Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
    180·
    1 year ago

    Self-hosting apps / homelab

    Getting used enterprise gear is not prohibitively expensive, but the electric bills balloon very quickly.

    • PlexSheep@feddit.de
      45·
      1 year ago

      I currently bought an old desktop from a friend that I use as my Homeserver.

      • I bought 3 HDDs for storage
      • I rent a VPS
      • I rented Proton to host mail for my domain, but switched to netcup groupware because that sucked.
      • Some domains
      • Electricity

      Wow I thought it was way more.

      One time costs: ~500€ Monthly costs: ~15€ Plus electricity, but I have solar. I assume it’s about 150€/year

      But I’m a cheap selfhosted, but eventually, I will have a huge ass Enterprise Level Rack in my basement.

        • PlexSheep@feddit.de
          2·
          1 year ago

          Would be cool if we found some kind of use for the community of people that likes to host network infrastructure. We could be a cdn or share compute, with the power of the federation!

    • davefischer@beehaw.orgEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I ran a “midrange” Sun at home for about ten years. The electric bill was painful, but I never had to turn on the heat in the winter.

    • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      I’m glad I quickly stopped “homelab” after my old laptop that I used as a server in a cupboard died. Switched to a rented root server for all my selfhosting needs since.

    • Mike D.@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yep. Half height rack, a couple servers, UPS, switch, etc.

      And I still keep looking at used gear. Being in Silicon Valley there is always a deal to be had.