I would recommend against this. Check your local and EU laws -- Anything coming out of your IP address may end up being your responsibility if it turns out to be illegal.
Another thing to consider is that most people would likely rent it for the unified memory and AI usage. Speaking from experience, your M3 Ultra will run _hot_ while performing; you'll need to plan a good, cool environment that the machine lives in, and set the fans to always run via something like MacsFanControl or some other utility, since it won't engage the fan at a higher rate just because your GPU is pegged and generating all the heat.
The third thing is knowing how to balance out its memory usage. SSDs have a finite lifetime in terms of writes. Macs are _very_ good at not wearing out SSDs, but if your renter botches something in a config and you spend days or weeks swapping in and out of virtual memory, your machine will wear faster and harder.
Hey, thanks for the reply, I completely agree on all of the precautions, but again, I wouldn't really want to make a business out of it, just allow for some of the costs to be softened or as a proof of concept. If I would take not a random John Doe, but someone with an established name in the industry or even here, then I would have something to hold on to. I already have a modified piKvm so I would just add a custom fan or two and should be pretty sure about the temps as well.
Nevertheless I agree on everything you pointed out :)
I (think) that Vast [1] did something vaguely similar a few years back where regular people could rent out their nVidia GPUs. Might be worth looking into if that's an option.
I would recommend against this. Check your local and EU laws -- Anything coming out of your IP address may end up being your responsibility if it turns out to be illegal.
Another thing to consider is that most people would likely rent it for the unified memory and AI usage. Speaking from experience, your M3 Ultra will run _hot_ while performing; you'll need to plan a good, cool environment that the machine lives in, and set the fans to always run via something like MacsFanControl or some other utility, since it won't engage the fan at a higher rate just because your GPU is pegged and generating all the heat.
The third thing is knowing how to balance out its memory usage. SSDs have a finite lifetime in terms of writes. Macs are _very_ good at not wearing out SSDs, but if your renter botches something in a config and you spend days or weeks swapping in and out of virtual memory, your machine will wear faster and harder.
Hey, thanks for the reply, I completely agree on all of the precautions, but again, I wouldn't really want to make a business out of it, just allow for some of the costs to be softened or as a proof of concept. If I would take not a random John Doe, but someone with an established name in the industry or even here, then I would have something to hold on to. I already have a modified piKvm so I would just add a custom fan or two and should be pretty sure about the temps as well.
Nevertheless I agree on everything you pointed out :)
I would take not a random John Doe, but someone with an established name in the industry or even here
The difficulty will be instilling confidence regarding reliability, security, etc. among such professionals.
You could rent it for $200-500 a day or $3000 a month and be on par with others in this space.
When you rent a machine like this, they probably will use it to the max. Lowing lifespan should be part of the equation.
I (think) that Vast [1] did something vaguely similar a few years back where regular people could rent out their nVidia GPUs. Might be worth looking into if that's an option.
[1] - https://vast.ai
Nope.