Please Don't Sell Space in Your Homelab

inland

Hanging out in subreddits like /r/homelab, /r/servers, and /r/datahoarder, I see this question asked too many times:

I have extra space in my home server, how can I sell this for other people to use? 

My answer (and a lot of other people’s answer): ...

https://grumpy.systems/2023/please-dont-sell-space-in-your-homelab/

Interesting article for those considering starting their own hosting and, surprisingly, some of the established providers here.

kait

Good article, thanks for ruining my dreams

TrK

Completely agree on this, Home labs or home servers are intended for home usage.

ariq01

@inland said:
surprisingly, some of the established providers here.

who?

fluffernutter

@ariq01 said:

@inland said:
surprisingly, some of the established providers here.

who?

A few come to mind, C1V and Calin being some.

SpaceNaut

I have some stuff in my lab too and high speed fiber connection but would never sell those resources.

lll

Or you could sell your extra space using Storj or Sia.

Only downside, you won't be able to sell a lot of space at the beginning as you need to prove your server to be stable. And you will be paid in crypto coins.

AuroraZero

Wtf did I just read? The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.

So what happens when your homelab gets dosed?

How do you think you ISP is going to like that?

How do you think you will like the lawsuit?

Before you say they won't ISPs usually have clauses in the contracts you sign, but never read, that state you can not do this type of thing for this reason.

So yeah they can and some definitely will sue you.

itzaname

What happens if one drive fails? Or all of them? Do you have backups you can restore quickly? What about fires or floods?

Don't ask OVH these questions...

emg

After reading that article, I immediately shut down my homelab server business. I made it disappear without refunds, of course. Thank goodness you posted the link to that helpful article!

I'm going to replace it with a home VPN server business. It has a residential IP address, so it should be a hot seller. Brilliant, eh? ;-)

user123

@emg said:
After reading that article, I immediately shut down my homelab server business. I made it disappear without refunds, of course. Thank goodness you posted the link to that helpful article!

I'm going to replace it with a home VPN server business. It has a residential IP address, so it should be a hot seller. Brilliant, eh? ;-)

Is that the one I saw advertising that use for goatse "is highly encouraged"?

TrK

@emg said:
After reading that article, I immediately shut down my homelab server business. I made it disappear without refunds, of course. Thank goodness you posted the link to that helpful article!

I'm going to replace it with a home VPN server business. It has a residential IP address, so it should be a hot seller. Brilliant, eh? ;-)

Prolly you will win the "Get your IP Banned" award! Good luck keep working hard!

raza19

Fast to get raided I guess.