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Are NUC hardware good for self hosting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by zatsando@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Pretty much what the title says, I was wondering, since I want to invest on self hosting applications and my raspberry pi 3 b+ can barely function. I don't have enormous expectations, just docker containers, nextcloud, pihosted, jellyfin... Any further suggestions (regarding the hardware) will be much appreciated.

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I hit the limit of my Raspberry Pi 4. It would periodically crash itself by overheating (Heatsink was hot to the touch) I now use a NUC. It runs excellently, and handles my home automation setup fine. Unless I start doing something extreme, I can see myself overloading it.

One of the less mentioned things with self hosting is running costs. A Pi is extremely cheap to run. A NUC is a bit more, but still well below a full blown PC. Servers can actually pull a significant load, even when idle.

[–] OptimisticPrime@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Thanks for mentioning running costs, I was curious about that. How much more do you think the NUC is costing you compared to a Pi?

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago

Not op, but a nuc idles around 5 watts, and at load can use up to 100 watts depending on specs. A raspberry pi4 idles somewhere around 3.5 watts and at load is still under 10 watts.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

From memory, I think it worked out 50-80% more power draw, on average. I might be wrong on that however, I've yet to do a will watt measurement with like for like loads. My testing was closer to both idling.

The NUC can draw more power, but has far more advanced power saving features too. I ended up budgeting using 20W.