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Is there any experience which VPS hosting providers are technically suitable to host a WL 8 instance?

Here are some that are popular in Germany / Europe:
Strato
IONOS
Hosteurope
Contabo
Domainfactory
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From what we noticed, these are just some popular hosting providers for WL8:

Amazon AWS/EC2
IONOS
Hosteurope
Hetzner
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Before going the VPS route, you should also consider the alternative of having your own PC (or a secondary lower-spec one), always on, reachable from the Internet with RDP. If you have a decent internet connection with a good upstream speed, you will almost certainly have a better experience and much cheaper than any equivalent VPS solution.

This is what I do actually: I setup a “trading computer”, that is always on, reachable via RDP, through a VPN. I’ve tried accessing it from different countries while travelling; either from a Laptop (Mac), iPad or even iPhone when desperate; and the experience is fantastic.

For comparison, in my daily job, my company assigned me a relatively expensive Citrix VDI with CPU:8vCores/RAM:32GB/SSD:256GB; and the experience is mediocre in comparison; plus it most likely costs several hundred euros a year!
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I've been using a micro-small HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini for almost 5 years. I connect it via secure VPN and RDP when I'm outside. The Mini Desk is also connected to a small UPS (power strip) that can bridge a 20-30 minute power outage.

The Mini-Desk has one more benefit. When I go abroad for several months, I simply pack it in my hand luggage to get it re-located.

Advantage: You have your own "isolated security boundary".
Disadvantage: You have to patch the box regularly by yourself.
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This could be an alternative. However, I am not a hardware hobbyist. I would have to find a ready configured PC.
When looking for fanless, fast CPU and 64 GB RAM, the selection gets thin quickly.
It should be a PC / VPS that is good for travel work but also has a good performance for testing and optimization.
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If you check the price of maintaining a VPS instance, with Windows (required for WL), and those 64GB of RAM that you seek, you are probably close to 100€/month. In just 1 year, you'll finish having paid more than a proper pre-built small, fanless dedicated PC. At the time I ended up building my own, but you can find sites like QuietPC.com, who does the work for you (with a premium, of course). Even the Intel NUCs or ASUS PN series are great: tiny, more than enough power, competitively priced (although not fanless).
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