minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Separate server or all in one PC?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoI’d still prefer a separate server even if it’s only for myself: power efficiency, you don’t need to keep a power-hungry PC on when you don’t need it, but only an old laptop or a rasp Pi or whatever if your PC is down - broken, needs reinstall, having an issue that needs troubleshooting - you can still have your server stuff running expandability. Media server alone is good to stream movies to a TV, or to a phone over the web, and again the PC can be off linkfedilink
I’d still prefer a separate server even if it’s only for myself:
power efficiency, you don’t need to keep a power-hungry PC on when you don’t need it, but only an old laptop or a rasp Pi or whatever
if your PC is down - broken, needs reinstall, having an issue that needs troubleshooting - you can still have your server stuff running
expandability. Media server alone is good to stream movies to a TV, or to a phone over the web, and again the PC can be off