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Server vs miniPC dilemma for homelab (piefed.zip)
 

I'm currently facing a dilemma. Right now, I have a synology NAS that I use to host my homelab containers (*arr, pi-hole, vaultwarden, Plex, etc).

I am planning to offload as much of that as possible to a dedicated machine, which hopefully will allow me to continue self-hosting even more demanding services (Immich, etc).

I was lucky enough to get a proper server - Supermicro, for free, with 64GB Ram DDR4 and 1TB. However, I plugged it in and that thing is NOISY.

My rack will be in the home office, where I will spend at least 8 hours a day, so I can't afford that level of noise.

What should I do? Should I try to sell the supermicro and buy something else with that money? Should I keep the RAM and SSD (and CPUs?) and build something else with them? Are there any quiet servers I could look into (I am guessing better performance but more expensive), or Should I go the MiniPC route instead (cheaper and smaller, but more limited specs)?

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[–] 3 points 6 months ago

Starlink is LEO, so the only real alternative out there today is Oneweb. Oneweb was originally British, now owned by Eutelsat, French.

Sad news is Oneweb is really not close to Starlink's offering. Their service level is not the same - bandwidth hardly reaches 100Mbps while Starlink is over 300Mbps (and increasing). It is not as user friendly - plug and play - as Starlink is, and their business model is also different. OneWeb is more aimed at B2B, with guaranteed throughput options (something that starlink does not offer), but a pricing that is significantly higher than Starlink. Both the subscription and the terminals. OneWeb is more like the LEO evolution of the traditional GEO VSAT technology, while Starlink represents a technological breakthrough.

Reality is, almost no-one is using OneWeb today. Only reasons being: sovereignty or coverage gaps by Starlink.

A real contender will be Amazon Leo when it is ready. But that is also American, and it will still be almost a year before actual usable service, I am guessing. But looks promising - native integration with AWS is mwah (chef's kiss).

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    Thanks for the initiative!

    Any family multiplayer that I can play with my daughter and wife?

    EDIT: I received Frog Detective! Thanks, looks super fun to play with the little one! :)

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