Cheap hosting for testing purposes

[daimpa]

Hello, I've a big XF forum, with 6GB database + 550k inodes (file attachments etc). I want to make some tests, and I don't like too much using a local environment like easyPHP etc. So I'm looking for a very cheap hosting, where I can upload a backup of the website and make some tests. I'm concerned about security, so I'd like to know if somebody had the same problem and found a valid option. Many of the hostings I found have inode limits.
Thank you

 

[duderuud]

Don't know anything about hosting but a VPS (so no inode limits) is cheap, check out Hetzner. As cheap as €3 a month.

 

[daimpa]

Don't know anything about hosting but a VPS (so no inode limits) is cheap, check out Hetzner. As cheap as €3 a month.

Thanks, but unfortunately I don't have sysadmin skills

 

[Paul B]

I don't like too much using a local environment like easyPHP etc.

Why not?

I use localhost for multiple installs and all my test and development.
I much prefer it to remote server based test installations.

 

[daimpa]

Why not?

I use localhost for multiple installs and all my test and development.
I much prefer it to remote server based test installations.

My PC is not that good, + I can't test with gtmetrix and something like this, + harder to show the progress to clients.