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Is Mac Mini suitable for self-hosted server? (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by iso@lemy.lol to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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The price seems pretty good. I don't really know much about mini PCs. Do you think there is a better alternative?

Update: ok, not price efficient. Noted 👍

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[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It is very good but depend on what you want to host.

I have a second hand cheapest M2 with Asahi Linux and some container (like pihole) but not much. I like that it is small, silent and energy efficient (and it can run Xplane12 in 4k !). But I have an homemade NAS so most of the multimedia stuff and containers are on here and not on the MacMini.

The M4 seems incredible, but Asahi Linux only support M1 and 2 at the moment (it might work with M4 tho).

The problem with the mini would be disk space if you are looking for a NAS usage, although I have seen here on lemmy a dude making a Mac Mini NAS (can't find the post anymore).

But even without Asahi, an M4 with Mac OS, docker and a VM if needed would be plenty of power for price and energy. You can also upgrade to a 10Gbe NIC if your network supports it. Plug it to some screens and you have a workstation + docker server in one place.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

DAS enclosures are super easy to set up. Disk won’t be a big issue if you go that route.