Is it capable of hosting XMPP, IRC, Email and a simple website altogether?
i run homeassistant, pihole, 2 projects of mine using NodeJS, nextcloud, a very simple static website and Nginx for some DNS customization like pointing nc.home to a specific port. My pi is a 4GB one and for now the used RAM is not even 1 GB. I run debian with no graphical interface
How long is a piece of string?
Yes.
Xmpp, irc, email and websites are all pretty small in terms of resource usage. Where you’ll have problems are with heavy compute workloads like 3d rendering, AI, 3d gaming (sorry, no crysis), and crypto mining. They all can be done on a rpi but not done well.
Slaps board of Pi this bad boy can fit so much fucking dust in it.
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Anything she puts her mind to!
You can fit lots of stuff in 4gb of ram. Just pile on services till it starts running low.
There are a lot of factors that go into whether a big server like Google will accept your email, it’s so much work that it isn’t worth it unless you really have to. Just “self host” on proton mail or something
Don’t need to transcode though. Most devices can directstream completely fine
That he can do, indeed. Maybe even some pornhub too 😁
Mine runs OMV w/ Docker, Plex, Qbittorrent, Xteve as a virtual DVR for Plex feeding my IPTV into Plex, octobot, YouTube-dl web ui, various OSINT tools, MINIO… no issues what so ever, but I’m the only user.
And even if they can get around the port 25 block Gmail and other large email providers often block any emails coming in from a residential IP.
Oh, it can run even more! Under one little condition - nobody uses them.
Pi 5 is out very soon.
Since I tried zimaboard I would never go back to RPI, personal preference I know but I love it.
I had Docker Container mini server running on RPi4 + HDD enclosure with 4x2TB drives for almost 2 years. If i remember correctly - i had 18 or 20 containers. Usual stuff like PiHole, Plex, Transmission, FileBrowser and other stuff.
Not once i had any problems with this setup. One of the reasons i switched from RPi4 to Intel NUC + Proxmox - some of the stuff i self-host for work only available for x86 platforms.
