thats the exact issue, the businesses with clean perfect sites tend to be the scams, while these where you need specific links off a forum like lownendtalm to even access the deal work well and are hella cheap in comparison? Racknerds also been great but way less resources, their deals also never go away if you get a link.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
well, i have a lot of stuff running on it fine for the last 3 months, and lowendtalk is what I trust, I made a thread there asking about it and ppl trusted them.
You use a virtualizer panel and they provision from cogent, its pretty straightforward what you’re getting and you can stress test it or whatever? Do you only trust the major players like digital ocean, aws, etc.?