rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1586arrow-down114
arrow-up1572arrow-down1imageAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldrockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squareElegast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoyep! I used to run an old Dell R610. Used a decent amount of power. Switched to an old 4th gen quadcore i7 laptop. Been running great, uses less power, has a built in display and keyboard. Linux base, Docker Env for most everything else.
minus-squarekarlthemailman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAnd a built in ups if your battery is still good
minus-squareElegast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyeah that’s nice. Though I’ve read that it’s a good idea to bypass the battery due to the device being on more it could cause the battery damage?
minus-squarerockhandle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agomost modern laptops automatically switch to A/C power at 100% so it’s not much of an issue nowadays
minus-squarequent1500@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut the point of self hosting is to physically have your data ?!
yep!
I used to run an old Dell R610. Used a decent amount of power.
Switched to an old 4th gen quadcore i7 laptop.
Been running great, uses less power, has a built in display and keyboard.
Linux base, Docker Env for most everything else.
And a built in ups if your battery is still good
yeah that’s nice. Though I’ve read that it’s a good idea to bypass the battery due to the device being on more it could cause the battery damage?
most modern laptops automatically switch to A/C power at 100% so it’s not much of an issue nowadays
But the point of self hosting is to physically have your data ?!