Nice to meet you. Generally speaking I think that a VM with a sufficient CPU and 4GB of RAM is not going to be cheaper, especially not in Switzerland. Also, VMs dont usually come with an IX port, so that's another thing I would miss out. Last but not least, I prefer to run stuff on owned/real hardware.

An APU2 seems perfect for my needs without breaking my budget. Got two offers so far which are promising, so just waiting a bit longer to collect some potential further offers.

Thank you anyways for your suggestions!

On 09/11/2016 03:53 AM, Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:

(I'm the author of Debian installer for APU :-)

I know two or three potential places where you could have this, but a VM will be preferable, just not to clutter the rack space.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 3:51 AM, Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@k-open.com mailto:ssinyagin@k-open.com> wrote:

why not a virtual machine? It would be cheaper than placing a
hardware box.



On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 11:46 PM, Pascal Mathis
<mailinglist+swinog@snapserv.net
<mailto:mailinglist+swinog@snapserv.net>> wrote:

    Dear SwiNOGers,

    for a personal project I would be interested in colocating a PC
    Engines
    APU2 somewhere in Switzerland with the following specifications:

    - Colocation of a single APU2 in the usual PC Engines case - I
    do not
    need physical access to the DC, actually sending the fully
    configured
    machine so that someone can rack it would be preferred.

    - BGP session with IPv4 + IPv6 fulltable feeds and working
    communities.

    - Gigabit port, 1 to 5TB of traffic included, but most of the
    time less
    than 200-300G are going to be used per month, so smaller offers
    should
    work out as well.

    - Optional: A port to SwissIX would be really great, of course I
    would
    pay any interconnect fees (and the usual membership fees to
    SwissIX).

    I am already familiar with BGP and am currently operating my primary
    location in Frankfurt, Germany. No SLA required, price should be as
    cheap as possible - I do not need any enterprise support or
    something
    like that.

    For people who don't know what a APU2 is, you can find more
    information
    here http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm
    <http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm> (the machine itself) and
    http://www.pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm
    <http://www.pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm> (the case,
    17cmx16cmx3cm). I
    know that I am asking for a lot, but I thought if someone is able to
    offer something like that for a reasonable price which can be
    paid by an
    individual, I'll most likely find him/her on SwiNOG.

    If you have any offers or further questions, please reply to the
    mailinglist or directly contact me at ncc@snapserv.net
    <mailto:ncc@snapserv.net>.

    Best regards and have a nice sunday,
    Pascal Mathis


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