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HDD or SSD for a home server? (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm new to this stuff so go easy on me.

So I want to get into selfhosting, and I've decided to get a Raspberry Pi 5. I plan to attach drives to it, from about 500GB-1TB. I'm on a budget, preferably under $100.

I want to host these things:

A personal lemmy instance
A samba server, to store files and backups
A mail server
A few other light docker containers

I was wondering whether I should get an SSD or an HDD for these. Lemmy would probably like an SSD because it uses Postgres, but an HDD would be better for storage since I get more GB per dollar.

What should I go with?

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (4 children)

While I run my own Lemmy instance, I can say with 100% certainty - do not host a Lemmy instance on your own hardware.

It's tempting, and I did, but don't. The reason? CSAM. Your hosting stuff for other people, and if someone uploads something horrible to another instance, that is federated with you. That means now you are hosting that content.

The feds then have full rights to kick down your door and seize your hardware. On the cloud however, they'll seize your VM , but your home stuff is okay.

Hosting Lemmy is great - but it's something you really have to think about. Hosting your content is awesome, fun, and rewarding. I've learned hosting other people's content is.... Not as fun.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Is this really still true about images federating in Lemmy? In any case, I think the problem can be avoided by disabling pict-rs.

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