@knack is PXE booting every time realistic? like what if i want to reboot it, but don't want the data on the machine wiped?

@shermozle could maybe offer something like lowest priority traffic that dynamically changes when everyone else needs it - but i genuinely dont know if i have any legal liability, hmm, lemme think

@shermozle how much bandwidth do they use? like if it's on a 1gbit link, will it hog the entire 1gbit?

if the OS is cooked i dont know how you'd initiate a PXE boot unless _every_ time it boots it re-installs a fresh OS, which would be silly

maybe Pi hosting isn't worth the support pain, hmm, will think about it more

@daveyk00 yeah that's easy! could even use the switch's API so you could do it yourself - not sure how to handle reinstalling the OS if something goes wrong though

i wonder if i could setup a netboot server that spits out a clean version of debian or whatever if a customer requests it from a dashboard, hmm

@tj i remember it being a thing a few years ago, didnt know it was still done, cool! nice trick to use the PoE port to power cycle - wonder if they do OS re-installs/console access

@daveyk00 that would be a nice feature to have - i dont want to go to the data centre to power cycle it unless someone wants to pay me like $50 each time, lol

@dhobern exactly - give it to me setup, I give you an IP, you SSH in do whatever (legal activity) you want, go wild

@freya nice - can i ask why a Pi over a VPS? feel free to DM me if you don't want it public (i dont need to know exactly what for, but mostly just curious why someone would want it)

anyone interested in hosting a raspberry pi in my rack at the datacentre with your own static IP (not NAT) for like $15/m? you supply your own Pi, storage & PoE hat, you're basically paying me for the IP address and the bandwidth and tiny bit of electricity - do people even want to do this considering a VPS is so cheap and more powerful?