Build Your Own, Hardware

Build your own server 32 CPU 128 GB

Benefits

  • Virtualize your NAS
  • Virtualize your Router
  • Host more applications than you could on a RaspberryPI
  • Enjoy the benefits of being able to run any application, as it will be x86
  • If you want to have a cloud service, you could ship your server to a datacenter for high bandwidth and multiple public IPs
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Item List and Costs

  • SuperMicro X10SRL-F – $400 to $500 on Ebay
  • Intel Xeon CPU E5-2683 v4 – $100 on Ebay
  • SAMSUNG M393A4K40BB1-CRC 32GB – $50 Each on Ebay, should get at least 4
  • Fractal Design Define R5 – Mid Tower – $150
  • Any decent ATX Power supply – $150

Total

For around $1000 dollars you could have a pretty robust server that you can run Proxmox Virtual Environment and run hundreds of VMs or LXCs to self host your applications. You could virtualize your NAS, by running TrueNAS or other virtual NAS inside of Proxmox.

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