Community provider ColoCrossing‘s giveaway is open all this month.  Between now and September 30, you can win one of these prizes:

• Synology 4-Bay DiskStation DS425+ and 2x Synology HAT3300 4TB Plus Series SATA HDD 3.5″
• Synology 2-Bay DiskStation DS223j (no drives)
• Meta Ray Ban Glasses
• Meta Quest 3S 128GB
• One of two Dual E5-2660 servers (128GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 40TB Bandwidth on 1Gbps Port, /30 IPv4) – Free for 1 year

The Obvious Coupon Code

You could probably have guessed we’d use this one for a coupon code: enter code BUFFALO in the appropriate spot in the Gleam widget below (you may need to enable JavaScript and cookies if you don’t see it), and you’ll get 5 bonus entries!

Why “BUFFALO”?  That’s been ColoCrossing’s home for a long time, and one of their flagship datacenters.  It’s a great geography – near New York City, but also network-friendly to the Midwest and the Canadian border.  Plus it’s a cool town!

Did You Know…

• Buffalo was the first city in the US to have electric streetlights!  (Way back in 1886, helped out by all the electricity Niagara Falls hydropower generates).
• Buffalo is the birthplace of Buffalo Wings?  They were created at the Anchor Bar in 1964.
• President Theodore Roosevelt (one of the Mount Rushmore presidents) was sworn into office in Buffalo.

And Speaking of Buffalo…

Be sure to check out ColoCrossing’s special offers for our community, where you can get a cheap VPS for only $11.00/year.

ColoCrossing offers service in ten datacenters around the world: Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Seattle, San Jose, Toronto (Canada), and Dublin (Ireland).

How to Enter

Here’s the Gleam form.  You may need to enable JavaScript or cookies if you don’t see it.

ColoCrossing Fall 2025 Giveaway!

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.