Anonymous
6/10/2025, 1:36:14 PM
No.105548073
>>105547436
That completely depends on the usage. They each have tradeoffs.
A VPS requires less effort to maintain and administrate. It also usually comes with a static public IP. And it's separate from your home network so being lax with security will have a much smaller impact.
But the downside is that a cheap VPS will usually have absolutely anemic performance, like 1-2 CPU cores, 1-4GB of memory, and <100 gigs of storage. For some things that's completely fine and then a VPS might be a perfectly suitable choice, but obviously it limits the applications a lot. And you can also rent much more powerful servers, even dedicated servers, but the costs grow very very quickly.
Another downside is that eaiser to maintain has the flipside of less control, so if you want some specific configuration, or if you're doing it as a hobby and want to build a homelab, a VPS is obviously the wrong choice.
And the fact that it's isolated from your home network can also be inconvenient if you want to run stuff at home, as you need to set up tunelling or remote access for everything.
I have both - I've got a couple of VPSs for things that don't require a lot of resources and which need a static IP and don't need to be on my home network. Meanwhile at home I've got stuff which I mainly use at home, like file server, home assistant, etc.
That completely depends on the usage. They each have tradeoffs.
A VPS requires less effort to maintain and administrate. It also usually comes with a static public IP. And it's separate from your home network so being lax with security will have a much smaller impact.
But the downside is that a cheap VPS will usually have absolutely anemic performance, like 1-2 CPU cores, 1-4GB of memory, and <100 gigs of storage. For some things that's completely fine and then a VPS might be a perfectly suitable choice, but obviously it limits the applications a lot. And you can also rent much more powerful servers, even dedicated servers, but the costs grow very very quickly.
Another downside is that eaiser to maintain has the flipside of less control, so if you want some specific configuration, or if you're doing it as a hobby and want to build a homelab, a VPS is obviously the wrong choice.
And the fact that it's isolated from your home network can also be inconvenient if you want to run stuff at home, as you need to set up tunelling or remote access for everything.
I have both - I've got a couple of VPSs for things that don't require a lot of resources and which need a static IP and don't need to be on my home network. Meanwhile at home I've got stuff which I mainly use at home, like file server, home assistant, etc.