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Self-hosted colo migration of abound.art
This project migrates the abound.art application off GCP (where hosting costs $200/mo) to a self-racked PowerEdge R7625 server in a nearby colo, running on the author's own IP addresses and ASN (AS55078), including peering via an IXP.
01 / The problem
What it addresses
Hosting the application on GCP costs $200/mo.
02 / Source history
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Self-hosted colo migration of abound.art
This project migrates the abound.art application off GCP (where hosting costs $200/mo) to a self-racked PowerEdge R7625 server in a nearby colo, running on the author's own IP addresses and ASN (AS55078), including peering via an IXP.
Problem: Hosting the application on GCP costs $200/mo.
Posted by @abound · Original comment ↗
“I've been working on migrating an application [1] from GCP (where I pay $200/mo to host it) to a physical server (PowerEdge R7625) I've racked in a colo near me, running on my own IPs/ASN [2] and all that jazz.”