Do you have a dedicated server for personal usage?

Amadex · June 11

As the title asks, do you have a dedicated server for personal usage?

What are it specs? Which software do you run? Have you more IP blocks attached to it? Pricing?

perryoo11 · June 11

I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Amadex · June 11

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Nice spending on hobby/learning.

Neoon · June 11

Yea 2x KS-LE for 15$/m each, Xeon E5, 32gig, 2 TB SSD
Proxmox obviously

beanman109 · June 11

I've got one of those annual deals from Colocrossing from last BF that I run Proxmox on.
Xeon E3-1271 v3 - 16GB DDR3 - 1TB SATA SSD - 10TB B/W Per month - 1 IPV4 - Buffalo NY - $149 per year

host_c · June 11

@perryoo11 said: 1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

let me get this, 1 time payment 4 life?

SashkaPro · June 11

@perryoo11 said: 1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)

So you just connect via RDP to this server and play for example cs2/gta or some other game?
Isn't latency for rdp is issue?

perryoo11 · June 11

@SashkaPro said:

@perryoo11 said: 1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)

So you just connect via RDP to this server and play for example cs2/gta or some other game?
Isn't latency for rdp is issue?

I use parsec and latency is actually not much of an issue. I'm actually surprised how well everything is going. (wired)
though mobile hotspot does kill it but games like minecraft or gta v where competitive settings isn't a thing it's alright.

jasonxu · June 11

j4125
Poor performance

lukast__ · June 11

@host_c said:

@perryoo11 said: 1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

let me get this, 1 time payment 4 life?

Yup. 615.92€ onetime. (https://zap-hosting.com/en/shop/product/lifetime-dedicated-server/), but you have to login to the panel every 3 months. They seem to a) hope that most will forget sometime/don't actually need them for years and b) finance the lifetime dedis with normal monthly VPS/dedis. The lifetime cost is equal to 12 * monthly cost.
Edit: and they exist since 2015, and sometimes there even is an up to 25% coupon.

host_c · June 11

@lukast__ said:

@host_c said:

@perryoo11 said: 1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

let me get this, 1 time payment 4 life?

Yup. 615.92€ onetime. (https://zap-hosting.com/en/shop/product/lifetime-dedicated-server/), but you have to login to the panel every 3 months. They seem to a) hope that most will forget sometime/don't actually need them for years and b) finance the lifetime dedis with normal monthly VPS/dedis. The lifetime cost is equal to 12 * monthly cost.
Edit: and they exist since 2015, and sometimes there even is an up to 25% coupon.

Nice, THX on the info!

davide · June 11

@beanman109 said:
I've got one of those annual deals from Colocrossing from last BF that I run Proxmox on.
Xeon E3-1271 v3 - 16GB DDR3 - 1TB SATA SSD - 10TB B/W Per month - 1 IPV4 - Buffalo NY - $149 per year

My workstation has an E3-1245 v3, which should be similar. At 150W it costs 350 €/year in electricity alone. The power plants in NY must run on holy spirit.

host_c · June 11

@davide said: My workstation has an E3-1245 v3, which should be similar. At 150W it costs 350 €/year in electricity alone. The power plants in NY must run on holy spirit.

What a coincidence.

Ympker · June 11

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Another owner of ZAP Lifetime Dedi. How has your experience been overall with that one? You are saying good, but what exactly are you running on there. Got 2x lifetime ZAP VPS/Rootserver, but Dedi also sounds nice. I also remember someone else who got a lifetime dedi from ZAP. It's pretty cool that ZAP said they will even replace the Dedi if it dies, so it's not even limited to the lifetime of the hw, only lifetime of the company/buyer.

lukast__ · June 11

@Ympker said:

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Another owner of ZAP Lifetime Dedi. How has your experience been overall with that one? You are saying good, but what exactly are you running on there. Got 2x lifetime ZAP VPS/Rootserver, but Dedi also sounds nice. I also remember someone else who got a lifetime dedi from ZAP. It's pretty cool that ZAP said they will even replace the Dedi if it dies, so it's not even limited to the lifetime of the hw, only lifetime of the company/buyer.

Unfortunately only 5 TB / month traffic even for the dedis, and no IPv6, but if you assume that the company exists for at least a few years, it's pretty cheap.
And have you somewhen made a YABS of a lifetime rootserver?

Ympker · June 11

@lukast__ said:

@Ympker said:

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Another owner of ZAP Lifetime Dedi. How has your experience been overall with that one? You are saying good, but what exactly are you running on there. Got 2x lifetime ZAP VPS/Rootserver, but Dedi also sounds nice. I also remember someone else who got a lifetime dedi from ZAP. It's pretty cool that ZAP said they will even replace the Dedi if it dies, so it's not even limited to the lifetime of the hw, only lifetime of the company/buyer.

Unfortunately only 5 TB / month traffic even for the dedis, and no IPv6, but if you assume that the company exists for at least a few years, it's pretty cheap.
And have you somewhen made a YABS of a lifetime rootserver?

Yeah, but personally I wouldn't use as much traffic anyway. Plus you can pay for extra traffic on demand iirc.
So, there's that option, I guess. I posted a YABS somewhere in the ZAP thread. Pretty sure you'll find it if you look that one up.

perryoo11 · June 11

@Ympker said:

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Another owner of ZAP Lifetime Dedi. How has your experience been overall with that one? You are saying good, but what exactly are you running on there. Got 2x lifetime ZAP VPS/Rootserver, but Dedi also sounds nice. I also remember someone else who got a lifetime dedi from ZAP. It's pretty cool that ZAP said they will even replace the Dedi if it dies, so it's not even limited to the lifetime of the hw, only lifetime of the company/buyer.

I'm running 4 vm nodes which only 1 vm running a website and other 3 are idling.
So far I'm happy with it. been having issues with the remote management panel as i can't use it once i get disconnected and i need to forcefully reboot my dedicated server to make it work again and repeat if i get disconnected again sadly support was not able to find a solution but luckily i have not been presented an emergency to have that fixed. for the server experience it's been smooth so far.

they even replace it if it dies? oh perfect!

lukast__ · June 11

@Ympker said: Plus you can pay for extra traffic on demand iirc.

When I asked them in January, they said that the limit can be reset for 9.9€.

@Ympker said: I posted a YABS somewhere in the ZAP thread. Pretty sure you'll find it if you look that one up.

Found it. Thanks.

Ympker · June 11

@perryoo11 said:

@Ympker said:

@perryoo11 said:
I do... Proxmox..

2x i7 8700, 128 gb ram and 2x 1tb nvme (everytime a new vps for a new idea)
1x i7 7700, 64 GB ram, 1b ssd and gtx 1080 (cloud gamer)
1x E5-2640 v2, 64 gb ram, 500 gb disk (from zap-hosting lifetime which runs pretty good)

pricing around 200 a month and 10+ ips.

Another owner of ZAP Lifetime Dedi. How has your experience been overall with that one? You are saying good, but what exactly are you running on there. Got 2x lifetime ZAP VPS/Rootserver, but Dedi also sounds nice. I also remember someone else who got a lifetime dedi from ZAP. It's pretty cool that ZAP said they will even replace the Dedi if it dies, so it's not even limited to the lifetime of the hw, only lifetime of the company/buyer.

I'm running 4 vm nodes which only 1 vm running a website and other 3 are idling.
So far I'm happy with it. been having issues with the remote management panel as i can't use it once i get disconnected and i need to forcefully reboot my dedicated server to make it work again and repeat if i get disconnected again sadly support was not able to find a solution but luckily i have not been presented an emergency to have that fixed. for the server experience it's been smooth so far.

they even replace it if it dies? oh perfect!

Good to hear! Yeah, check out the ZAP thread I created a while ago, someone who bought a lifetime dedi asked them via ticket and they said the dedi would get replaced.

havoc · June 11

Briefly had a pretty spicy hetzner (~70 pm).

...but got rid of it since I've got a fair amount of hw at home and static ipv4 on fibre so makes little sense

Not_Oles · June 11

@Amadex I am using an i9-13900 in Helsinki. I like it cuz it's very fast when I compile stuff.

KenTech · June 11

@Not_Oles said:
@Amadex I am using an i9-13900 in Helsinki. I like it cuz it's very fast when I compile stuff.

nice! But have you used the processors Intel UHD Graphics 770 iGPU for anything tho?

SocksAreComfortable · June 11

No, I tend to stick to VPS, because every time I think of spending the money on a dedi, I come to the conclusion that I would be better off spending that money on upgrades to my Unraid box at home. But if the price was right, I probably would get one!

Amadex · June 11

I have this in Arezzo, Italy for 23.99€ and /29 IPv4

Xeon E3 1231v3 4 Core 3.30 Ghz
32GB RAM
2x480GB SSD
1Gbps Uplink

New Hetzner cloud line is tempting as replacement, https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/

But real mens are using dedicated servers, I guess?

AuroraZero · June 11

Own a server I bought years ago in the Datacentec realm. Runs okay a bit old but good for slackware mirrors.

beanman109 · June 11

@davide said: The power plants in NY must run on holy spirit.

I'm Australian so I don't really know much about NY power but Buffalo being very close to that giant ass waterfall probably helps right?

tmntwitw · June 11

@beanman109 said:
I'm Australian so I don't really know much about NY power but Buffalo being very close to that giant ass waterfall probably helps right?

I think so.

https://www.colocrossing.com/datacenter/buffalo-ny

Thanks to the hydro-electric capabilities provided by Niagara Falls, our Buffalo datacenter benefits from inexpensive environmentally friendly electric power.

terrorgen · June 12

Using a retired Dell (i7-6700) as the home dedi

If that counts

Otus9051 · June 12

well i hope
i just have my laptop if that works lmao
R3 5300U, 8GB, 512G NVMe

skorupion · June 12

Home:

Colocated:

The home is running under the home NAT. And colocated server has /29 IPv4 + /64 IPv6

DataRecovery · June 12

@davide said:
My workstation has an E3-1245 v3, which should be similar. At 150W it costs 350 €/year in electricity alone.

Thanks for being a loyal Xeon customer!
We've gone ahead and just doubled halved your bandwidth electricity spending - from now on your E3's TDP is 84 W.

Do you have a dedicated server for personal usage?

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