Comment by whatever1
1 year ago
But you need a static IP, stable internet, UPS, and permission from your wife to have a 24/7 powered noisy box in a room
1 year ago
But you need a static IP, stable internet, UPS, and permission from your wife to have a 24/7 powered noisy box in a room
I pay less than $5/mth for a VPS with static IP and 1GB/mth transfer. If I get close to any of my CPU/Memory/Disk/Transfer capacity I get a friendly email letting me know that I might want to add more capacity.
You don't need a static IP. You can use dynamic DNS or a free product such as Cloudflare Tunnel.
Dynamic type IP doesn't usually change for no reason, work around whatever instability you have, set BIOS so PC auto-restarts and OS launches apps when failed power returns, get a mini fanless PC which can be easily concealed, and you don't even need to tell anyone who doesn't have a need to know.
Whether that includes your wife or not is up to you ;)
I mean, the C10k problem was coined in 1999[0]. A 10W raspberry pi is going to be faster than any server of that day, so it depends on what exactly you are hosting if you need the noisy box.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10k_problem
How sensitive are you if you think a rpi is noisy?