Storage size, privacy, security, operating cost…I can think of several reasons. I use a cheap vps to help me route traffic to my ebook server, and I don’t have to pay for extra storage on the vps to hold all my comic books, which can be quite large when scanned in HD.
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ollie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
why get a low cost vps to route the traffic through when you can just run the app on the vps?
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
johnnixon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It depends on the app. Yes, I could run my password manager on the VPS since that takes up virtually no space or bandwidth. The odd IP camera needs to be local, the Minecraft server with mods needs local CPU power and RAM (presumably).