Hey yall, I want to get into self-hosting. I want to start from hosting on a raspberry pi, and I am just wondering if yall have any recommendations (I’ve never hosted anything before, but have experience in linux and programming). Sorry if it’s bit of a stupid question.

  • cupricreki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    For the cost of a rpi, just get actually capable hardware. Once you actually get anything running you’ll wish you had real hardware.

    • achensherd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been leaning this way lately. From a cost/capability standpoint, RPis were easy to justify when they were ~$30, but not as much at their current inflated prices unless you have specific power consumption and form factor requirements. Used/refurbished Dell thin clients and MFF PCs can be had for $40-100, ranging from fanless systems with low-power Atoms and Celerons to full-fledged desktops with Core i-series CPUs, all with memory and storage included more often than not. I personally just picked up a Dell OptiPlex MFF with an i5-9500T, 8GB RAM, and 256GB SSD for $100.

      • Heastes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Refurbished thinclients really are fantastic if you don’t specifically need a pi for the formfactor. I got a bunch of Fujitsu S920 with 4GB RAM for roughly €35 a piece and I’ve been pretty happy with them so far.

    • pi11@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      What kind of hardware, with a similar price point to the rpi, do you think of?

      • stankmut@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        This reminds me of the old “build a gaming pc for less than a console” thing was popular for a while.

        So let’s assume a $90 raspberry pi (someone really splurged here)

        • $90: case
        • $0: cpu, get used from a friend
        • $0: motherboard, get used from a friend
        • $0: ram, get used from a friend
        • $0: power supply, steal from work

        You can drop the case and just use a cardboard box, which would allow you to afford storage. I’m just going to assume you boot from a usb and keep everything in memory.

        • pi11@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          What do you think about refurbished micro-pc’s? Like this Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q Tiny (i5-6500t; 8GB RAM) for 130 euro’s?

          • stankmut@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I have a refurbished dell that I got for ~$150-$200, the cpu is an i5-8500t. I think those are great deals, would absolutely recommend them for a home server. As your needs grow, you can even replace the RAM inside later.

            • Null@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Agreed. I picked up the M910q for $100 including shipping from a corporate sell out on Ebay. It does everything I need; and has the ability to do so much more.