Whereas a "poor mans hobby" is a a 1970s muscle car and a home workshop... Sure you can spend thousands on racks of servers and UPS/generators but you can also

Whereas a "poor mans hobby" is a a 1970s muscle car and a home workshop... Sure you can spend thousands on racks of servers and UPS/generators but you can also spend less than $500. Personally I rent a unit in a quadplex and have: Old 42" rack - $50 from old employer 10 year old HP Microserver G7 for storage - $250 new repurposed old desktop virtual machines - Free Cheap dumb switch - $50