RPi Alternatives for Self-hosting

Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 48 points – 5 months ago

Here is the thing, I have 4 RPi’s of different generations (all the way from Zero W to 4B 4GB) that I use to host services at home for personal use.

Lately, I have realized I am running out of RAM to host more services, not to mention not enough switch ports to connect to.

Now I know the obvious solution is to get a more powerful setup (maybe a thin client) but electricity isn’t cheap and I am not particularly in the best shape financially speaking to shell out $300+ on a decent client to host my services.

Any suggestions?

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At this price point, why are RPi’s even a thing? Wow!

Established ecosystem, I'd guess. Also brand recognition. I mean, you can tell that this one is also called "some fruit name" PI, for good reason.

Valid point, I see where you are coming from.

More and more people are asking that question every day. Especially with the company going public.