In this topic we discuss the costs of running a client/node/isp/meshnet, so the real world costs. It would also be handy to give each other tips/tuts like a free tier (when the Network launch this can become handy).
Measurement is also ANT cost & time to upload, data size, bandwidth etc
If you’re using this to run nodes, there are better, more cost effective options. I use hetzner cloud and it’s been great, and more for the money than your snip.
If you can keep the avg CPU usage beneath 70-80%, there are unlikely to be any complaints.
Run it at load avgs in the hundreds and they will notice pretty quickly
I’ve set a limit on both and keep a hawk eye on the costs, bandwidth is the highest cost now on Azure.
They have my creditcard details, but there is even a limit on my spending there. I got 4 vps nodes running although I don’t contribute a lot it’s just more ammo for the Network…
To be real honest I’m totally unfamiliar with running things in the cloud (I’ve never run a vps on command line or ssh in my life before) I only started because the existence of the Network makes it well worth it, to start playing…
Even the community networks that @josh is running is like a mystery, I would like to run a comm network for fun.
We just need to have more tuts and start doing stuff, especially coding for the Network.
Yea start a small number, then check usage stats the VPS is using after 2 hours to 4 hours, then add more keeping the vCPU at 50% or less (it will use more cpu) and your bandwidth traffic below that which you are allowed each month.
If 5TB per month then keep below 15Mbps upload rate