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I don't know your situation, but can't you use an old PC to start your self-hosting journey? It's what I did. It costs me less in electricity than a VPS but it

I don't know your situation, but can't you use an old PC to start your self-hosting journey? It's what I did. It costs me less in electricity than a VPS but it's way more powerful. The only thing I eventually bought was an UPS, because for some reason I regularly have micro power cuts at home.

enobrev 4y ago
This is exactly my setup. I build a new desktop from scrath every 5-7 years (upgrading incrementally in between) and my last desktop is now my server. Added 5 pairs of 10tb drives using zfs and the thing is so reliable I sometimes forget I'm hosting it at home. I have it connected to a small UPS due to the occasional random brown-out in my neighborhood. The server only runs on the UPS for about 15 minutes, but during the rare substantial power outage, that's enough for me to power it down gently. I also have a little desktop Lenovo PC I found cheap (used) at microcenter that I use as my primary zwave hub with a custom MQTT/JS based home automation script. This replaced a Raspberry Pi, which I loved, but after losing the storage a couple times, I no longer rely upon as a primary server