[ekianjo]

> on just electricity to run my home server than it would cost to pay for the services it provided. Not to mention the initial cost of the hardware you need to host it.

Most servers with enough GB of RAM and powerful processors can cost in the 50/100 USD range to rent per month. It's much cheaper to self host beyond a rock bottom VPS. Leaving a modern PC on the whole time will not cost that much in a month, and what you invest in hardware will pay for itself with the difference over time.

[detaro]

enough RAM for what? Without diving into the bargain bin, I get a 64 GB VPS or dedicated server for ~$50, that's quite a lot. (And I don't need it, so I pay ~11€ for a 16 GB VPS, and even that's overkill for me)

[maccard]

Where are you getting 64GB of ram on a dedicated server for $50/month? Even OVH and hetzner charge almost double that.

[detaro]

Hetzner EX42 and AX41 both start at 40.46 € (local price, so incl. 19% VAT), how is that almost $100?

[stan_rogers]

If you need multiple GB of RAM, you're probably doing it wrong.

[ekianjo]

doing what wrong? There are applications that require several GB of RAM.

[lapinot]

Do you mean gitlab? :)

[ekianjo]

Nifi, Kafka, etc...