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How does server colocation work?
We're about to be homeless, and I'm wondering if we could set up our personal desktop in a colocation datacenter to keep our websites online (most of it is hosted on our desktop, except thankfully our email) instead of putting the desktop in a storage unit with no power or internet.
Could also probably use it for cloud streaming our games that way. :3
@frost I think it's a bit more expensive than you probably imagine unless you know someone
@noiob some random website [https://www.quotecolo.com/colocation/us/california/oakland/] says few hundred dollars a month
which is a lot, but depending on the amount, might be ""doable""
okay still not really doable but cheaper than rent. Their "1U" number is $100 a month, which is like, we spend that much on transit already. But we'd need more than 1U for a desktop (cabinet-style, not rack style, whee).
@frost your desktop also probably draws more than 110W
@noiob oof! good point. Not SUPER much more than 110W, I think the pcpartpicker estimate was something like 350-400, but still definitely over that.
@frost also they won't let you just chuck a tower somewhere
@noiob Heck. I think that's what I was getting at with my original post, I wasn't sure if it was possible to just chuck a tower somewhere.
