Comment on (Why) would it be "bad practice" to separate CPU and storage to separate devices?
a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Would it be bad practice?
No, it’s fine. Especially for people who self host. Use what you have available to you as best you can
Why would it be bad practice?
Depends on your use case. A gigabit connection and hard drives are fine for something like a personal media server or simple file storage but if you wanted to edit video or play games from the NAS, you might look into upgrading to SSDs and getting a faster connection to the PC
SoNick@readit.buzz 1 year ago
@a_fancy_kiwi Exactly! In a business environment where you need to squeeze every possible penny and every second of downtime is money lost, OP is introducing additional potential points of failure.
In a homelab where downtime is just an inconvenience? Go for it! Try it for yourself and see how you like it!
@PlutoniumAcid