Avoid these MISTAKES while self hosting your home server !!!!

[@XTJ7]

Especially the point about virtualisation is very good. One powerful machine is often much more efficient than running several smaller ones. This is because most of the time the machines will run near idle in a homelab, but every machine has a base consumption that it won't go below, even if idle. Having 10 machines means 10x the idle consumption. Consolidating this on one more powerful system is a lot more efficient. Of course it is cool to have dedicated machines for everything, but it isn't practical :)

[@homelabchronicles739]

I agree completely, if one machine could do a perfect job, why run multiple machines which would be running at maybe 5 % of their capacity. idle power adds up to a lot when you consider year round consumption. PS: dont forget to give a sub :)

[@embeddedsigma5385]

i am using beelink U59 for my docker services. should i switch to a more powerful server?

[@homelabchronicles739]

if it fullfill you needs, dont need to upgrade