cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24850430
EDIT: i had an rpi it died from esd i think
EDIT2: this is also my work machine and i sleep to the sound of the fans
this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2025
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Best starter for self hosting:
Although laptops technically have a built in battery backup π
I'd say not just starter... My rack is full of tiny/mini/micros. Proxmox on all, data on the three NAS boxes, easy to replace a box if needed (for example, the optiplex 7040 that the board died on).
Way quieter than a regular rack, lower power use, etc. If all goes well following an intended move, I should be able to safely power it off solar + batt only. Grand total wattage for all these boxes is less than my desktop (when I last checked at least, I was running about 300-350W. I did swap two that have dgpu's now, so maybe a touch higher).
My homelab is three Lenovo M920q systems complete with 9th gen i7 procs, 24GB ram, and 10Gbps fibre/Ceph storage. Those mini PCs can be beasts.
There are some 13th gen i9s at work that are usff (like a fat version of the tiny, they are p3 ultras) I can't wait to get my hands on at home. dGPU, 2.5gbit + 1gbit on board, 64gb ram on these as purchased, etc, etc. Total monster in under 4l.
I actually ended up with a cluster of those over a standard server for a client, way more power and lower price, and with HA to boot. Should have a few all to myself next year and I can't wait to be ridiculous with them.
I recently got a M710q with an i3 7100T. It uses around 3W on idle. I threw 8GB of RAM and a 512GB ramless NVMe for a total of under 100β¬. Absolutely would recommend (if you don't need too much storage). Also Dell has some machines.
For more info, servethehome (they have a YouTube channel and a blog) has a whole series on "tiny mini micro" machines.
Whatβs a ramless NVMe? Specifically the ramless part, I know an NVMe is an SSD.
DRAM-less NVMe drives don't have what basically amounts to a cache of readily accessible storage that makes large reads and writes faster. So they're cheaper, but slower, and wear out faster
Some fancy SSDs have additional DRAM cache:
Source
TIL, thanks!