# PLEX on a VPS
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853 "2016-03-23T20:07:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@EldonMcGuinness](https://forums.plex.tv/u/EldonMcGuinness)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853/1 "2016-03-23T20:07:46Z")
Hi all, I was looking to replicate my home setup on a VPS so that I can stream to family members a bit more easily. I was wondering if there are any members here that utilize a VPS to this extent and would be happy to share their provider specs/price.
I was looking at an OVH server: [VPS CLOUD 1 or 2](https://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-cloud.xml "VPS CLOUD 2")
For storage I will be using my Amazon Cloud setup that I have been using at home, so no need for massive storage, just enough power to transcode when needed and stream it to family.
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### Author:  [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853/2 "2016-03-23T20:57:06Z")
While I don’t currently do this anymore, hardware is in house now, I previously uses a VPS with [Bitcasa.com](http://Bitcasa.com)’s Cloud Storage, when they offered unlimited storage, with much success.
Bitcasa used Amazon servers as well so after some testing I discovered that the closer the VPS was to the Amazon facility the better throughput I got. I ended up using [Linode.com](https://www.linode.com/pricing "Linode.com") and their `Linode 8GB Server` as their location was very close to the West Coast Amazon facility.
The media I stored with Bitcasa was optimized for streaming so it rarely needed to transcode, unless someone selected very low bitrate in the client, so I was easily handling 5-10 simultaneous streams.
Note, this was a year ago that I used this type of setup.
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### Author:  [@EldonMcGuinness](https://forums.plex.tv/u/EldonMcGuinness)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853/3 "2016-03-23T22:56:23Z")
You said optimized for streaming, in what capacity did you do this optimizing? Do you mean via the cloudsync?
In your experience was not the Linode 8 a bit much or was it just the network speed you needed that drove you to that plan?
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### Author:  [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853/4 "2016-03-23T23:38:19Z")
Optimized as in mp4, H264, ACC audio (did not use Cloud Sync).
Used a script that worked with FFMPEG
The Server specs were more for other software running on the box as well as 8TB of transfer a month
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-a-vps/139853/5 "2020-01-07T21:13:21Z")