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If not a Pi, try to go for those (used)mini PCs, they will allow you a bit more power than a Pi and cost just about the same. Then get docker on it and you're all set for easy deployments.
And look up homelab youtubers, they have some good tutorials for beginners. thats where i started. Jim's garage would be my recommendation, especially his older videos about hardware, security and networking basics. You will need to learn these to keep things secure.
The Pi needs to stop being used and recommended for everything under the sun. Even its power consumption isn't competitive.
It was :(
My pi 4 is right on the cusp. 3 B+ was the best when it came to no dongles and power. Now its taking about the same power as a mini PC and you have to by the enclosure, fans/heatsink/dongles/etc..etc... I suppose you can still buy the old pis but man I miss when that was the form factor they were going for.
I bring over my 3/4 for hacking projects all the time. But I cant justify the 5 without looking at getting a mini pc for 10$ more and it comes with a hard drive ment to last longer than an SD.
This. Go pick up something like a used Lenovo Tiny. You'll get way more power and flexibility
Thank you both, got similar advice on the original post on going more mini pc route! Can't say I've done much research on them, but will certainly take a look using the Lenovo Tiny as a bench!
I use optiplexes because you can change out internals. Also cheap’
Thanks, will give it a look!
I think mine run 20-40 dollars in electricity a year. I run maybe 20 containers on them.