Given you're on HN, you probably know a few people in the industry, ask around and try to find a 1U colo deal on unused rackspace (aka the brocolo). Get a chea

Given you're on HN, you probably know a few people in the industry, ask around and try to find a 1U colo deal on unused rackspace (aka the brocolo). Get a cheap 1U atom server from supermicro, throw some disks in it and you're done.