I dusted off my RPI4 and started tinkering with self-hosting things and it’s sparked a fire. Suddenly I have 7 docker containers running and I need more RAM, more space and I want something reliable with room to grow. I like small form factors but it doesn’t need to be RPI small. Any recs for your favorite hardware under $500?

  • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Intel NUC. Myself I prefer Proxmox as the first layer (so I can do stuff remotelly), and Alpine Linux VM as a second layer.

    This been rock stable for me for the past 1 year or so.

    • DunkinCoder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      What specs is yours if you don’t mind me asking? I have a 10th hosting Proxmox and 11th hosting ESXi, but both at 32GB. Wondering if I should take the plunge and just upgrade them both max out at 64GB.

      • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        My specs:

        • NUC10i7FNK
        • Intel® Core™ i7-10710U Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
        • 512GB NVME SSD, I think it’s Samsung 970 pro
        • 32GB of RAM, I think it’s DDR4-2666 (fastest supported)

        I can’t comment on your “Wondering if I should take the plunge” as it highly depends on use-case. At home I am not very into HA as it gets ridiculously expensive (and I am not making money out of my services, such as Jellyfin, Homeassistant, adblocking DNS and so on).

        • DunkinCoder@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Exact same setup as you except a larger NVME. Makes sense, no need to sink excessive cash into it. :)