VPS recommendations/ OS recommendations

[DariaVPS]

Hey, ISP port blocking is the worst - congrats on joining the VPS life

For Jellyfin with 5-7 users and 4–-TB of media, aim for 2–4 CPU cores, from 4GB RAM, and local SSD storage. CPU is king here since it handles the transcoding. Linux is totally fine - Jellyfin runs great on Debian/Ubuntu and saves you the Windows overhead. If you can follow a guide (and it sounds like you can), go Linux all day long.

As for storage - mounting remote storage works, but can get laggy under load. Local SSD is smoother and way faster for streaming. If you want to check out a solid starting point without getting lost in the weeds: https://vps.one/vps-server

Start small, test it out, then scale up if needed. You got this!

[ani_fati]

For Jellyfin with 5–7 users, focus on CPU (at least 2–4 cores) and bandwidth over huge RAM—2–4 GB is usually fine unless you transcode heavily. A Linux VPS (https://www.greenwebpage.com/vpshosting.php) is definitely cheaper and more efficient than Windows. For storage, built-in SSD/NVMe is fastest, but mounting external/cheap storage can work if latency isn’t an issue—just avoid very slow network storage if you want smooth playback.

[Loefrm4]

If you’re shopping for a VPS and trying to pick the OS, it helps to think about what you’ll actually use it for. For example, if you’re doing something like WordPress or typical LAMP stack apps, a stable Linux distro like Ubuntu LTS or CentOS/AlmaLinux works great because the community and docs are strong. If you need Windows apps, yeah obviously Windows Server. Also check whether the VPS or shared hosting provider supports things like snapshots, backups, root access, and how fast their support is. If you tell me your use-case (web hosting, database, gaming server) and budget, I can toss over a couple solid provider + OS combos I’ve personally found good.