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Why should I get a VPS over self hosting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Fudgeknuckles98@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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A recent post here about 4th July sales has made me consider buying a VPS but the cost still seems a little steep. What are the main advantages of using a VPS?

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[–] FermatsLastAccount@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Way better upload speeds, at least for me. Residential uploads speeds here are awful unless you have fiber. Uptime also tends to be way better.

I switched to Oracle's free tier VPS and it's giving me more RAM, better CPU performance, and better network speeds than my home server. Only issue is less disk space, but i had already stopped using Jellyfin/Plex before switching.