[Core]

So basically i want to buy a Bare-Metal VPS on ScaleWay. They offer really cool packages for nice deals. I've been thinking about the 3 euro package that comes with 4x ARM CPU Cores,2 GB of RAM and unlimited BW, but from what i understand from their FAQ page, they will charge you extra if you use your VPS for more than 500 hours a month. So a 3 euro package will cost my 6 euros basically. This isn't a lot, it's actually a really sweet deal , but i'm also spending 5 euros monthly for my iTunes subscription and i have my own servers at home.

Now here's the catch. I like iTunes, i like the quality they are offering on their music. I can host my own stuff on my own servers at home but i want to have some of the stuff moved on a different server because..reasons. I also have a gigabit connection for the servers that i pay 12 euros per month but that IP is also for my everyday use at home. At home i have a Raspberry Pi 2 where i host nginx and my bittorrent tracker that is pulling ~ 1.50 GB of traffic monthly and serving 21K peers and growing. I also have a actual server that has a Dual-Core CPU @ 3 GHZ with 6 MB of cache, 4 GB of DDR3 RAM that i don't really have any use for; i just update it from time to time and test some stuff on it. I've talked to my ISP and i got a response that i can buy another gigabit connection with a dedicated IP just for 5 euros per month so that could be a viable option if i decide not to go with a VPS.

I think that i might be wasting money and that the decisions i made aren't really the best so i'm posting here to ask you guys what would you do in my case. Should i just stay with

[Kayo]

Depends on what you plan to be hosting on the server op.

[Core]

I'll only be hosting the bittorrent tracker. I use cloudflare on my web server and i don't that much of a traffic on my website that my RPi can't handle. Thing is that bittorrent trackers grow big and can even use 200-500 GB of traffic per day.

[Kayo]

I'll only be hosting the bittorrent tracker. I use cloudflare on my web server and i don't that much of a traffic on my website that my RPi can't handle. Thing is that bittorrent trackers grow big and can even use 200-500 GB of traffic per day.

I'd say go for the second hand hosting then if generating that much traffic is likely to occur. Just my opinion. Only thing I could really see that would be pleasant if you were to host such on your own server is the ability to upgrade your server's hardware and having more control over the network and maintenance (ensuring uptime or etc) So it's more of a pick and chose honestly. If you feel like you would eventually want to upgrade the server's ram, cpu or hdd then definitely go for using your own server. If not then it would make more sense to use the paid hosting in my opinion.

[Core]

Oh yes i almost forgot. I am also hosting my mail on a off-site server (PrivateEmail offered by Namecheap). Currently i am on the two month free trial so i don't pay anything but i will have to pay eventually if i decide to go with them. I was thinking about setting up my own email service on my server but it looks like a sh*t load of hasle and it has a a lot of vulnerabilities in it. So this could cost me 4 euros extra also.

[Kayo]

Oh yes i almost forgot. I am also hosting my mail on a off-site server (PrivateEmail offered by Namecheap). Currently i am on the two month free trial so i don't pay anything but i will have to pay eventually if i decide to go with them. I was thinking about setting up my own email service on my server but it looks like a sh*t load of hasle and it has a a lot of vulnerabilities in it. So this could cost me 4 euros extra also.

Why not give it a try and experiment with setting up mail hosting software on your server then compare the final outcome to that of Namecheap's?