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Looking for low power devices for selfhosting (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi friends. I'm a newbie in self-hosting, though I've been managing (virtual) linux servers at work for a couple of years. I'm completely ignorant on the hardware choices out there, hopefully you can point me to the right direction.

Here are my requisites:

Low power consumption, I plan to have it connected 24/7 and I'm kinda concerned on how much it will impact the electricity bill
Ethernet port, preferably gigabit but whatever
Graphical performance is not important as I don't plan to connect it to any display. As long as I can ssh into it, I'm good.

Services I plan on installing, for starters:

casaOS
pi-hole, or equivalent
Home Assistant
Kitchen Owl (nice to have)
Paperless-ngx (nice to have)

I live in europe and my budget is around 80 euros or so. Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Try a used laptop. Cheap, power efficient, built in UPS, small. Can be quite powerful and some are even upgradable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dammit, I have a few of those, you're killing my excuse to buy a new toy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Let me help you with that: what if you need more power? or what if you need something smaller due to size constraints or maybe what if the old battery can't handle 24/7?. Pick one!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Even has a KVM for emergency access ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

absolutely this.