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submitted 5 days ago by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello!

I attempted self hosting a while ago, but it wasn't a very smooth experience because I had no wifi, no ssd, no room and no time. I want to get back into it, and I was wondering if I would want to build a new pc. I think it's a hp compaq 6200 pro Here are the specs: I3 2100 3x4gb ram 250gb +8tb hdd

I would be selfhosting alot of projects, and will try alot of new things constantly, but I definitely want: Jellyfin Immich Password manager Pi-Hole Minecraft server(modded) Qbittorrent

And I'd possibly want: File server(Nextcloud is cool, but it's a bit too complicated for me) Gitea Code-server Llm Url shortener

Computers here are quite cheap, and I could find an old office desktop with 10th gen intel for about 100€ with relative ease. I could also build it myself, with an old office cpu and motherboard, but that would cost more. What do y'all advise? Can this all be done on a budget setup, excluding the llm? Is upgradeability a problem in office computers?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (10 children)

I have 3 raspberry PIs, 4 various lenovo tiny PCs all in a kubernetes cluster and it seems I need more RAM than CPU. Storage is on a DIY NAS with 8*8TB disks in a raid 6.

I run bookstack, nextcloud, 2007scape, gitea, synapse, the *are stack, Plex, and a bunch of other things.

If I was just starting out I'd grab a used lenovo tiny or two, set up a docker cluster and play with that. There is software to replicate local storage across nodes that I've never touched but I'd try out a few of them also if you don't want to use a NAS. Worst case, just use local storage and the containers will be locked to that host.

I think Proxmox let's you run VMs and Containers too if you prefer that route.

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Why swarm and not not k3s?

[–] jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What are the practical differences between swarms and k3s?

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 1 points 4 days ago

The control plane, I guess…

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