That’s not mid-life, that’s entire-life.
The more you’re willing to do yourself, the cheaper the car gets.
It’s basically a hobby meant for sysadmins and they don’t even realize it!
Por qué no los dos?
Opportunity cost
Hmm which depreciates faster?
Some of these cases are so expensive. I am wanting a Super Micro CSE-836 style case to upgrade my NAS and I have an eBay alert I set a few years ago when I couldn’t quite justify spending the money. Turns out I should have because even used the prices are going up and up.
Been a few years since I looked, but HP’s DL line used to be reasonably affordable.
A super fast car is a toy, fast electronics are useful tools.
Sure, but from some point up enterprise-class tech stops making sense for home use.
A super fast car is a tool to make me happier. Not that I’ll ever be able to afford one.
The Miata and the BRZ/GR86 aren’t fast though.
I hate this meme and yes absolutely
Is it really a midlife crisis when you’re just buying the toys you ways wanted because you can finally afford it?
I built a ridiculous computer with RGB everything a few months back… It’s dumb as hell but I always wanted one and at this point why not?
Sorta. But I think the problematic part of a midlife crisis is the irresponsible reckless behavior (say unaccounted for big expenses) that affect the people around you. If you’re not doing that then pop off, have fun, life is short!!
It’s not a midlife crisis!
I actually desperately need this, my current server’s just not specced right for the 2 dozen VM’s I still want to add.VM’s I still
So each VM has their own iStill? That’s a new $2ooo gadget from apple?
Not sure I’m parsing the apostrophe correctly. They’re still not for pluralization EVER, right?
when pluralizing an acronym you add an apostroph
Mid-life crisis? I’m in my mid-20s!
Who’s gonna tell him?
Why not both? My homelab supports car related activities.
Probably why I don’t have the Porsche though.
I went the route of modest homelab with some mini PCs/Pis/NAS, and a decidedly not modest sim racing rig.
I like to say that for my midlife crisis I bought all the cars. I’m very funny.
I have 4 DL360s with 96GB RAM each to run a K8s cluster with a handful of containers
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your internal use only web-app for syncing your garage door with your media sever don’t need all that
YOU DONT KNOW ME
Lies
Yea! He just needs a single dual proc server with 1TB of RAM like mine instead!
😂 are you consuming market data for the entirety of North America?
I have 4 DL360s with 96GB RAM each to run a K8s cluster with a handful of containers
If someone is paying you to host those and covering your costs, go wild! However, as a hobby you may be spending $925/year or more for electricity to run those in the Midwest. $1,387 if you’re living in Boston, $1,850 if you’re living in California.
In one year you may have been able to buy more new power efficient hardware from just what you’re spending on juice.
I am sure there are people who spend more than that in a year on their own hobbies.
My point is, you can possibly spend the same money and get better hardware that isn’t so power hungry and have a better experience with your hobby.
Fuck it, we ball
Curious how you calculated that? What system load is it based on? Idle? Max?
Curious how you calculated that? What system load is it based on? Idle? Max?
Very much an estimate because OP didn’t mention what generation DL360 they had, how many CPUs, drives, etc. So I assumed 120W continuous 24/7/365 consumption which is pretty low. Assuming 22 cents per KWh for midwest, 33 cents/KWh for Boston and 44 cents/KWh for California.
OP is likely drawing much more than my estimate.
Seems realistic. Thanks for the details.
makes same sound
Gento fans go brrrrr
I watched my father go this way and I shan’t let it happen to me! I’ve bought a motorcycle like a normal fat, middle-aged man.
Me who finds really cheap eBay hardware:
Me who digs stuff out of e-waste bins in office building parking garages.
