I’ve been planning out a proxmox server for when I eventually have money. (Shut up. It can happen. Shut up!) but I saw something today that got me thinking. Minisforums makes some pretty nice shit at a reasonable price. The entire minis market has actually become pretty great while I wasn’t looking.
I need proxmox hosting opnsense, frigate, jellyfin, homeassistant, BitTorrent, immich, sunshine, steam, and i2pd.
So there are obvious advantages to building my own shit with a trip to microcenter. But maybe these micro machines could actually handle this shit anymore. Opinions?
just a heads up - with that many services running you might want to consider a backup power solution, especially for critical stuff like home assistant. i’ve found some great deals on portable power stations on gearscouts.com that can keep a mini pc running for hours during an outage (look for LFP batteries for best longevity).
I’m probably just going to do a UPS in the rack.