First small home server, what hardware would you recommend?
Recently I started experimenting with making small localhost websites for me and my partner to use. Stuff like: Game related To-Do lists, Quest trackers, Shopping lists and "inventory" of presents we have for our families (we both have to travel quite the distance, so if we forget a present, it can be a long time before the next opportunity)
However, I currently have these running on my own computer and only while I am using it. If I go to bed early or just am not home, my girlfriend cannot use them.
Therefore I'm looking to build my first small home server and would appreciate some hardware recommendations.
My initial use cases are fairly lightweight, as mentioned above. But I might in the future want to do some experiments and potentially add other self-hosted services (examples: local git server, media share...)
My main priorities are:
- Low power consumption
- Small and quiet
- Reasonably inexpensive
- Reliable enough to leave running 24/7
I'm dealing with German prices and German market.
I've been looking at Raspberry Pis, but I'm not committed to one if there are better options.
What hardware would you recommend for something like this?
Thanks!