I’ve already looked into providers. I offer unlimited storage to my customers so for me it is better to invest in the hardware then rent it monthly. Like I said I already have a 1u server colocated at Gigenet that is full.
Since I colo at Gigenet they do not charge for power, so I do not really care if the server uses more power. I pay for my bandwidth only and the slot in the rack. I am OK with End of Life hardware as I know they will still run for years. You see my shared websites are mostly filled with photos so I don’t care about anything except maximum long-term storage. 1u servers will NEVER have enough hard drive bays for my needs so please lets move on from 1U suggestions. Here is my company to provide more insight: http://freefansitehosting.com/ I like the ebay listing I linked because it comes with (12) 2 TB hard drives which would save me a considerable amount of money up front. I understand I will need to replace them as they fail but that won’t be a problem if I’m running raid. You said each node can only use 4 drives? Why would this listing only have 2 nodes but 12 drives?
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