Comment on Does "Selfhosted" mean you actually have a server at home?
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 months agoWell technically a “server” is a machine dedicated to “serving” something, like a service or website or whatever. A regular desktop can be a server, it’s just not built as well as a “real” server.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 9 months ago
There is though reasons to stray from certain consumer products for server equipment.
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tristan@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Yeah I’d stay away from Mac too… but seriously most modern laptops can disable any sleep/hibernation on lid close
My go to lately is Lenovo tiny, can pick them up super cheap with 6-12 month warranties, throw in some extra ram, a new drive, haven’t had any fail on me yet
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 9 months ago
You should think before releasing dangerous information on the internet!
You can get a 2core 8GB / 240GB for 75€!!
Uh oh, I think I’ll have to buy one now…
tristan@aussie.zone 9 months ago
This is my little setup at the moment. Each is 8500t CPU, 32gb ram, 2tb nvme and 1tb SATA SSD all running in a proxmox cluster
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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Doesn’t that mean, tiny fans howling all day long?
synestine@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Only if you’ve got it cranking all day. I’ve got a couple of Tiny (they’re Micro, which is the same thing) systems that are silent when idle and nearly silent when running less than a load avg of 5. It’s only if I try to spin up a heavy, CPU-bound process that their singular fan spins fast enough to be noticable.
So don’t use one as a Mining rig, but if you want something that runs x64 workloads at 9-20 watts continuously, they’re pretty good.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Just set it to “do nothing” when lid is closed. That’s all.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 9 months ago
FWIW, this free app solves for that issue well; I have several clammed Macs running it right now:
apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=…
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
100%, and this is why businesses don’t use laptops as servers… typically 😂.
tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 9 months ago
just break the screen off. call it a headless sever.