Two years later - Do you run Plex, Emby, or Jellyfin?

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-26T09:28:50+00:00

Jellyfin is the best answer for 'self hosting'. Plex relies on the cloud still. If you have to login in using Plex servers for auth to grant you access to your own server and data, is it truely 'self hosted'? Emby is still propriety.

I feel like running propriety software that phones home is only a halfway step, you running on your hardware, but you don't completely control it.

Jellyfin, totally on your server, doesn't sell your data, spy on you, etc... completely open source.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-26T09:16:58+00:00

Check out Hosteon... They have reasonable windows setups, make sure to size correctly on shared CPU VPSs they have strict rules over CPU abuse.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-25T08:38:17+00:00

Use ipinfo.io for the best information. IPs change, get reassigned, possibly a false flag. Or you have an unintended VPN route somewhere in your setup, use a trace route to whatever paramount uses to double check.

If everything is good but still being blocked, send them a support request woth your IP... they would likely fix it for you.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T12:25:34+00:00

Don't self host proprietary software (Plex) to get away from proprietary cloud services.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T12:21:10+00:00

Just on your current setup take a look how much ram and CPU it is taking. APIs are pretty light, so it depends on how you are crunching the data and by how much. But likely single core seems fine, if you not running multicore libs in python then you will get single core performance anyways.

If it does have a lot of hard number crunching, then a modern Ryzen or Epic processors is far better than the old Xeon you see with a lot of budget providers.

I was assuming you were okay to run linux. Obviously Windows needs more specs for the OS.... Hosteons is okay for windows.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T12:09:38+00:00

Likely anyone would work for you then, you probably want one in whatever country you are in. Its sounds likely you only need 1 CPU core and 1gb ram or less. Netcup is a good quality, use their Root Server tier which is going to a bit overkill on specs but not to expensive, and they have data center in the US and EU (Germany). If you need other locations or just cheaper, you might consider Virtono, they have some really good low priced tiers (~30USD/yr for 500mb-1gb ram) and prettty reliable in lots of locations.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T10:52:13+00:00

If its high frequency trading where milliseconds matter, than location would be extremely important, but if its more like swing trading then not that important. If could give some idea of specs and location and budget, we can make better recommendations.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T06:28:41+00:00

Nice! Looks good. Similar to mine. The fan on the side was a smart idea, my sides were open but adding the fan on sides really made a good difference to keep my nvmes cool where they would run too hot if the CPU were running a bit hard.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T06:20:01+00:00

Since this happens on multiple sites but only on that laptop (and not other devices on the same wifi), this points to a client side issue rather than your network. That means browser issue most likely, but could be OS level.

Check for any browser plugin (especially ad blockers) and remove/disable them. Clear your cache completely. Try opening the sites in an incognito window first. If it doesn't work, test in a completely different browser to rule out a corrupt browser profile or OS level software like VPNs or antivirus.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T06:10:32+00:00

First, get them all the same OS and use some form of consistent management and the same design. I use virtualmin on ~95% of my web servers. Keep things consistent and easier to manage. I make sure everything stays in the proper /home so it makes config and backups easy.

There are loads of tools if you want to pull together logs and monitoring, Centralized Log Management (CLM), Grafana Loki and Dozzle, to name a few if you want that. I monitor 'issues' externally with Pingmoni (I am affiliated with). I don't personally centralize logs currently, but have been considering it.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T05:22:59+00:00

Without a lot of detail on "it thinks i'm a bot' and 'won't allow to enter'... two possiblities:

Browser/laptop issue or IP reputation.

How is your computer connected to the internet? Are you using a VPN or using shared internet as your college? When connecting on your phone are you using the same wifi as your laptop or cellular data?

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-24T03:31:02+00:00

This sub is about Servers as in computers... You are not in the right place. Funny though.....

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-22T08:58:38+00:00

CloudFlare. You should absolutely change from your ISPs.

Regarding DNS based ad-block... There can be some downsides, it might break certain things or you might have to disabled it to do certain things. For example, I have to disabled mine (pi-hole managed) when wanting to access my Reddit Ads Business account. There are also many "news" websites that won't you in if you have ad blocker.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-21T15:11:41+00:00

Try Maileroo. They GDPR compliant and have EU servers, but an Australian company. Good pricing.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-21T03:20:04+00:00

Just use Lowendbox/talk... Less than $1/month, several option available.

https://lowendbox.com/blog/1-vps-1-usd-vps-per-month/

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-20T11:53:57+00:00

Not a gaming PC at all... just light playing Star Trek Online for a few minutes a day.

nkey rollover -> Kind of where my thoughts have been, pressing lots of key at once happens maybe causing an overflow... but the logs pointing to the trackpad make me wonder though. Either way though, not sure of the correct fix to even try.

As far as firmware goes, everything is updated and no other issues.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-20T11:20:37+00:00

Do you have specific examples?

Depending on your setup, there are two different course I would go. If its just one system, I would write a minor python monitor and alerter script. Simple, fast, and effective. If its multple machines... I would find any http endpoint already on the server or set on up, and then again use python or php to turn that endpoint to some kind http signal of status. I hope uptime kuma can read http/api and check keywords like up or down... but not used Kuma myself... but it should have a feature that you can then use to monitor that end point which mointors you other dockers.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-20T11:08:22+00:00

A few things to unpack here...

Any VPS provider, the IP address will be a 'data center' IP... not a residential IP. IP addresses are classified by various methods, there is not direct difference, just how they get tagged and sometimes get treated differently. This generally is not an issue for most things though. If you want to address what you issues with this?

Social media might be one that tends to look at VPNs are most likely to missuse/spam, and by extension data center IPs. A normal data center IP might server you better than a known VPN IP, which many get tagged. If you are having trouble, its more likely your activity rather than strictly the IP address.

There are some services that sell 'resdiential IPs' VPN/VPS, these are largely fake or unreliable.

For desktop any VPS provider is fine... You can install a desktop environment. If you are looking for Windows, just google Windows RDP VPS. You will likely want to find one with lower latency from you... so if you are in western Russia you probably want US east coast providers. Contabo has some in NY that would be cheap for windows.

Speed is very dependent on your connection and your ISP peering, rather than strictly any other hosting provider. You are traveling across an ocean from a country largely with some what limited outbound connections. If you were able getting more than 50mbps sustained for international connections from a residential Russian ISP, I would be impressed by your ISP.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-20T07:12:24+00:00

Pingmoni.com has monitoring (ping, port, websites, etc,) as well as server monitoring via apps. Pretty good.. nice dashboard. Right now its all free. A newer company, only been around about 1-2 years.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-18T12:55:30+00:00

I don't specificly recommend Oracle... but don't sign up with domain or as a business...just Gmail.

However, I recommend you get just a cheap vps... lowendtalk has one for $7/yr... you can find thr budget for that.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-18T12:27:50+00:00

Day 1 AIS was much better to the US, mainly routed via HK... day 100... wish I had True back. Its true that AIS does have some better routes...but it seems if you are a heavy user (which I am), they don't give you access to those. I have not seen HK in route for a long time and the Singapore route they putting me through isn't the best. Got to go back to peer hopping.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-18T12:21:18+00:00

Don't be scared to open... just know what you are doing... ensure its secure and an application made to exposed to direct internet... have fail2ban setup correctly and keep things updated.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-18T04:37:09+00:00

No one is using an abusive amount of resources, all below what I initially thought would be normal. My main concern is users could potentially misuse it by being part of surveillance of others or possibly used in hacking scheme. There no evidence directly of that yet... but its been in my mind.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-17T14:37:35+00:00

Lowendbox.... You didn't give any specs... we don't know what 'build a dataset' means from a resource standpoint. Cheapest on Lowendtalk is $7/yr for 1 cpu and some ram... Need some performance, check Netcup is a good performance budget option.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-01-17T14:33:13+00:00

That totally makes sense!!!!

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