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I moved my homelab into a colocation rack (proper DC deployment with redundant power) a while ago. Things have been running smoothly, and a few favorable 2nd hand deals later I now have 128 cores (Epyc Zen 2), roughly 1TB of RAM and several dozen TBs flash and spinning storage running idle.<p>It&#x27;s all on spare enterprise-grade hardware (15th generation Dell PowerEdge, redundant SAS SSD&#x2F;HDD arrays), interconnected with 25G. Uplink is 10G. It&#x27;s utilizing number of external IPv4 addresses. Located in germany. Properly firewalled, monitored (including iDRAC data) and segmentated into appropriate VLANs.<p>My thinking: somehow utilize this to offset colo costs for my homelab (same rack, seperate HW). Desired target would be a monthly high three digit revenue stream after taxes.<p>I know that this stuff comes with extra liability but I think I&#x27;m prepared for the kind of work. Currently a Senior SRE, used to be a Sysadmin for MSPs. I would probably need to create some sort of small business in germany. And do KYC in order to avoid breaking my providers ToS.<p>I&#x27;ve already tenatively mentioned renting out compute on Linux VMs with dedicated vCPUs in several public IT spaces, but feedback has been modest.<p>Another option might be application hosting for small-ish businesses. Depending on the kind of requirement I could half allocable CPU and memory (each half allocated to one HW node) and run a HA setup. Plus offsite&#x2F;disaster recovery contingencies.<p>My main point - or question - would be: Is my line thinking sensible? Are others running similar platforms, and what&#x27;s the experience? I&#x27;d be a one man show and want to keep this a side hustle.

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