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.

  • pi11@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

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

    • stankmut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year 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
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        1 year 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
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          1 year 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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            1 year 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.