[wkat4242]

Another thing I had issues with cheap small time colocation was that people were using it for spamming/phishing and they got the whole ISP IP range blocked with spamhaus. I was running a legit mailserver so it was really annoying.

I rooted around on the block for a bit and I found several phishing sites, it was a mess.

The problem is the more serious colocators don't really want you if you just want 1U. And if they allow it it's definitely not for a good price.

[vidarh]

For 1U I'd generally just opt for a rented managed server unless I had a really compelling reason for why I wanted to use specifically my own hardware (e.g. I needed something very esotheric).

[wkat4242]

Yes I had something very esoteric. I had a Sun SPARC first and then later a Mac mini converted to 1U.

The SPARC was slower and had less memory than the first raspberry pi ;) yes that was a while ago. The Mac mini was obviously later.

[jasonjayr]

From their perspective, the users seeking the cheapest price will probably be the most trouble!

[wkat4242]

Probably yes, but it's also that setting up all the physical access administration etc might not be worth it for them for a customer that pays $15 a month. Which is what I used to pay for my 1U (including power, but it was a super low energy server)