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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?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very similar setup here, was running Unraid on a server with all my storage but electricity prices meant I moved my array to a Synology NAS 8bay and got a Dell 3050 Micro with a 12th gen i3 to run Unraid and keep all the Docker containers while only needing to change the mount paths

All that to say the Dell Micro is fantastic

[–] mazkarth 1 points 1 year ago

Can't fault it at all. I think mine is an older 7th gen, but was completely free from work. Along with the freebie 8tb disks. If only I could sell the old equipment. It's still great hardware, but my area simply doesn't have the population.