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Cheap desktop style colo
Are there any places that take desktop machines for colo? I don't care about quality, ddos protection, etc, and I don't care if it's an office building where they just put it on a shelf. Cheap BW is fine, Cog net is fine, Not RPI size, but not full size tower.
I already have a lot of servers in KC so skipping that.
Cost: As low as possible
Location: US west or central
Accepting crypto is a plus. IPv6 is a plus.
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@DataIdeas-Josh?
already have a ticket open
hoping for more suggestions.. i don't have a high bar for quality, just looking for cheap and plentiful. might even try a mac mini.
How high is the desktop you are using?
Its possible you could use a shelf and sit it on its side?
If you send the dimensions I can see if we can help with our colo in Dallas, TX
It's higher than 1U unfortunately, so that wouldn't be very useful use of rack space. I'm probably going with josh for TX though.
It's an optiplex usff, about 11inch x 11inch x 4inch. I really hate that "usff" refers to both this form factor and the palm-sized ones.
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If its 4 inches, I could offer it in 3U colo,
So it would be $35/month 1u 1amp + $20/month for extra 2U
Could sit it on a shelf sideways.
3U colocation
1amp @ 120v
10TB Bandwidth
1Gbps Port
DDoS protection
IPv4 /29 (5 usable IPs) + IPv6 /64
Dallas, TX
$55/month
that goes past my "I really should move this out from under my bed colo pocket change" budget and into "I should seriously consider buying a used 1U/2U" budget unfortunately
You can pick up on Ebay some Supermicro E3's 32GB for like $200-300 daily. Would be a lot better than a desktop in my opinion and cheaper to colocate.
Never used Joe's Datacenter but the pricing on their page is transparent.
https://joesdatacenter.com/products/colocation/
From what I read they are from the same group as Nocix/Wholesaleinternet, not sure