Comment on Simplify home hardware for selfhosting
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 10 hours agoI can have a dozen people streaming from my Plex server and it spent even break a sweat, while also handling all my *arr’s, homeassistant OS, and basically anything I would use a normal computer for.
With the power it has it will be able to handle basically anything I want to throw at it for the next decade, while sipping electricity like a light bulb.
I don’t see how a tiny, cheap, insanely powerful, insanely power efficient, full OS running machine isn’t the ultimate home server?
Personally, I want to properly isolate the services with virtualization. The main reason is I expose some of the services online, and I don’t t want to only rely on keeping all software up-to-date at all times. This allows me to limit the damage if one of the services is compromised.
I wouldn’t use MacOS as the virtualization platform, and instead use something else, like BSD, Linux, or xen-based for my servers
I wouldn’t use MacOS as the virtualization platform
Mac’s can run docker you know?
I know, yes. But I’m talking about virtualization, not containerizarion
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 9 hours ago
Right, so it does basically the same thing mine does, and I don’t need an external DAS, and I can upgrade hardware, and it cost me a fraction of yours. I don’t know how much power mine uses because it’s a non-issue. My bill is the exact same as before I deployed it.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 6 hours ago
Mine will last way longer than yours, it’s way more powerful than yours so can do a multitude of things that yours couldnt ever dream of doing, I don’t need a DAS either - I could just have easily kept using my NAS for the storage without issue, and while you can upgrade your hardware that costs more money and it still won’t be as good as mine. I don’t think you understand just how much better the Mac Mini hardware is than yours lol.
Oh wow you got a magical setup that uses no power? Can you let some scientists come check it out? My power bill reduced with my new setup.
The Mac Mini M4 is objectively better than your server. Objectively, not subjectively.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 6 hours ago
An Escalade is objectively more powerful than my car; doesn’t make it better at getting groceries, and it cost eight times as much.
Anyway, enjoy your thing, I guess.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 4 hours ago
Not a good analogy.
The Mac is more efficient while having significantly more power, and more use cases.
Your setup is fine, it does what you want. That doesn’t mean this isn’t better. Yes it’s more expensive, but that’s because it’s much better hardware. Not everyone wants a Corolla, some want a Lamborghini.
themadcodger@kbin.earth 7 hours ago
What's yours look like?