I'm hosting my static blog site on a physical Raspberry Pi 3B+ powered by Solar [1]. That blog post got hugged by HN but it didn't even raise the CPU above 10%

I'm hosting my static blog site on a physical Raspberry Pi 3B+ powered by Solar [1]. That blog post got hugged by HN but it didn't even raise the CPU above 10% on a single core. And a Raspberry Pi 3B+ is dog slow. And severely limited by bandwidth, unlike the Raspberry Pi 4B+. (But it uses less power so that's why I use a 3B+). However I have another point to make. Professional rack-mount servers from HP and Dell can be had second hand for dirt cheap and you get a ton of CPU (20+ cores) and an ocean of RAM for next to nothing. For many applications, an old Gen8 or similar Dell server will perform more than adequately. Even more so if you have a little bit more to spend on Gen9. They are so cheap that you can like buy four to eight, sprinkle them across two different datacenters and even if one breaks, you won't be in any hurry. [1]: https://louwrentius.com/this-blog-is-now-running-on-solar-power.html https://louwrentius.com/this-blog-is-now-running-on-solar-po...