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Would you Host a Public Service in your Home? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Usually, I'd aim for the cloud environments for public resources (serving more than like 20 people), as the traffic won't be hitting your home network.

Additionally, selfhosting a public service like Lemmy on your home environment probably wouldn't have the same uptime or reliability, as I only have one strong ISP signal, and no backup generator.

However, pricing wise, selfhosting at home is much cheaper for the processing power you get.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would and do. I have gig fiber which is more than enough for both my home and web service uses. The level of hardware I can bring to bear is far beyond what I could afford in a DC. Sure there are sometimes internet or power problems that you don't usually get in a DC but they are rare and are made up for by me having physical access to my servers when something goes wrong.

Plus it's fun.