I’m trying to start out self-hosting and was looking for some good servers. I have a budget of ~100 USD and am in the US. I was initially going to get some type of raspberry pi but they seem to always be sold out here
I’m trying to start out self-hosting and was looking for some good servers. I have a budget of ~100 USD and am in the US. I was initially going to get some type of raspberry pi but they seem to always be sold out here
Yes the immediate cost is lower, but when drive fails? You need to consider some RAID setup then so that means at least 2 of them. Well depends how much your data is worth…
Also consider that computers need external battery power for short power shortage and lightning protection. At least battery requires replacement every few years.
Thank you for your comment, however, considering that renting a VPS with similar specs would cost twice, if not more, for a single year, I believe that factoring in a second drive for RAID configuration and a potential UPS (although I would not mind the downtime) is more than possible.
Hey, we can continue if you would like. Downtime is not a problem, the problem is sudden cut of electricity of a machine. That can cause write issues on disks and not to mention HW failure. And 2TB volumes in cloud are a pricing problem if you need them. But for 99% of cases there is no need for it. You can use R2 or B2 which costs ~250eur/year at 2TB Also depend what you store there. On these storages you should not store illegal data, at least not unencrypted.