Hosting my own vps

Hello! New to the hosting world and IT in general.
I have been learning about operating VPS and maintaining them and am at the point where I can pretty sufficiently run them with the help of the provider. I can however see the need to run them in house looming in the near future because of cost. Let me first stress that I have all the time I need to really learn how to do this correctly and I will not be selling them to anyone only running them for my own needs. 100 VPS is my eventual goal and they will be running a program that is not that intensive but does need 100% uptime. Minimum stats for each would be 4vCPU, 8gb RAM, and 75gb SSD.

I am currently paying to run 50 through 2 different providers and the setup I am using is as duct tape and zip ties as it gets.
My problem is I am having trouble finding learning resources that explain what I am trying to do. Again these are not being sold but are for internal business purposes.
How do I know how many VPS I can fit in a server? I don't need someone to do the math for me I just need to learn the math so I can do it.
I have been recommended Antsle devices several times but then again how many and what kind would I even be looking for??? I understand basic networking and I am currently taking an IT support class but I am a big old noob.

Help me please! I am willing to learn and I have nothing but time. Where do I even start?! All help is appreciated

Check out this section https://forumweb.hosting/marketplace/categories/vps-hosting-offers.8/

I bought a VPS from a provider there and using pretty good, but make sure that you need to contact and see how they will support for your service before purchasing. And don't forget to read some reviews about people used their services.

I bought a windows VPS from a provider and till now I think it is working well
and the most important thing for me is the support that was ok too.
check the price:

Well, If you know how to maintain and setup vps from unmanaged dedicated server, its better you buy Dedicated Server and split them all to several vps manually by yourself.
If you dont know how to do it, better you rent cheap vps for your need from those providers who provide cheap vps that fit with your need.
Good luck with your project!

garbuc said:

Hello! New to the hosting world and IT in general.

I have been learning about operating VPS and maintaining them and am at the point where I can pretty sufficiently run them with the help of the provider. I can however see the need to run them in house looming in the near future because of cost. Let me first stress that I have all the time I need to really learn how to do this correctly and I will not be selling them to anyone only running them for my own needs. 100 VPS is my eventual goal and they will be running a program that is not that intensive but does need 100% uptime. Minimum stats for each would be 4vCPU, 8gb RAM, and 75gb SSD.

I am currently paying to run 50 through 2 different providers and the setup I am using is as duct tape and zip ties as it gets.

My problem is I am having trouble finding learning resources that explain what I am trying to do. Again these are not being sold but are for internal business purposes.

How do I know how many VPS I can fit in a server? I don't need someone to do the math for me I just need to learn the math so I can do it.

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Hi welcome! Very good questions to ask when considering self-hosted virtualization/clusters.

The best advice I can give is to start your Virtualization test/dev environment (no internal/business-critical services hosted) ASAP.

Before exposing any of your business assets to your self-hosted cluster, you will want to master the concepts of your chosen hypervisor/virtualization technology.

garbuc said:

How do I know how many VPS I can fit in a server? I don't need someone to do the math for me I just need to learn the math so I can do it.

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Truthfully, the correct answer to this question is "It depends". It depends on numerous variables regarding your environment, such as:

- the virtualization/hypervisor of the host node
- host node hardware
- network configuration
- the existence of network-attached storage
- creativity of architect

You mentioned that you intend to scale up to 100x VMs with 4vCPU, 8gb RAM, and 75gb SSD

In order to accomplish this the minimum hardware must be 400vCPU, 800gb RAM, 7.5TB SSD, obviously.

Other factors to consider in planning of node hardware requirements: Host resources (for native OS/DB/Storage), SWAP (recommend minimum of 1x RAM per guest~i.e. 8gb SWAP per 8gb RAM), RAID configuration of local disks (recommended min RAID 10 for local SSD storage in each node - results in 4:1 ratio of total storage to usable storage).

garbuc said:

I have been recommended Antsle devices several times but then again how many and what kind would I even be looking for??? I understand basic networking and I am currently taking an IT support class but I am a big old noob.

Help me please! I am willing to learn and I have nothing but time. Where do I even start?! All help is appreciated

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I would not be able to give much feedback on Anstle as I've personally never operated one.

I think you may be more limited on the types of physical appliances that most likely won't be supported by your server provider...Or if you are planning to build your own server and co-locate your cluster in the datacenter, you would want enquire your data center for something specific like this.

Considering your VM usage is for internal/corporate systems, and not for public consumption, you will want to configure your network to be inclusive of all of your tools that you will use to remotely manage the stack, and also prevent outside networks from probing your network and services. A Firewall could be helpful, but you will find that these physical firewall solutions can be costly and may support a smaller port speed (at least when connecting to outside VPN).

You will definitely need some coffee and someone you can reach for help at the DC, to help you take on the network configuration and hopefully a staff member is regularly available to assist with these types of tasks...in case of misconfiguration or failures. I would recommend also investing in a server support service that will have a quick response time that could remotely administer your servers if there was a need.