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