virmach, this is my oldest provider (4 years and counting I think?). Can't say I'm happy af with them, but they are the cheapest and offer decent support. Probably the only one I'd recommend so far.

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You don't need one, but for how cheap it is to have one, it's well worth it. If I didn't have one, I'd know for sure I would've missed out on a lot of tax savings that mine sorted for me. There's also

I am searching for a cheap Windows VPS. It is intended for experimentation and testing. So I do not want to spend much on it.

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I had one of those when they were super cheap (I think it was 2tb or 3tb from 3-4 years ago, it was super performant and I'm still kicking myself I gave it up!). From memory they are full up now.

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The 1Gbit is 8€ (newer plans, @henix probably is on an older/cheaper priced plan)

5. Very cheap, mostly free as opportunities to get them from friends and family are not rare.

Any location is fine as long as you can provide as cheap as possible

Sorry not that cheap, with dedicated CPU the price will be higher.

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Unironically Hetzner can do it. They offer colo and have plenty of their own servers watercooled.

Only allow SSH from static office/home IPs. If there is no static IP use a cheap VPS and install VPN on it.

I know this has been discussed, but I'm almost sure that any ultra cheap small vps can catch up with the uptime of your servers, so I'd use a paas like mentioned (Image)

Although I know it is not a popular thing to say, I give a lot of the credit for uptime to the DC staff at the CC locations. I may be wrong but I think that Colo Crossing staff handles all the mainte

@fluffernutter It is colo’d @DataIdeas-Josh.

If you pay for 3 years upfront it come even cheaper. Something like $13,33 / year. Worth every penny.

Low power usage, PSU with 92/95% efficiency, designed to run for extended periods of time in not-ideal conditions, very cheap, replacement parts easily available.

That’s really cheap for this specs