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.

  • stankmut
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    01 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.world
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      11 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
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        11 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.

        • @green_dragon@lemmy.world
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          11 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.