Anyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lol

3 years ago by rockhandle to c/selfhosted

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Elegast 10 points 3 years ago

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.

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karlthemailman 9 points 3 years ago

And a built in ups if your battery is still good

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Elegast 1 point 3 years ago

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?

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quent1500 1 point 3 years ago

But the point of self hosting is to physically have your data ?!

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