I recently bought a domain from Porkbun (thanks to all of the comments on this post!) and I want to self-host some services myself. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and I’m not quite sure if it can handle these things:

  • A matrix homeserver
  • A lemmy instance
  • A website with static HTML pages
  • Privacy-respecting frontends (Piped, Redlib etc.)

I am thinking about getting a maxed-out Raspberry Pi 5 with a whole 8 Gigabytes of RAM. Is it worth it? I need a machine that is quiet, doesn’t draw that much power and is overall pretty good for the money.

  • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    Just looked them up, and found products 2x my Pi 5. Maybe there are sales out there?

      • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        I got a Dell Optiplex for £68 on eBay to replace my pi4b Home Assistant.

        It’s running Home Assistant plus a Windows machine Arr stack with Plex and transcoding, a music server, a NAS storage and Adguard at the moment and I still have ram to spare.

    • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      RPi5, plus a PSU, plus a storage device, plus any extra cooling, plus a case ends up about the same as an N100 without anything extra. For the extra $10 or so, the N100 ends up being the better buy.

      • Ebby@lemmy.ssba.comEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Just bought one a month ago. RPi5 was $80 (8gb ram, $60 for 4gb), case with fan was $5 and USB-C PD supply was $10.

        Lowest n100 I see is $150. Still, they do look more beefy and probably worth it for some.

        • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          A case for $5 is a good find unless you found literally the cheapest thing you could find. For a half decent case I’d expect $10-20, and more if you want something fancy.

          What are you doing for storage?