What’s the Best Way to Optimize a Data Server for High Traffic? or How Do You Secure a Data Server Ag

Depends on your skills. If you’re comfy with Linux and networking, a data server can be cheap and powerful.

I run mine on an old Dell PowerEdge with TrueNAS. Total cost? Like $500. Cloud would’ve cost me 10x by now.

But yeah, 2 AM failures are the worst.