I am vaguely aware of such solutions and I think there's no real reason why they wouldn't work. I think I just wasn't familiar with them at the time I set up th

I am vaguely aware of such solutions and I think there's no real reason why they wouldn't work. I think I just wasn't familiar with them at the time I set up the VPS. (Also I assume they would require an always-on box at home, which at the time I didn't have, and even now I suspect a VPS would provide more reliable uptime.)