What device are you guys hosting on? (lemmy.world)

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I'm thinking about getting started using Docker and an older Raspberry Pi. I'm already hosting a grafana service on it, so It can't be fully dedicated to ha. So curious what everyone is using.

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago

I use a dedicated Raspberry Pi (5, previously had on a 4).

I host everything else on a different server, the HA one is dedicated. Pretty nice because then it can run HAOS and basically manages everything itself.

One factor in keeping it separate was I wanted it to be resilient. I don't want stuff to stop working if I restart my server or if the server dies for some reason. My messing around on my server is isolated from my smart home.

I also have a separate Pi (4, previously on a Pi 1B) that runs Pi-hole, on it's own Pi for the same reason - if it stops working or even pauses for a moment, the internet stops working.

[-] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago

People throw a lot of shade at the Pi but I love having dedicated hardware for some more critical projects.

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