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I mean actual colo space, like you just pay for 4u, 8u, bandwidth and power. No machines, just space. Both are "cheap" just along different axis.
Right, that's the same thing I was talking about. But again, how is paying for 4u/8u of space at all "cheap", when all you want to stick in it is your own 1u junk server?
But I don't want to stick my own 1u junk server (although I do have those, 4 cores, 8gb). The low end SSD back VPS are phenomenal for what you get.