Back in 1994 I started out my professional career as a UNIX admin. I don’t really know what the appeal is. I just like hacking on the command line. I love all all the crazy commands and the general chaos which normally ensues.
Over the years I’ve had many web hosts. From hosted servers in the beginning and moving on to VPS solutions when they became faster and more affordable. When my family moved to our new house back in August, I realized that I may be able to make one of my dreams come true — having a datacenter in my house.
All you need for a datacenter is three things: ping power pipe. I now have them all thanks to Verizon FIOS. My wife likes this solution because it allows me to cut out one bill (I was on Linode, and they gave great service. I still recommend them).
Now of course this means I have to make sure that everything is up and running ever day. I have to deal with whatever security issues that pop up. I have to maintain the hardware. But that is OK. I actually enjoy this part. Plus I can easily upgrade hardware when needed and don’t have to share any hardware resources with anyone else.
