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Be a VPS for other people?
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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The moment you start charging for access to your hardware you have to start signing SLAs, have documented backups available, have a support team on hand, it's just a nightmare. Would not recommend.
OP might not be looking to make a full paid service considering he's just doing this for friends and relatives.
I get the sentiment though. I run a Jellyfin server that I share with a few friends and some of them have flat out told me that I should start charging for it. I refused because getting paid for it just sets up an expectation that it will be reliable and have all the stuff that they want. Personally, I don't want that kind of pressure. I want to be able to tweak the server and install new things / updates without worrying about uptime.
I tell my friends that my SLA for my media server is Shit's Likely Available just so they understand that I give it out of generosity and don't want anything in return. The bonus is that keeping brutally honest upfront likely means less risk of me ruining someone's Friday movie night.
Was not looking to make a paid service, was just trying to help my dad out and my friend learn without them paying a VPS company.
i understand they don't want to pay, but would $12.00 for a full year be cheap enough to consider? ovh has a new customer deal going for 2gb ram/20gb storage vps. $0.97 a month for the first year, and you can add up to ten of those to a single new account.