If you can, it really makes sense to look for low cost dedicated servers. For $35/month I get a whole machine with dual L5520 and 24 GB of ram. I used to have a little nicer server for a little less, but that provider had to close because their costs for electricity and space went up too fast. Yes, the L5520 is ancient, but my server needs are tiny and it's fun to have a whole machine.
replyLook on webhostingtalk or lowendbox or lowendtalk.
I currently use hetzner and DO, but a while back when I was trying to find cheaper alternatives, and hetzner pretty good for its price to performance ratio. Smaller vps providers were crazy oversubscribed that would get pretty inconsistent performance.
replyNone of the dedicated machines I found were cheaper, so I'm surprised someone is offering that for $35/month.
> that provider had to close because their costs for electricity and space went up too fast
replyThis is kind of exactly what I worry about with a dedicated box. That and hardware failure.
It wasn't too big of a deal, I backup the host on the regular, so it was only a mild pain to relocate.
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