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Use desktop to self-host?
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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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By hosting services on your desktop, you are increasing your threat surface. Every additional software that you run increases your potential to catch malware. It also requires powering a beefy machine 24/7 to keep the service up, when in reality anything that isn't a media server can run on 3rd gen Intel CPUs that have relatively low TDP.
conversely you could also run them on a low end chip of a current/recent gen and get even lower power draw for equivalent or better performance
Not false, but older parts tend to be cheaper.