Do you know how much power it uses?
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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No idea! That’s one of my main concerns - justifying the power bill with hosting some cool stuff.
I think it depends on what you want to learn! I wanted to be able to clone a lot of systems I have at work, so I installed VMware via VMUG, then installed AD, radius, ADFS, SCCM, and some Linux hosts.
One of my favorites is Home Assistant. I run it in a VM on Proxmox and tinker with home automation all the time. I also recommend PiHole as a network-wide ad/tracker blocker. You can also virtualize a NAS using something like TrueNAS and store all your photos, videos, files locally.
edit: spelling