Hello,
I am hosting a shared Minecraft server (10-15 users usually) on dedicated hardware somewhere at OVH. I am considering moving this server to my home. I would save 25$ per month doing this, which would be my main motivation.
I am aware of other considerations (I’ll mention them later) but maybe I am missing something? Is there anyone who did the reverse (hosting a service with multiple users, moving them from your home to a hosting company) and what was your reason
Things I already considered:
- when my electricity/connection goes down the server goes down (that’s ok it’s just a game and my connection has always been very very stable)
- hosting at home eats bandwidth (I have 50mbit which is way more than I use, I don’t stream or download much)
- electricity costs money too
- when the server is compromised my home network is compromised (handling servers and networks is my hobby and my job, I think I can make it safe)
Thank you for your thoughts!
The main consideration I believe is missing is the cost of the hardware where you will be hosting the server. Maybe you have a old computer lying around, in that case its not an issue of course. By the way 25$ per month seems a bit expensive, there are probably cheaper alternatives, just for the sake of comparison.
For a VPS it is expensive, but this is dedicated hardware. A Minecraft server needs a decent CPU (not many cores) and is memory hungry, so a minimum of 16GB. Needs decent ping all over the world.
Because of the last requirement I considered ovhcloud and hetzner and this one is still relatively cheap?