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How to set up a self-hosted cloud with Raspberry Pi (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to build my own cloud with Raspberry Pi, but I don't know which hardware to buy.

Will it be enough if I buy a Raspberry Pi 5 and two SSDs?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

With raspberry pi prices and availability issues - I think the concensus in selfhosted community is to prefer a thin client, which would provide better performance, while being more reliable, and only slightly more power hungry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I know there are a lot of pi competitors that have some pretty good offerings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually you are right. I can buy a cheap or second hand laptop and install Nextcloud.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Wolfgang on YouTube shows several alternatives https://youtube.com/@WolfgangsChannel?si=m0r_c5JL4wRG8qBb

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Raspberry pi’s are decent budget starters, but each one will only really do one thing, and not well.

Honestly, you’re better off going with someone ‘s old pc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't have enough room for a computer and I think an old one will be noisy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

umm if you dont have room for a computer or its fan noise then maybe youre not in a position to build your own on site cloud service.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

A pi to host an SSD and run a plex server would take up as much space as two pair of socks in a sock drawer...

Just depends on what "hosting an on site cloud" means. If it's just backup storage and a local-only Plex server for one or two tvs, you could get away with the socks ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you’re simply doing cloud storage, a Raspberry Pi and SSDs will be just fine. If you’re wanting to run a bunch of processes all at once I’d recommend a Beelink or something a bit more dependable. I had Plex, HomeAssistant, AirPlay/Spotify, and NextCloud running on my rpi4 and performance was finicky. RAM was an issue and occasionally it would all crash. Raspberry Pi’s seem to do better with one or two tasks at a time in my experience. Can’t speak for the Raspberry Pi 5 though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know about Beelink, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Nice, yeah I’ve heard good things. Also, I just came across umbrel today and thought I’d share since it’s related. Looks pretty cool but don’t know how it is privacy-wise