Quote from: NothinG on July 26, 2011, 10:21:48 PM

Quote from: SgtSpike on July 26, 2011, 09:36:20 PM

- DDOS is a major concern, and something I am still researching (and open to suggestions on). I have several potential providers, but am unsure that any of them could provide DDOS prevention in any capacity.

Throw pfSense in front of the servers.

Thanks. It's that easy, huh? I'll definitely have to do some reading/experimentation on pfsense.

Thinking about cooling now.... I figure for 40 rigs, it'll probably be, on average, around 500w of electric usage per rig. So 20kw. That's fine, but then I'll need an estimated 70,000 BTU a/c (3-4 ton) to cool it. Yikes! Shocked

That'll definitely bring the initial investment cost up...

Right now, it's looking like initial investment will be $6000 to $9000. Quite a large amount for relying on bitcoins to recover it. I wonder if there would be enough interest from investors to put up the capital for it. Heck, that's only 642 BTC. Tongue

I am definitely happy to see the poll results thus far. If there are truly at least two people willing to pay for 9+ rigs each, that would be a great jumpstart to such a business. The two who voted that way - if you wouldn't mind, PM me so we can talk in further detail.