Don't rent the cloud, own instead

Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by maccard on Thursday February 05, 2026 @03:45AM (#46897321)

We have two on site servers that we use. For various reasons (power cuts, internet outages, cleaners unplugging them) I’d say we have to intervene with them physically about once a month. It’s a total pain in the ass, especially when you don’t have _an_ it person sitting in the office to mind it. I’m in the Uk and our office is in Spain…

But it is significantly cheaper and faster

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Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by meatmanek on Thursday February 05, 2026 @12:00PM (#46901774)

You might want to look into colocating that server at a datacenter nearby. You can get a few U of rack space and the risk of power outages, internet outages, or cleaners unplugging the servers should go way down.

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Re:Don't rent the cloud, own instead by maccard on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:54AM (#46910939)

At that point it’s not worth it any more and we would just switch to hetzner or something instead.

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