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You can find incredibly cheap (nearly free) used servers for pickup if you’re patient. If you have cheap electricity (or better yet, provided with your lease),
by jakeinspace 4y ago
You can find incredibly cheap (nearly free) used servers for pickup if you’re patient. If you have cheap electricity (or better yet, provided with your lease), a 2013-era dual Xeon server is pretty compelling at $50.
- ska 4y agoThat part about power is key. Some of the commercial gear is thirsty enough you'll notice it right away on your bill.
- jakeinspace 4y agoThankfully I live in Quebec. My salary may suck compared to the US but at least I get that sweet sweet cheap hydro power.
- haunter 4y agoWish I can find an Xserve for that much!
- mbreese 4y agoApple didn’t make that many, so they would be tough to find. And they were a really pain to actually use. I didn’t find them very friendly at all to work with physically. Very polished, but had a feel of being over engineered.