[geeks] Question: how to profit from a Web-connected server

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

Backup space?  

Install a virtualization solution and offer VMs?

Wordpress or other software installed and maintained for $25 per month?

Anything you do, will require hand-holding of local customers ; but, once you have it setup, it should keep working.  People will pay extra to be able to pick up the phone and call you.

Cheers

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lionel Peterson" <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 5:27:08 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: [geeks] Question: how to profit from a Web-connected server

Hi all,

I'm curious, what could be done with an Internet-connected server to generate
revenue WITHOUT any significant hands-on involvement?

For example, a Bitcoin machine would be one example, are there any others?

Assume the hardware is reasonably robust (dual quad-core Xeon w/72 Gigs RAM,
with a couple TB of RAID 1 storage available).

I'm just wondering what's possible - with CoLo costs for a 1U server w/ 5
static IP addresses in the $50 range (with some reasonable level of traffic
allotment & power costs included), and the hardware cost being $0, it seems
like there must be some way to turn this server into a money-maker.

Any thoughts?
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