I dusted off my RPI4 and started tinkering with self-hosting things and it’s sparked a fire. Suddenly I have 7 docker containers running and I need more RAM, more space and I want something reliable with room to grow. I like small form factors but it doesn’t need to be RPI small. Any recs for your favorite hardware under $500?

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    Keeping storage and compute separately is the best practice but if you’re OK with combining both in one device then running docker-compose on a Synology (via SSH, + versions only) works just fine. An alternative that reduces the lock-in at the expense of more tinkering is buying an amd64 QNAP and installing Openmediavault / TrueNAS / plain Debian.

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      1 year ago

      Why is it superior to keep them separate, if you don’t mind me asking?

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        Not OP, but I’m running into some issues with my machine being both my “server” and my “NAS”.

        The biggest downside is that if I want to update my storage, I will also have to update the server, and viceversa.

        Sometimes the server goes down for whatever reason (e.g., distro update), and I lose access to the storage as well.