Watch this video
The first part is good but if you want to know how to do it, fast-forward to the 5 minute marker. It's excellent and easy for newbies to understand.
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Originally Posted by feetpics
I pay $35 for a dedicated server, never any issues, zero downtime
32 GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, and unlimited 1GB bandwidth, I think people are stupid paying $100 for a VPS
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No they aren't stupid, they just don't know. They listen to what sales reps tell them, or what sales reps allow them to think.
Of course though, sometimes paying $100 for a VPS or any price for any service isn't necessaily bad IF it frees you up from running your business, AND it is a fair price. $100 for a VPS is of course, nutty.
Another good and fun way to do some things is to do a mix of hosting at a provider, and self-hosting.
For example, you could have your main website at the hosting provider of your choice, and then spin-up servers at Linode.com for other purposes which cost you alot less. You can even host your site and services at your own home, but this is risky for security and reliability reasons. It is good to do to learn, but not recommended if you require 100% reliability.