On: Building Servers for Fun and Prof... OK, Maybe Just for Fun

[patio11]

Typically you'd pay for the first option. The term of art is "remote hands" service.

There are options where you can install servers in cages. (Some industries/companies require very strict physical access control.) This is more for show than because it meaningfully increases your security against the attack "your colocation provider is secretly The Adversary."

[0xbadcafebee → patio11]

If you buy the hardware from a vendor and get their 24/7 support they'll send a tech to your cage to replace the drive. It's a little bit more expensive than the machine he built, but with the knowledge that someone will go fix it when it's broken. Worth the money, still ridiculously cheaper than AWS.

[jaf656s → patio11]

>This is more for show than because it meaningfully increases your security against the attack "your colocation provider is secretly The Adversary."

It does help protect you against the "another colo customer" attack, whether an actual attack or accident.