Ask HN: Is it viable to setup a rack server now that we have cloud services?

1 pointsanoldgangstah8y ago1 comments

To the people that have their own home server setup what other uses for you server that differentiate from cloud service such as aws or do.

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devsigner8y ago

At least with things like OwnCloud[1] you get to actually own your data instead of having it on a SaaS/PaaS Cloud. The cloud is just someone elses computer.

[1] https://owncloud.org/

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Ask HN: Is it viable to setup a rack server now that we have cloud services?

1 pointsanoldgangstah8y ago1 comments

To the people that have their own home server setup what other uses for you server that differentiate from cloud service such as aws or do.

1 comments

devsigner8y ago

At least with things like OwnCloud[1] you get to actually own your data instead of having it on a SaaS/PaaS Cloud. The cloud is just someone elses computer.

[1] https://owncloud.org/

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