* dnscrypt / dns-over-tls + pi-hole server

(Quote)

Running something like Unbound or PowerDNS-recursor to cache DNS locally would mitigate some of the latency once warmed up.

(Quote)

I've found they're good for almost anything a regular small VPS is good for, except a few services like DNS that require binding specific ipv4 ports.

If you can run DNS, you can run pi-hole. Works well on a VPS.

For me I do use it usually for VPN, Shadowsochs proxy, DNS, Hosting small sites, Asterisk server with a few extensions and testing new stuff

(Quote)

DNS is one of the most over-engineering systems in the world. Everything caches at every level so your server will only be hit if everything upstream doesn't have an unexpired record. Long TTL would

* Customized Infrastructure (Cached Mirror, DNS)

DNS server makes sense - Not sure of any possible lag added if server is a hair slow. Could that be a concern or non issue?

DNS/Backup MX are always a good idea, as long as you properly set them up.

Any common services that would make sense to offload from other VPS accounts? Database? NAT? DNS Servers? Your Ideas?

SolusVM Control Panel. Multiple OS support. OpenVZ Virtualization. Security setup during provisioning. Full root access. Free setup. Activates within in 30 minutes. Custom Reverse DNS for IPs. IPv6 an

CPanel users would(n't know). These would be backup nameservers, and that's it. I don't put all of my stuff in the same location, little alone same network.. but for $1/mo/machine, they'll handle th

(Quote)

Perfectly fine for DNS and MX.

Well tbh as long as the DNS does not follow any recognizable scheme there probably is'nt any. Still as @WSS said NAT attracts DDoS and providers want to make it as hard as possible to find the IPs so

(Quote)

(Quote)