Two small boxes over one big one is the homelab lesson I resisted for two years. Reposting for anyone about to buy a single monster server.
Devansh Rao@devansh· Jun 26
Moved the homelab off a single big server to two small ones and my uptime went UP. Turns out “everything on one box” isn’t simplicity, it’s a single point of failure wearing a simplicity costume.
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