For the last 15 (or so) years i have my own hardware in a Colo. It's not the cheapest solution, but it has turned out to be very reliable and flexible. It's easy enough to upgrade the hardware if your really have to (as long as the colo is in driving distance) and you have *fixed* costs every month.

All my stuff (Host with big database + 2 VMs) and a VM of a friend is currently running on a 10 year old 4 Core Intel Xeon at 3.3 Ghz with 32 Gigs of RAM.

Owning your own server hardware has pros and cons. But for me, the pros are in the majority. When it's your own hardware, you can really adapt it to your requirements, install a Raid controller of your choice etc. If you need a GPU for some neural network stuff, it's a one-time cost instead of paying for the service on a monthly basis (or on some weird "GPU cycles used" scheme).

After the initial setup it doesn't take all that much extra time for system admin stuff except for the occasional "sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo reboot". The rest of the work is, just as in any other server solution, spent on keeping the software working. As for the initial setup, this can be less stressful that the usual rent-a-server solutions, because you can set up and test the server in the comfort of your home without the worry that you shut yourself out of the system by accident by changing something network related...

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In reply to Re: AWS EC2 and Perl by cavac
in thread AWS EC2 and Perl by Bod

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