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| author | Hannah Isopod <me@bathynomus.xyz> | 2025-06-13 01:13:52 -0600 |
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| committer | Hannah Isopod <me@bathynomus.xyz> | 2025-06-13 01:13:52 -0600 |
| commit | 4ace83da3951c37f18fbb9676542239be4d051ee (patch) | |
| tree | d079e79bd76cb2575faee5e64de4b44e96477b98 /blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server | |
| parent | 9b88bf8e5fe84b41918cacca69df191e0de3a7b1 (diff) | |
various minor changes + blog post
a bunch of minor alterations, of particular import
is the new blog post and the IP banning function
I added to the guestbook
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| -rw-r--r-- | blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server/index.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server/index.md b/blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server/index.md index d2687dd..117de85 100644 --- a/blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server/index.md +++ b/blog/posts/renting_an_unremarkable_server/index.md @@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Up until recently, I ran all my exposed-to-the-web self-hosted services on a mod In researching alternative VPS options, I landed on OVH because they were the most reputable non-American hosting provider I could find with a datacenter in my country that I could be sure would allow me to use IPv6. Their VPS offerings were decent, certainly attractive to someone used to DigitalOcean prices, but I ended up going with a dedicated server instead due to the, to put it lightly, *vastly* better price-to-performance ratio on offer: -| | Old VPS | New server | Comparably priced OVH VPS | -| --- | --- | --- | --- | -| CPU | 2 threads | 4 core/8 thread Intel Xeon-D 1520 | 4 threads | -| RAM | 4GB | 32GB DDR4-2133 ECC | 4GB | -| Storage | 80GB NVMe | 480GB mirrored SATA SSDs | 80GB NVMe | -| Network | 2Gbps | 300Mbps | 1Gbps | -| Backups | Automated | Bring your own | On-demand | -| Price (CAD) | $44/mo | $25/mo | $26/mo | +| Old VPS | New server | Comparably priced OVH VPS | +| --- | --- | --- | +| 2 threads | 4 core/8 thread Intel Xeon-D 1520 | 4 threads | +| 4GB RAM | 32GB DDR4-2133 ECC | 4GB RAM | +| 80GB NVMe | 480GB mirrored SATA SSDs | 80GB NVMe | +| 2Gbps | 300Mbps | 1Gbps | +| Automated backups | Bring your own backups | On-demand backups | +| $44/mo | $25/mo | $26/mo | See what I mean? Of course, none of these seem like all that from the perspective of a modern personal computer, but this represents a *quadrupling* of CPU cores and RAM and a *sextupling* of storage space for a near halving of the price compared to my already adequate previous solution. That's like eight times the value! Though, looking at this table, you can already see a couple of the reasons it's priced so competitively, even accounting for the DigitalOcean tax. Let's break this down. |