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Beefy CPU, couple TB of HDDs and an SSD to boot off of: (comfortably) host your own private cloud. And probably a <whatever social/messaging solution you prefer
by zdkl 6y ago
Beefy CPU, couple TB of HDDs and an SSD to boot off of: (comfortably) host your own private cloud. And probably a <whatever social/messaging solution you prefer> instance for your friends & family too if you're feeling adventurous. Via authenticated Tor Hidden Services, for optimum easy-safe ratio.
Now the value of a private cloud is a subjective question, true, but personal experience suggests having it right there on home lan encourages practical use, especially in a shared flat.
- throwaway2048 6y agoall of that could be trivially done on a raspberry pi for $30 instead of a massively overspeced ARM server for $10000
- zdkl 6y agoI agree, that's what I'm rocking: a bunch of 8gig pi's doing everything from RAM, and a threadripper DB server. All at home, all for <3k out front. Equivalent monthly bill at a major hoster would be >200/month more than electricity + the cost of <low single digit> hours needed. The same setup with a more reasonably priced consumer proc (but no ECC) would be around 1.5k out front.