The server/hardware is not the tricky part… networking and keeping it running 24/7 efficiently is..
Where do your two servers run from?
I'm out of the loop but colocation used to be a thing, surely that must still exist ?
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They are getting quite expensive.. Not sure if I can rent a colocated facility for just a couple of servers and still come out ahead of the cloud vendors these days.
If I had 100 servers to run, surely collocation would be in my favor.
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If you're in SF Bay Area, this is worth considering: https://he.net/colocation.html
Due to the ram and ssd price hike. all major providers has increased the price. btw which control panel you are using?
I can’t speak for OVH specifically but I’ve recently been moving more and more jobs from AWS to my own hardware. I bought a couple of servers with older hardware (DDR4) and they’re way faster than what I was paying quite a lot of money for from AWS. The craziest part is that they pay for themselves after only two months. I wish I’d done it years ago.
So if buying hardware makes sense, go for it over renting a server. You only pay the memory tax one time.