Colocation - It's finally happening! (Patreon)

After many months in development, hopefully it's worth the wait!

I've finally purchased all the necessary hardware and found myself a colocation company in LA with reasonable prices, and have sufficient support (from you guys!) to move forward with it. While the initial cost is high, I'm confident that this will put Catbox on the right path for long term stability. Since I feel like I didn't really explain what colocation is, check out this article about it. Basically, it frees me from being tied to X amount of disk space and X amount of processing power. Disk space being the big thing! 

So, how much WILL the new cost be? Here's the breakdown of Catbox's newly projected monthly costs:

• $80/month - Base for colocation
• $100/month - Extra for bandwidth
• $40/month - Project Lain (this may vary, depending on some technical factors. I need to do the math.)
• $20/year - Catbox.moe domain
• $11/year - kotori.rocks domain

To come together for a new projected monthly cost of $222/month. It's definitely a larger number than what I'm paying right now, but it's worth it for not having to pull my hair out when I dip to 20 GB of disk space remaining.  Plus, I own the hardware, so it's easier for me to expand should the need arise. PLUS, expanding with another front-end server/storage server would be a snap. Catbox is really turning out to be something! 

I'm not finalizing any deals yet, as I'm still fishing around for quotes, but the $180/month is the best quote I've got right now. I'll keep Patreon and the blog updated with any finalized details, and any planned downtime regarding the move.

Thanks again to all my patrons, and everyone who's stuck with me! Without your help, I'd probably still be on shared web-hosting!