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Hi guys, I am thinking of selling my old server which until now I have been using as a mini home lab. But now that I have a dedi on hetzner, I don't really see the point of keeping it around. What do you guys use your home lab for and why do you prefer it over cloud hosting?

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Massive data storage streaming and backup and game servers. Disk space and CPU and bandwidth for that in the cloud would be....a lot. A lot a lot, vs a $150 rack server off EBay and a pile of used SAS drives.

Power is pretty cheap here though. All my machines run at about 150-250 watts total, that can add up if your costs are high.

Also I just like my stuff here instead of somewhere else.