Nerdalize: warm house, cheap datacenter

MarionG wrote: post #5

That may be cheap, but once you see a little traffic spike coming from Hacker News, all you get is an "Error establishing a database connection."

And that is why to this day I always carry a stick of butter in my purse. Also, that is why I always enable WP SuperCache and nginx proxy_cache when running a WordPress site. Or just use a static site generator.

Re: Nerdalize: warm house, cheap datacenter

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Post by hk__2 » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 3:56 PM UTC

> prices much lower than any other provider

Does Anyone know their pricing? Qarnot Computing [1] does a similar thing and their solution is at €0.25/hour for “quad-core processors loaded with 16 Go of RAM”.

[1]: http://www.qarnot-computing.com/computing

Re: Nerdalize: warm house, cheap datacenter

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Post by keithpeter » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 4:14 PM UTC

guptaneil wrote: post #4

Are most home internet connections sufficient/allowed to support a datacenter?

All I can see at present is a cached home page, but it could be that the appliance has its own connection? Logically Internet over Power Line if they have that where this company operates. I'd want to keep their data stream separate from my own if I had such an appliance in my home.

Re: Nerdalize: warm house, cheap datacenter

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Post by dylandrop » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

I think this is cool, but I don't think the homeowner should have to pay up front for this datacenter in their home. I would be much more convinced to adopt this if I didn't have to pay for something that could be potentially loud, not work well, etc. For one thing, it just seems a bit scammy -- "Hey, just pay us to be our facility"! Also I don't think what the homeowner gets back from this system should be hinged on the usage of Nerdalize's services.

Lastly, what about electricity? I mean these things have gotta use a whole lot more electricity than a typical heater. All of which, I'm guessing, is again paid by the homeowner.

Re: Nerdalize: warm house, cheap datacenter

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Post by tehwalrus » Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

dylandrop wrote: post #9

I think this is cool, but I don't think the homeowner should have to pay up front for this datacenter in their home. I would be much more convinced to adopt this if I didn't have to pay for something that could be potentially loud, not work well, etc. For one thing, it just seems a bit scammy -- "Hey, just pay us to be our facility"! Also I don't think what the homeowner gets back from this system should be hinged on…

It does say they pay you back for the electricity, that's the whole point.