I took static ips on my fiber and I use my older workstation as a server. I use zfs for backup of the whole thing. It is not mission critical so I can accept

I took static ips on my fiber and I use my older workstation as a server. I use zfs for backup of the whole thing. It is not mission critical so I can accept downtime. Even then, in the last year I had zero downtime. I think it can be a viable (and fun) option for many small applications.