Q: should I increase my current VPS capacity or spin up a new one for the same price? - eviltoast

I have an already configured VPS server in Hetzner. I’m pretty happy with it. I have it configured with yunohost (a Debian “layer” that allows you to easily install services). Now I’m planning to run a NextCloud service, but my current server is not capable to handle it with it’s current capabilities. For the same price I could scale my current server or spin up a new server with the same capabilities and dedicate it to next cloud.

The disadvantages of spining up a new server, is that I have to configure another server and secure it, but the advantage is exactly on the same side: I will have a second server in case something fails or I want to “scale down” to save costs it will be easier.

Even if I just scale up the current server, I will have to add an extra disk and configure the server to use it, so I’m not sure about the advantages of each one.

  • The Stoned Hacker@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m unsure how Hetzner does it, but confirm that you factor the cost of backups in. VPS providers might have you pay a flat rate for backups on an instance ignorant of size, but you’ll have to pay for backups of each instance

    • danielo515@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      That’s interesting. Although I usually handle backups myself (to backblaze) and I never tested provider backup mechanism