Reasons why someone would go for a low end server?

I keep a couple of super cheap VPS around, and as mentioned they work ok for VPN, and just trying things out on. I have no expectations on them and so am not disappointed with them :D
 
With raspberry pi3 and orange pi like devices, some geeks opt to host their own website, using dynamic DNS within home ISP.

It gives freedom of a dedicated server. Install and automate anything.
You are using existing home ISP, which saves cost
Buying ARM device is an asset, not expense.
DDNS is the only expense.

But offcourse, depending on your ISP and power, you dont get the best uptime. But for someone who dont care of uptime, self hosting on ARM is a good choice.
 
Another use is that if you want an easy Proxy.

As long as you have enough RAM to actually obtain an SSH session you can login with the -D option and use it as a socks 5 proxy.

So if you purchase a VPS i the right region you will get the IP from the region you need and you're not sharing that IP with thousands that you might be if you are using a VPN service.
 
I always use a cheap low vps for access some site which I have suspect they have malware, ex: porn site... Sometimes for quick proxy to access block site from my country, :)
 
Now, for my answers to the thread topic:
#1. Cheaper overheads
#2. Learning
#3. Testing
#4. Personal website
#5. Sell hosting
#6. VPN/Proxy
#7. Transcoding
#8. Game servers

Dependant on your host, you can have a great experience with anything you choose to run on a cheap server. It is cheap enough to test for a few months to a year and then move production over to once stability is established.
 
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I think ultimately people hope to bootstrap themselves on a shoestring and imagine as they bring clients in, they will quickly upgrade and do so at lower financial risk.

In reality, in 2018, you need good, optimized hardware to have any chance of competing and if you can't afford a couple hundred $ a month for your hardware I'm not sure you're really in a position to be launching a hosting business, quite frankly.
 
Matt-RackX said:
In reality, in 2018, you need good, optimized hardware to have any chance of competing and if you can't afford a couple hundred $ a month for your hardware I'm not sure you're really in a position to be launching a hosting business, quite frankly.
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Not really many hosts run successful businesses on less than that. Many start small and build up a clientbase before expanding.
Why spend $200 + a month if you have no clients and income coming in as that itself will see you fail.

I hosted for 18 years and only closed due to effect from the UK brexit vote and ran on a Managed VPS (even though i know what i am doing around servers) for $80 a month and with addons etc. in total my spend was approx. $110 a month.
 
People who don't need much performance. Something as a little test etc. There are many reasons why I've used a cheap, low end VPS or dedicated server in the past. Backups is another reason. No need for super CPU, RAM or 100% uptime. Just storage and some bandwidth.
 
Why start off big when your VPS can grow with your traffic?

I think people don’t realise that you don’t need a high end server to run most website apps with moderate amounts of traffic. A 1 Core 1GB RAM VPS will run most applications pretty smoothly. If you have cPanel then this is likely to use up quite a chunk of the server memory, still 1GB is enough to certainly get you started.

Depending on how well designed or coded your site is will greatly affect the number of concurrent users a server can handle.

A 1GB/1CPU VPS with a 500ms PHP request time and click frequency of 45 seconds can handle:

1(CPU)/ 0.5(seconds) = 2 (page views per second) * 60(seconds) * 0.75 (clicks/min) = 90 simultaneous users.

(Obviously the above varies greatly from site to site, but same formula can be used)

90 simultaneous users, for many sites would be a dream come true, to hit this threshold consistently.

I think the biggest reason people start off small with a VPS is... if you hit your limits you can upgrade the CPU and Memory at any time, so what is the point in starting off big until you know you can exceed the capacity of the server?
 
easyhostmedia said:
Not really many hosts run successful businesses on less than that. Many start small and build up a clientbase before expanding.
Why spend $200 + a month if you have no clients and income coming in as that itself will see you fail.

I hosted for 18 years and only closed due to effect from the UK brexit vote and ran on a Managed VPS (even though i know what i am doing around servers) for $80 a month and with addons etc. in total my spend was approx. $110 a month.
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Why would you close because of Brexit?
 
Alex - A2 Hosting said:
Why would you close because of Brexit?
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simple.

I was paying the same amount in USD, but the conversion rate to GBP was and still is unstable, so my actual costs rose drastically and not just on the server costs.
I also lost a few large clients as they closed their business, so my profits dropped bigtime, so if their is not the large profit then no good continuing.

I can see far more businesses close due to this and it will get worse in march when brexit completes
 
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