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Colo for My Raspberry Pi
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Colo for My Raspberry Pi

Looking for a place in the US to colo my Raspberry Pi... if it's close to Chicago it's an added bonus. ^_^

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  • This is a joke?

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  • @nonissue said:
    This is a joke?

    Why exactly would it be a joke? looks like a legit inquiry.

  • VyprNetworksVyprNetworks Member
    edited March 2016

    @Doragon said:
    Looking for a place in the US to colo my Raspberry Pi... if it's close to Chicago it's an added bonus. ^_^

    For the Raspberry it would have to be completely secure and you would need to add it to a rack- mountable box or something you can secure it with. We could get to started with something as low as $15.00/month depending on the billing cycle of your choice.

    Excuse our website for being down right now we happen to be falling victim to the OVH BHS power issue they're having at the moment.

  • @Nooblette said:

    It just seems crazy to want to colo a $20-50 microcomputer. From a quick search, you could find a low-end dedi (vastly more powerful than a RBP) for the same price, and that's not considering the actually outlay of buying the Pi and shipping it to colo.

    Maybe I'm missing something. Would be very interested to hear the use cases/reasons of pursuing this avenue.

  • A search shows another thread from a month ago, and a lot of people express the same points I bring up (and some others): https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/40740/raspberry-pi-colo

  • FlamesRunnerFlamesRunner Member
    edited March 2016

    Ew, Raspberry Pis are severely underpowered, I'm waiting on the Pine A64 2GB model - that might be something worth colo'ing. (I'm paranoid of the DC, so I literally glue the USB ports)

    Of course, ARM dedicated servers are at Scaleway for $2.99/month...

  • @VyprNetworks said:
    Excuse our website for being down right now we happen to be falling victim to the OVH BHS power issue they're having at the moment.

    Isn't this why you don't host your own website with the same provider that you "provide" with?

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  • Many hosts just don't have the capital or require their own DC.

    They're really expensive and returns on it might not be great.

  • VyprNetworksVyprNetworks Member
    edited March 2016

    @doghouch said:
    Isn't this why you don't host your own website with the same provider that you "provide" with?

    I thought it would we wise to not host our website with our servers at Psychz seems that decision is biting me in the butt. OVH to me always seemed to have good up time which is why I chose to have our website hosted there we have no other affiliation with them. Would be an easy switch for us to just host on our servers at Psychz maybe in the months to come that decision will be made.

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    I have some designs for a 12-16 pi rack unit. With remote reboot. I'll have it built if anyone actually wants to host pies?

  • I'll host a Pie!

  • @pbgben said:
    I have some designs for a 12-16 pi rack unit. With remote reboot. I'll have it built if anyone actually wants to host pies?

    Price?

  • emgemg Veteran

    Some time ago (maybe almost a year ago), I remember seeing an article about someone offering Raspberry Pi's (or similar single board computers) in a datacenter. I do not know what happened to them after that. A quick web search turned up these links. I have no experience with any of them:

    https://raspberry-hosting.com/en

    https://www.pcextreme.com/colocation/raspberry-pi

    https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-colocation/

  • patrick7patrick7 Member, LIR

    According to their website, pcextreme does only support Raspberry Pi B v1...

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2016

    @doghouch said:
    Price?

    Not sure yet, will be a couple hundred USD. Its plug and play, includes PSU for the 5v micro usb and remote reboot, and a dumb Gbit switch.

    or, if youd prefer, a patch panel so you can plug them directly into your own switch

  • @pbgben said:

    How will you get your PSU to power 16 of them via/ micro USB?


    (power usage estimate) I'll assume each takes 2A, so it'll have to supply [email protected]. That's almost 162.5 watt hours - a bit insane for those little computers :/

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    @doghouch said:

    I have designed a remote reboot circuit that contains a 200Watt 5v regulated power supply. From that there are 16 micro usb cables.

  • doghouchdoghouch Member
    edited March 2016

    @pbgben said:

    You will have individual power control on each cable?

  • FuslFusl Member

    pbgben said: reboot

    12.5W per RPI is grossly overestimated usage.

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    @Fusl said:
    12.5W per RPI is grossly overestimated usage.

    They may not need the power, but the PSU is either 150 or 200.

    That Aside, I've revised my plans and wondered why I chose 16 as apposed to the 24 that I am now able to fit in the same space, I could fit more but 24 Rj45 ports along the back is the limit for now.

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  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2016

    @doghouch said:
    You will have individual power control on each cable?

    Yes, each "USB" is individually controlled via a simple API

    "http://0.0.0.0/power.php?key=APIKEY&id=1&state=0" - Turn Pi off
    "http://0.0.0.0/power.php?key=APIKEY&id=1&state=1" - Turn Pi on
    "http://0.0.0.0/power.php?key=APIKEY&id=1" - Returns current state

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  • I'd be interested in the remote reboot capability but I wouldn't need as many as 16/24 more like 4 - 8

  • @Fusl said:
    12.5W per RPI is grossly overestimated usage.

    Well, youv have to realize that some people want to use USBs, and each port gives off around 500mA/0.5A. The Pi already uses 1A, so it would be 1.5A. Any more than that and the Pi would start "distributing" the power so it'd still have enough.

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    @dragon2611 said:
    I'd be interested in the remote reboot capability but I wouldn't need as many as 16/24 more like 4 - 8

    In that case I could make a few 8 port USB power modules.

  • shovenoseshovenose Member, Host Rep

    Interesting. Mor einfo?

  • They're doing it in Canada, near Toronto: http://www.haltondatacenter.com/
    $9.95 a month... so after US/CAN exchange it's about USD$7.2

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    @shovenose said:
    Interesting. More info?

    What do you want to know?

    P.S, should I move this to its own thread?

  • What sort of price you asking for the 8 port modules?
    Will the PSU work on 240v in?

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