It'd be massively overkill for me, so even if it's technically a "good value", it doesn't make sense to buy one if my cluster of $60 thinkcentres is chugging along without an issue (and I get HA).
On the other hand, if you need all that extra performance for something, then it's probably a great buy (hence its popularity here).
Yeah. I briefly explored some other possibilities in the post, including a potential self-hosted option, but ultimately landed on CF as a practical compromise.
Crowdsec does it by using crowd-sourced blocklists (hence the name). So if an IP triggers a scenario on other machines, that malicious address will be proactively added to your blocklist before it ever gets a chance to impact your machine.
That is the big advantage of crowdsec over reactive-only solutions, like fail2ban.
On one hand, hardware is a fundamental aspect of self hosting. There's already a portion of the community who considers self-hosting to include using commercially-hosted cloud services (as long as it's not Google), so prohibiting hardware discussion just reinforces that concept. Plus, it can be really fun to see what creative hardware people come up. I'm pretty sure I posted about my Fediverse server running on a WiFi router here, for example. The focus was on the unusual hardware, but it was also clearly related to self-hosting.
On the other hand, looking at what is posted in other communities, I don't think there's a ton of value in seeing a dozen photos of a bone-stock rpi or a closed laptop sitting on a desk. Same with the nth post asking if their 30-year-old 1u would be a good choice for Jellyfin; so I see why the rule exists.
Overall, though, I think hardware should be allowed, but maybe add a rule along the lines of "if you're posting a question, please include what resources you've already reviewed or troubleshooting steps you've already taken."
Heck, that might be a good rule for all questions, regardless of topic...
I'll second podman quadlets. Good security, full integration with systemd, pods allow applications to easily share a namespace, and you can manage graphically through Cockpit if you really want to.
Really depends.
It'd be massively overkill for me, so even if it's technically a "good value", it doesn't make sense to buy one if my cluster of $60 thinkcentres is chugging along without an issue (and I get HA).
On the other hand, if you need all that extra performance for something, then it's probably a great buy (hence its popularity here).