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KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months agoyeah, i literally selfhost a server, running like 8 different services. I’m quite acclimated to it by now. Using a phone for this kind of thing is the wrong device. A chromebook is going to be a better alternative. You can probably get those cheaper anyway.
A big problem with phones is that they just aren’t really designed for that kind of thing, you leave a phone plugged in constantly and it’s going to spicy pillow itself. Let alone even trying to do that on something that isn’t an android. I cannot imagine the hell that self hosting on an android would be, let alone on an iphone.
I could see a usecase for it as a network relay in the event that you need a hyper portable node or something. GLHF with the dongling if you need those.
Unfortunately, if you already have a server, it’s going to be better to just spin up a new task on that server, as the cost of running a new device is going to outweight the cost of just using an existing one that’s already running. Also, you can get stuff like a raspi or le potato for pretty cheap also. not very powerful, but probably more utility, especially given the IO.
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, god forbids anyone ever does anything subpar or worse…for fun 😱
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
i’m not saying that you can’t but like, you shouldn’t buy a phone with the prospect to turn it into a server. You should sell your old phone. Or use it until it dies. That’s probably going to be better in the long run honestly. You use a laptop? A desktop? All of those can be converted into a server with MUCH longer lifespans, and better software support.
Mobile hardware often has a support period of like 2-3 years, although that’s changed recently, the hardware expectancy is probably more like 5 years at most. Meanwhile, desktop hardware, and mobile hardware in particular can easily last like 10 years. Even longer if you’re ok with running legacy hardware.
My primary mobile laptops are 10 12 years old respectively. They’re perfectly fine for what i need. I would NOT want to be using a 10 year old phone for that.
If you aren’t the type of person buying or owning laptops, you almost certainly do not know what self hosting is.