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Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by EliRibble@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm considering a business plan for people getting in to self-hosting. Essentially I sell you a Mikrotik router and a refurbished tiny x86 server. The idea is that the router plugs in to your home internet and the server into the router. Between the two they get the server able to handle incoming requests so that you can host services on the box and address them from the broader Internet.

The hypothesis is that $150 of equipment to avoid dozens of hours of software configuration is a worthwhile trade for some customers. I realize some people want to learn particular technologies and this is a bad fit for them. I think there are people out there that want the benefit of self-hosting, and may find it worth it to buy "self-hosting in a box".

What do you think? Would this be a useful product for some people?

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm just skimming this thread, but paragraph 2 is basically fact. I'm on my second synology box, the UI is simple and I want reliability, I don't want shit to break because of a git push on some bullshit tool. But recently I snatched a Lenovo server and threw proxmox and Debian on it, and also got a vps.

The synology is actually pretty capable, especially if it can do docker, and if you are willing to venture into (as a beginner) copy/pasting commands from the internet into the task scheduler as a half-assed way to get at the terminal, it can do literally everything that I want. But I'm a geek, why should I keep a stable, reliable system as my only machine? :p

My synology does files, some docker stuff. Lenovo does a couple docker stuff, BOINC since it's just idling most of the time, and docker for game and related hosting on my vps. Hell, this entire thing could be 'just add a network folder, and install docker and dockge/portainer'.

Though (paragraph 3) I tried and didn't like TrueNAS. Maybe it's because the synology does it already, I was just exploring, but it has that 'foss feel' where you have no idea what you are doing, even when you know what all the pieces do, and it just kinda is like 'here you go, figure it out' and leaves. I remember the UI being equally... 'designed by a programmer' let's say. It might be powerful but oof, slick it ain't.