I dusted off my RPI4 and started tinkering with self-hosting things and it’s sparked a fire. Suddenly I have 7 docker containers running and I need more RAM, more space and I want something reliable with room to grow. I like small form factors but it doesn’t need to be RPI small. Any recs for your favorite hardware under $500?

  • DunkinCoderEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    What specs is yours if you don’t mind me asking? I have a 10th hosting Proxmox and 11th hosting ESXi, but both at 32GB. Wondering if I should take the plunge and just upgrade them both max out at 64GB.

    • @zikk_transport2English
      1•1 year ago

      My specs:

      • NUC10i7FNK
      • Intel® Core™ i7-10710U Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
      • 512GB NVME SSD, I think it’s Samsung 970 pro
      • 32GB of RAM, I think it’s DDR4-2666 (fastest supported)

      I can’t comment on your “Wondering if I should take the plunge” as it highly depends on use-case. At home I am not very into HA as it gets ridiculously expensive (and I am not making money out of my services, such as Jellyfin, Homeassistant, adblocking DNS and so on).

      • DunkinCoderEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Exact same setup as you except a larger NVME. Makes sense, no need to sink excessive cash into it. :)