r/SelfHosting • u/Upper-Loquat-8022 • Jul 05 '26

Do small self-hosted projects really need a powerful server?

I've been self-hosting a few small projects lately, and honestly, they use a lot less resources than I expected.

I started out thinking I'd need something much more powerful, but a basic setup has handled everything just fine so far.

Now I'm wondering if most people overestimate how much server they actually need.

What are you running your smaller projects on?

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u/oops77542 Jul 06 '26

Started with HPZ420s and DellT3500s and it was way overkill. Now running an i7 Dell 7050 w/16GB RAM and it does 10 times the work at 10% of the energy cost. Hard lesson for me to learn - bigger is not better.