yup- you can choose your server version (i use Windows Server 2019). Thereafter, you install whatever software you like. in short, you treat it just like a local machine.Derek27 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:30 amCan you install an OS and software on a VPS or do you need to rent a physical server to do that?jimibt wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:52 pmFWIW - i'm of the opinon these days that it's just as economical to split the duties of your laptop across a number of platforms/devices. To this end, I run my laptop plus connect to my VPS on two different logins. VPS' these days are pretty much delivering the same power as a high spec laptop, so it's a no brainer.
I have mine setup with the main laptop screen, plus two 24' monitors either side. the LAPTOP portion is used for standard email/browsing etc, whilst the VPS delivers my betfair activites on one login and my development platform on the other (i also on occassion have 3rd party VPS's that I login to for specific tasks).
If i ever find that I'm running out of *juice*, I can upgrade the package to inculde more RAM and/or double up the cores of the cpu. the entire setup costs just under £20 a month, pretty much in line with a decent laptop's depreciation over 3 years. It honestly depends on what you want to *own* at the end of the 3rd year.
the even better news (for betfair trading) is that the *farm* where my server is located gives me a 2ms ping on the betfair api, compared to 32ms on my home setup -a huge advantage.