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  • remotelove@lemmy.catoSelf-Hosted Main•At what point do you begin growing your homelab?English
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    3 years ago

    I downsized as well for the same reasons. Less equipment means less care and feeding. My main desktop is powerful enough to have a few VMs running in the background while I play games.

    There is a mini-pc I use for my workbench that I use to show references for any other hobbies and it also controls my CNC when needed.

    My CAD work and games require a powerful workstation so all my money went into that. Also, electric bills can start to add up when servers are running 24x7. Plus, they can be loud.

    I am going to invest in another mini-pc soon to act as a another router and firewall, but that is about it.

  • remotelove@lemmy.catoSelf-Hosted Main•Help needed. *PleaseEnglish
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    3 years ago

    If you have some extra cash, you can get a mini-pc that has multiple ethernet ports and configure your own VPN, firewall and router. Or, just install a pfSense distro on it, or get a mini-pc with pfSense pre-installed.

    pfSense is just one option. There are probably dozens of firewall/VPN distros out there, TBH. I personally have just heard good things about pfSense, never used it personally, and just configure everything myself.

    If you are doing this just to learn cool stuff, get a small mini-pc and learn how to install and configure everything yourself. Leaning network security from the ground up is fun!

    There are cheap cloud-based options out there that handle this kind of thing for you, like someone else mentioned. However, that is not my personal preference when I have a use case like yours. (I am a control fanatic when it comes to my personal networks.)