[mevad7]

I remember when I started out, even a simple site felt like overkill to put on its own server. Now it’s actually growing, and I’m getting nervous about the costs piling up if I scale wrong. Anyone got tips for growing without wasting a ton of money?

[kewoxap7]

Been there. What worked for me was not over-provisioning from the start. Instead, I use scalable VPS plans and only upgrade when there’s a real need. You can check what kind of scalable solutions are available at cheap vps hosting. Also, try to automate as much as possible—scripts for backups, automatic scaling, stuff like that. Load balancing is worth looking into once you hit a certain level. And don’t forget to audit your resources every so often—sometimes you’re paying for stuff you don’t even use anymore.

[kolepa9]

Sometimes it feels like people go wild with servers way before they need to. I’m still on basic shared hosting, but seeing these discussions makes me realize how much planning goes into proper scaling.