My current setup at home is two aging systems, one gaming PC that I usually put to sleep when not using and one 24hr server hidden away in a cupboard. Both are in need of an upgrade fairly shortly and I’m just wondering if a single system would be a viable option?

I’m not hosting THAT many services really. Most are just media related that would be unused when sat at the PC gaming as it’s just me that uses any of it. A strong enough CPU should be able to handle everything anything though shouldn’t it?

It seems like a good idea to me but I’m no expert. Is there anything obvious I’m missing?

  • TrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.ripEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I use several separate small servers in a Proxmox cluster. You can get a used Dell or HP SFF PC from eBay for cheap (example). The ones I am using all came with Intel T series processors that run at 35w.

    You install Proxmox like any other OS (it’s basically Debian), then you can create VMs (or LXCs) to run whatever services you want.

    If you have existing drives in a media server, you can pass those drives through to a VM pretty easily, or any PCI device, or even the entire PCI controller.