Every year or two I'd go through a review of all the things my homelab was running, to cut it down to a minimum number of servers / services that I considered necessary at the time.
I also went through purchasing low power consumption little machines with plenty of RAM (at the time) since memory was much more of a restriction than processing power for what I was running.
Inevitably, it all expands over time, necessitating another review after the electricity bills have noticeably risen again.
With the current RAM shortage / prices and second hand server prices, I'm back to multiple small machines. Either way, there are benefits and drawbacks.
I'm lucky enough to have solar and a house battery, so power isn't anywhere near as much of an issue, but what I've learned about myself is that I still like to optimize; I'm still a min-maxer.
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Inevitably, it all expands over time, necessitating another review after the electricity bills have noticeably risen again.
With the current RAM shortage / prices and second hand server prices, I'm back to multiple small machines. Either way, there are benefits and drawbacks.
I'm lucky enough to have solar and a house battery, so power isn't anywhere near as much of an issue, but what I've learned about myself is that I still like to optimize; I'm still a min-maxer.