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		haileys on Jan 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Do you use app hosting or run your own serve... You're happy to manage your own VPS but you aren't willing to use dedicated servers? They're the exact same thing except one is running inside virtualization software and the other is running on a real CPU.

zorked on Jan 15, 2012 [–]

Exactly. Managing hardware sucks.

haileys on Jan 15, 2012 | [–]

It doesn't have to. You can rent a physical server from one of the many companies out there.

You get a few IP addresses (I've got a /29 on both of my servers) and a fresh install of whatever distro you choose with sshd running. It's just like purchasing a VPS.

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