[therealfiona]

What ever you have laying around is a great starting point.

It all comes down to what you want to spend vs what you want to host and how you want to host it.

You could build a raspberry pi docker swarm cluster and get very far. Heck, a single Pi 5 with 4gb of memory will get you on your way. Or you could use an old computer and get just as far. Or you could use a full blown rack mount server with a real IPMI. Or you could use a VPS and accomplish the same thing in the cloud.

[troupo]

> You could build a raspberry pi docker swarm cluster and get very far. Heck, a single Pi 5 with 4gb of memory will get you on your way.

No, you couldn't, and no, you wouldn't.

To build a swarm you need a lot of fiddling and tooling. Where are you keeping them? How are they all connected? What's the clustering software? How is this any better than an old PC with a few SSDs?

Raspberry Pi with any amount of RAM is an exercise in frustration: it's abysmally slow for any kind of work or experimentation.

Really, the only useful advice is to use an old PC or use a VPS or a dedicated server somewhere.

[thayne]

And what if I don't have anything lying around?

[chasd00]

A mid-range gaming build without the GPU is capable of running a full saas stack for a small company let alone an individual.

https://pcmasterrace.org/builds

[FinnKuhn]

Depends on what you want to do with it. To start any old free PC that you can find online is going to work for experimenting with it.

[nicce]

If you plan to run 24/7, buy some proper fans and undervolt/set power limits to CPU and you will be saving with noise and electricity.

[nickthegreek]

n150