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Would you buy "self-hosted in a box" hardware? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by EliRibble@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm considering a business plan for people getting in to self-hosting. Essentially I sell you a Mikrotik router and a refurbished tiny x86 server. The idea is that the router plugs in to your home internet and the server into the router. Between the two they get the server able to handle incoming requests so that you can host services on the box and address them from the broader Internet.

The hypothesis is that $150 of equipment to avoid dozens of hours of software configuration is a worthwhile trade for some customers. I realize some people want to learn particular technologies and this is a bad fit for them. I think there are people out there that want the benefit of self-hosting, and may find it worth it to buy "self-hosting in a box".

What do you think? Would this be a useful product for some people?

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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
AP	WiFi Access Point
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
ESXi	VMWare virtual machine hypervisor
Git	Popular version control system, primarily for code
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
LTS	Long Term Support software version
LTT	Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
NFS	Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency
Plex	Brand of media server package
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
SSD	Solid State Drive mass storage
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

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