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Regarding the rented hardware, is your main complaint the remote management features? In terms of physical security, I don't think there would be much differen
by cuu508 4y ago
Regarding the rented hardware, is your main complaint the remote management features?
In terms of physical security, I don't think there would be much difference between rented and owned hardware.
- johnklos 4y agoIf I rent hardware, I have no real way of knowing whether remote management is accessible by other people, nor whether it has been secured properly. At least with hardware I own, I know every part of it has been configured by me and by nobody else. Of course rented hardware, where the customer has full control of a whole system, is preferable to any sort of "dedicated server", but IPMI / iLO is, quite literally, a hardware back door. Yes, the biggest issue is the remote management.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y agoWhat's the problem? I backup all my data to a Hetzner storage box, but I encrypt everything on my side before sending. They can peek at my files all day long.
- johnklos 4y agoI'm not just backing up my data. I'm colocating a whole server that does lots of different things, some which I'd like to keep private and safe.
- turtleyacht 4y agoDo you have anything detecting if the hardware has been tampered with? 2U servers are really noisy, but colocating is expensive. I thought a server made out of Pi's would make it more affordable to keep at home, if anything. It's a wonderful arrangement you have there. I'm embarrassed to say my idea of a cluster is a handful of netbooks.