Are there any technical/performance reasons why I couldn’t create an instance for myself and host a Plex server off of the same machine at home?

I’m fairly new to self-hosting in general, so any insight would be appreciated!

EDIT: I completely forgot to mention that this would be for a Mastodon instance, not for Lemmy.

  • @redcalciumEnglish
    3•6 months ago

    The cheapest digitalocean VPS doesn’t have enough ram to host lemmy these days, especially after v0.19 update significantly increase database ram consumption. You’ll have to use a vps with at least 4 GB of ram which will cost $24/mo. If you only want to spend $5/mo for that kind of VPS, you’ll have to dig into lowendtalk.com to find some VPS deals from a somewhat reputable providers.