Home servers really start making sense when you want to host a bunch of web apps, especially if they are side projects that don't get much traffic or make money. Realistically, an app that gets 10 visitors per day needs barely any compute to run. Cloud databases in particular are what pushed me to build my server. And these days we increasingly need GPUs to run AI models, and that's where cloud costs become astronomical.
Celetra, I agree. Businesses and individuals constantly underestimate the cost of the cloud. Yes it can make things easy, but you have to be ready to pay for that model
This was a fantastic video and I agree with you on the hybrid approach. I run a few home lab servers but I also consume Azure IAAS and PAAS. Also I would suggest looking into nested virtualization for example one of my servers is a dual E5-2650 v2 with 256 gigs of ram and tons of flash storage. I do lots of nested virtualization configs with ESXI. You are also correct in regards to refreshing hardware which is something I plan on doing over the next year.
Alphabanks, yes great shout out to nested virtualization. I definitely love it as well...run at least a couple of nested vSphere clusters myself as well and it is a great way to learn and play around with things. It is amazing how well nested clusters work!
I don't recommend it but for those of us with really old, like Dell r610 servers for example, if it's possible to get working a video for installing ESXi 8.0 on them would be awesome.
@@stefanozaniboni7566 probably possible, not simple though. I don't really consider it powerful for a real workload anymore though, with all the modern instruction sets missing and terrible IPC even with upgraded CPUs... There's a reason you get them for like $150 these days.
I am trying to choose the home server. I was almost convinced to buy dl380 gen 10 with 2x intel 6152 CPU and 256gb ram. But then I watched a lot of videos how this server boots and I was disappointed. The sound it makes during boot is unacceptable for my home. I was wondering does it that loud when you load them very hard? alternative has been found as hp z8 g4 with x2 intel 8160 and 256gb ram. research I did make me think that this is just as good as dl380 setup I mentioned previously. I would like to have a advice witch one is better and how loud they are. Thanks!!!
I am looking to host 5TB database read only, including video streaming. Is it possible to run a server within reason? The information is proprietary and I don't want it leakes.
I have a Dell Server and I connect remotely to it. I want to connect a cloud to it. Do I have to use one of these cloudbase website or can I set up my own?
Goes on and on like Casey Kasem used to - without telling us anything decisive and finishes on a grand platitude ("But whatever Elvis was, Elvis was loved.") that we can do it either way. Didn't say Jack $**t on the capacity of our internet connection for a home server. Nothing on auxiliary server if #1 blows out. Nothing on having an experimental server if want to test out a new infrastructure. This guys acts like the only folks needing a home server are nerds holed up in their own house.
