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by notakio 1273 days ago
I've used the Pi (both a 3 and 4) as a temporary server when moving (read: leave the old server up at home until move-day, while placing a Pi in the new home, configured to take the www load normally pointed at my old server. I'm hosting 14 sites from home, none of which are high traffic, but under those circumstances, the Pi held up just fine. Once move-day comes, I'd make the DNS change to point at the new Pi, pack my stuff, move, then reverse that process once I've brought the old server back online.

I'd say unless your web app is resource-hungry, the Pi is totally viable as an option.