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I love this but I'd like to know more about the hardware. As an aside, I find it amusing that commenters here say that they "self host" in the cloud. It ain't

I love this but I'd like to know more about the hardware. As an aside, I find it amusing that commenters here say that they "self host" in the cloud. It ain't self hosting unless the server is under the same roof as the family!

otter-in-a-suit 2y ago
That I can help with! :-) This is more or less still accurate hardware wise, although it predates me using proxmox: https://chollinger.com/blog/2019/04/building-a-home-server/ https://chollinger.com/blog/2019/04/building-a-home-server/ This is my SAS HBA setup for the zfs drives: https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/10/moving-a-proxmox-host-with-a-sas-hba-as-pci-passthrough-for-zfs--truenas/ https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/10/moving-a-proxmox-host-wi... The last node (besides the Pi 5 I mention) is a 2019 System76 Gazelle: https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/04/migrating-a-home-server-to-proxmox-truenas-and-zfs-or-how-to-make-your-home-network-really-complicated-for-no-good-reason/#the-redesign https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/04/migrating-a-home-server-... All re-used / commodity hardware. Drives are mostly WD Reds with mixed capacity zfs arrays (mirrored), as well as Costco sourced external drives for the laptop's storage (Seagate? I'd have to check) connected via USB (not ideal, but beats $1k+ for a rack mounted server w/ SATA or SAS drives).
- transpute 2y ago
  Thanks for the additional detail. Your blog post inspired a discussion on "Coding on iPad using self-hosted VSCode, Caddy, and code-server" (80+ comments), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41448412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41448412
sethammons 2y ago
Would you consider a VPS like a droplet on digital ocean to be self-hosted?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
  No
pxc 2y ago
I don't think that's a conventional requirement. And having done both, I frankly don't find the hardware piece of the picture very interesting. It was never where most of the action was.

otter-in-a-suit 2y ago

That I can help with! :-) This is more or less still accurate hardware wise, although it predates me using proxmox: https://chollinger.com/blog/2019/04/building-a-home-server/ https://chollinger.com/blog/2019/04/building-a-home-server/ This is my SAS HBA setup for the zfs drives: https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/10/moving-a-proxmox-host-with-a-sas-hba-as-pci-passthrough-for-zfs--truenas/ https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/10/moving-a-proxmox-host-wi... The last node (besides the Pi 5 I mention) is a 2019 System76 Gazelle: https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/04/migrating-a-home-server-to-proxmox-truenas-and-zfs-or-how-to-make-your-home-network-really-complicated-for-no-good-reason/#the-redesign https://chollinger.com/blog/2023/04/migrating-a-home-server-... All re-used / commodity hardware. Drives are mostly WD Reds with mixed capacity zfs arrays (mirrored), as well as Costco sourced external drives for the laptop's storage (Seagate? I'd have to check) connected via USB (not ideal, but beats $1k+ for a rack mounted server w/ SATA or SAS drives).

transpute 2y ago
Thanks for the additional detail. Your blog post inspired a discussion on "Coding on iPad using self-hosted VSCode, Caddy, and code-server" (80+ comments), https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41448412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41448412

sethammons 2y ago

Would you consider a VPS like a droplet on digital ocean to be self-hosted?

2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
No

pxc 2y ago

I don't think that's a conventional requirement. And having done both, I frankly don't find the hardware piece of the picture very interesting. It was never where most of the action was.