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Raspberry Pi Colo

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  • @bohdans said:
    Anyone willing to colocate the Odroid-C1? Same Price, Same Size, much more powerful! hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G141578608433

    Pretty sure many providers can do it.

  • @cassa said:
    Why would you even colocate it, when you can get a VPS for €5/year with is faster and you'll still have a Raspberry Pi at your home.

    You can run the Pi at 100% CPU load 24/7 and not get kicked out. Yes, it is an ARM, but you can overclock it to 1GHz. Then if you deploy 4 RPi's it's like having a 4 core ARM :)

    There are some uses (fuse, ipsec vpn, etc) which don't work on OpenVZ. You could get a KVM but then again come the CPU load restrictions.

    All things considered, aside from transcoding, I think the Online.net Labs ARM dedis will be better than colocated Pi's, if competitively priced.

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

    MSPNick said: Pretty sure many providers can do it.

    The question here is will the price make any sense, or will it be like your "£4/mo + VAT" which ends up being more expensive than just renting a KS1.

  • patrick7patrick7 Member, LIR
    edited January 2015

    Yes, that's true. But as I said already before, I don't trust in others hardware or vps systems. I'd like to have my own hardware, even it's a Raspberry Pi. I also know that it is not designed for server use, so I don't run critical services on it.

    My raspberries that are in colocation at the moment: Zurich (serial console server), Frankfurt (serial console server), Amsterdam (Nameserver).

    My main servers are also in colocation (First server: Xeon E3-1230v3, 32GB RAM, 4x500GB RAID10, Second server: Xeon E3-1240, 16GB RAM, 2x 500GB, 2x 250GB RAID 1). Networking I do with a MikroTik RB2011UAS-RM, an own AS-Number, leased IPv4 /24 and PI IPv6.

  • typh0ntyph0n Member
    edited January 2015

    PRQ offers Pi colocation too

    http://prq.se/?p=rpi&intl=1

  • @rm_ said:
    The question here is will the price make any sense, or will it be like your "£4/mo + VAT" which ends up being more expensive than just renting a KS1.

    Even though these are power effective I would need to still pay for ips. I reckon the lowest I can go is £2.50/mo.

    • the bandwidth it'll be using
  • @MSPNick said:
    lowest I can go is £2.50/mo

    image

  • aglodekaglodek Member
    edited January 2015

    @bohdans said: Anyone willing to colocate the Odroid-C1? Same Price, Same Size, much more powerful!

    +1. Yeah! I was about to ask the same thing here :)

    EDIT: any problem colocating the Odroid together with RB's (in the same case/rack)?

    Same cost with 4x ++ performance like, n'est pas?

  • OpticServersOpticServers Member
    edited January 2015

    @ATHK said:
    Including costs for everything such as remote hands , bw, power etc..

    Do you know what kind of power they draw in kilo watts? and we would provide you with a 100Mbps Shared unmetered Uplink + the power depending on how much needed for around £5 - 10 per month but that is changeable due to the unique request + how many you are wanting to colocate.

  • netomxnetomx Moderator, Veteran

    elwebmaster said: They are doing fine transcoding 720p MPEG2 to H264 for me.

    FPS?

    MSPNick said: I reckon the lowest I can go is £2.50/mo.

    How about the boxes I said in the other thread? Atom Zxxxx ?

  • @strikingwebsolutions said:
    located in the USA on the east coast - minutes from NYC!

    I heard they hate America and their network is token ring.

  • DamianDamian Member

    Oh man... you're gonna get banned.

  • @Microlinux said:

    @strikingwebsolutions said:
    located in the USA on the east coast - minutes from NYC!

    I heard they hate America and their network is token ring.

    1.5 year necro :(

  • With Raspberry pi zero you can plug it directly to the USB port of any computer and it will get network connection. All you need is a computer that's on 24/7 and a small vps to give you external access. Then you just enable internet connection sharing on the PC and you're good to go, you can collocate your own Pi for free.

  • dailydaily Member
    edited June 2016

    @elwebmaster said:
    With Raspberry pi zero you can plug it directly to the USB port of any computer and it will get network connection. All you need is a computer that's on 24/7 and a small vps to give you external access. Then you just enable internet connection sharing on the PC and you're good to go, you can collocate your own Pi for free.

    This might be my most favorite post, ever.

  • @daily said:
    This might be my most favorite post, ever.

    Explain.

    What I meant to say is that many people do have access to computers that are powered on 24/7 but can't use them as servers because they have other purpose. They also may not have ethernet ports available for a normal raspberry pi to plug into. With the zero, it is very discrete to plug it in the back of any computer and a couple of clicks to give it network connection.
    I certainly didn't mean that one should leave a computer powered on for the exclusive purpose of sharing its connection with a raspberry pi.

  • dailydaily Member

    @elwebmaster said:

    @daily said:
    This might be my most favorite post, ever.

    Explain.

    What I meant to say is that many people do have access to computers that are powered on 24/7 but can't use them as servers because they have other purpose. They also may not have ethernet ports available for a normal raspberry pi to plug into. With the zero, it is very discrete to plug it in the back of any computer and a couple of clicks to give it network connection.
    I certainly didn't mean that one should leave a computer powered on for the exclusive purpose of sharing its connection with a raspberry pi.

    Does the power port on the Zero also transmit data? If so, then I apologize, but I couldn't find that it did.

  • @daily said:
    Does the power port on the Zero also transmit data? If so, then I apologize, but I couldn't find that it did.

    It does. and it acts as a USB ethernet device. That's why I am saying all you have to do is plug it in and turn on internet connection sharing (on Windoiws).

  • ATHKATHK Member

    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

  • @ATHK said:
    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

    Download this image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pizero-usbhost/
    Flash to SD card. Boot the Pi and connect to computer. SSH as [email protected] password raspberry.

  • ATHKATHK Member

    @elwebmaster said:

    @ATHK said:
    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

    Download this image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pizero-usbhost/
    Flash to SD card. Boot the Pi and connect to computer. SSH as [email protected] password raspberry.

    That's inbound only.. there's someone asking for outbound with no answer.

  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep

    @ATHK said:

    @elwebmaster said:

    @ATHK said:
    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

    Download this image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pizero-usbhost/
    Flash to SD card. Boot the Pi and connect to computer. SSH as [email protected] password raspberry.

    That's inbound only.. there's someone asking for outbound with no answer.

    I guess you just bridge the adapter?

  • jh_aurologicjh_aurologic Member, Patron Provider

    Interesting, I know this rack - it's located at one of the Mivitec Datacenters in Munich, a company I've worked in the past.

    @rm_ said:

    DalekOfSkaro said: Can you imagine a Raspberry Pi Cabinet?

    Can you clarify what exactly is/was your point?


    from http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-colocation/

  • ATHKATHK Member
    edited June 2016

    @pbgben said:

    @ATHK said:

    @elwebmaster said:

    @ATHK said:
    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

    Download this image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pizero-usbhost/
    Flash to SD card. Boot the Pi and connect to computer. SSH as [email protected] password raspberry.

    That's inbound only.. there's someone asking for outbound with no answer.

    I guess you just bridge the adapter?

    I'd assume so.. but that requires user intervention, so does installing that thing from dodgy sourceforge.. not plug and play like elwebmaster suggested. :(

    With Raspberry pi zero you can plug it directly to the USB port of any computer and it will get network connection. All you need is a computer that's on 24/7 and a small vps to give you external access.

  • @ATHK said:

    @pbgben said:

    @ATHK said:

    @elwebmaster said:

    @ATHK said:
    The only thing I could find for usb ethernet on the zero is this http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=699

    But it's only one way.. apart from that there's not outgoing ethernet over USB @elwebmaster can you back this up with actual proof please.

    Download this image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pizero-usbhost/
    Flash to SD card. Boot the Pi and connect to computer. SSH as [email protected] password raspberry.

    That's inbound only.. there's someone asking for outbound with no answer.

    I guess you just bridge the adapter?

    I'd assume so.. but that requires user intervention, so does installing that thing from dodgy sourceforge.. not plug and play like elwebmaster suggested. :(

    With Raspberry pi zero you can plug it directly to the USB port of any computer and it will get network connection. All you need is a computer that's on 24/7 and a small vps to give you external access.

    You just need to change its IP in the boot cmdline file and enable internet connection sharing on the host. I think it's as plug and play as it gets.

  • spammyspammy Member

    @typh0n said:
    PRQ offers Pi colocation too

    http://prq.se/?p=rpi&intl=1

    Whoever colo with these guys must have too much money to burn....

    RPI Co-location:
        - You send your RPI to us (no cables or PSU)
        - 100 Mbps port
        - 300 GB transfer/month
        Price: 150 SEK/month
                 160 BTC/month 
    

    160BTC is roughly 70K USD....

  • 150 sek is around 16 usd, so they just didnt update the BTC exchange rate when BTC prices got inflated to all hell

  • dailydaily Member

    http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38622/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-get-network-connectivity-to-the-pi-zero

    Nobody here lists network sharing over power. I think they would have mentioned it had it been an option.

  • It is perfect due to costs.

  • dailydaily Member

    @cmsjr123 said:
    It is perfect due to costs.

    Explain. I think colocating a pi at current prices is totally not worth it. If you're talking about the Zero in general, that has nothing to do with the topic.

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