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Looking for advice on getting started with Self Hosting (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by wil_yam_sai@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24823173

Hi folks, looking for a bit of steer to get off the ground with self hosting. My goals to start with are pretty straight forward:

I want to set up Home Assistant to move my smart devices off the cloud and fully contained within the walls of my home.

I want to set up my own little Pixelfed server for my family's use, along with some other federated socials.

From what I was looking at, I think my easiest route to doing both of these things is with a Home Assistant Yellow (built-in Zigbee and Thread system) with a Raspberry Pi 4.

I've never done anything like this before but I'm interested in learning. If anyone more experienced has any insight or direction, I'd really appreciate it! Cheers!

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[–] K3can@lemmy.radio 2 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

It's been a long time since Pi's were competitive on price.

You can get a used Lenovo Thinkcentre for $50 on eBay. A modern pi is going to cost you that much for just the board, then you still need to buy a case, power supply, SD card, and then figure out some solution for storage...

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Is it fair to compare new to used though? Also how about power consumption, if it's on for 5 years each watt costs £13, so for something that will be on a long time power is actually quite an important consideration

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

as i see it you can get an n100 mini pc with a 6w tdp for as much as a 8-16gb rasberry pi 5 kit

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Typically how close is the TDP of the CPU to the full system power draw? Can see a few refurbished on ebay that don't look too bad

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago

looks like the total power draw of an n100 mini pc is 8-27 watts total, while the pi is 4-9 watts but it has a faster cpu, better video decode, vastly better gpu and better compatibility, being x86.

Ultimately the decision is up to you, but i think that outwheighs the higher power costs.

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