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Do you sign long term lease agreements for colo space, power and bandwidth for the hardware or are you still paying that annually/monthly? There are no free lu

Do you sign long term lease agreements for colo space, power and bandwidth for the hardware or are you still paying that annually/monthly? There are no free lunches. I do not disagree buying hardware is cheaper but operational overhead and opportunity cost are real.

LoganDark 3y ago
Eh, buying hardware isn't necessarily cheaper if you factor in operational costs like power, cooling, and especially internet (which gets very expensive very quickly for servers). Datacenters get to spread this cost out over many servers, small installations don't.
- anonym29 3y ago
  As a business owner, I don't need a whole data center worth of electricity and internet.
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    No, but as an example, if you want more than 30Mbps upload, it can cost you hundreds of dollars per month depending on location. (Depending on location.)