Layer7 vs Hostbrr

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• Frameworks Member

  April 29

  Layer7 is prem

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• Homwer Member

  April 29

  Hostbrr works flawless! Great speed.
  Have a 20TB PBS there

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• emperor Member

  April 29

  @sshbox said: For small storage servers

  Since this sentence is plural, why not both ?

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• sayem314 Member

  April 29

  Probably Layer7, based on reviews I have observed.

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• sillycat Member

  April 29 edited April 29

  Layer7 ever day of the month. I love Oliver.

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• mans_xd Member

  April 29

  @sillycat said:
  Layer7 ever day of the month. I love Oliver.

  yes because oliver is always right
• Frameworks Member

  April 30

  I'm on that Hostbrr storage box right now. Mapped it as a drive but I'd rather just use FTP. Getting like 8 MB/s which is cool with me.
• NameBig Member, Patron Provider

  April 30

  Layer7

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• Mik3y326 Member

  April 30

  I use them both. It really depends on your usecase / expectations. Both are performing great. I have a Jellyfin cluster with four member servers (KS-LE-B for the win). For that usecase I would choose Hostbrr over Layer7, but only due to the fact, that I am interested in the cheapest and yet performing storage for my Linux ISO collection (lots of 4k ISOs ~about 600). So far I've had no major issues with Hostbrr. I have 10TB at Layer 7 (I think this was the Summer 2025 promo offer) and 40-50TB at Hostbrr (at this point I dont want to count).
  Using this setup since ~18 months. For me Layer7 was more stable regarding IO speeds. That being said, Hostbrr is still performing great. I do tend to push Linux ISOs in waves of 700GB-1TB, so for me it does not matter, if I have to wait 2 1/2 or 3 hours. Hostbrr has greater CPU performance and uses newer hardware, so I am able to offload some small tasks on those VPS (could do the same with my Layer 7 VPS, but fuck that old ass Xeon Gold). Whilst I've had some small issues at Hostbrr (each issue was resolved within two hours max), I've never, ever had one single issue with my Layer 7 VPS. Both guys are great, both services feel great. In the end it comes down to good, old money.

  Tl;dr: If you just want to have some storage space, go with Hostbrr.

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• adanforest Member

  April 30

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• deafcon Member

  April 30

  @Mik3y326 said:
  I use them both. It really depends on your usecase / expectations. Both are performing great. I have a Jellyfin cluster with four member servers (KS-LE-B for the win). For that usecase I would choose Hostbrr over Layer7, but only due to the fact, that I am interested in the cheapest and yet performing storage for my Linux ISO collection (lots of 4k ISOs ~about 600). So far I've had no major issues with Hostbrr. I have 10TB at Layer 7 (I think this was the Summer 2025 promo offer) and 40-50TB at Hostbrr (at this point I dont want to count).
  Using this setup since ~18 months. For me Layer7 was more stable regarding IO speeds. That being said, Hostbrr is still performing great. I do tend to push Linux ISOs in waves of 700GB-1TB, so for me it does not matter, if I have to wait 2 1/2 or 3 hours. Hostbrr has greater CPU performance and uses newer hardware, so I am able to offload some small tasks on those VPS (could do the same with my Layer 7 VPS, but fuck that old ass Xeon Gold). Whilst I've had some small issues at Hostbrr (each issue was resolved within two hours max), I've never, ever had one single issue with my Layer 7 VPS. Both guys are great, both services feel great. In the end it comes down to good, old money.

  Tl;dr: If you just want to have some storage space, go with Hostbrr.

  I'd be interested in more details of your cluster if you're willing to share.