Curious to know what the experiences are for those who are sticking to bare metal. Would like to better understand what keeps such admins from migrating to containers, Docker, Podman, Virtual Machines, etc. What keeps you on bare metal in 2025?

  • 51dusty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    my two bare metal servers are the file server and music server. I have other services in a pi cluster.

    file server because I can’t think of why I would need to use a container.

    the music software is proprietary and requires additional complications to get it to work properly…or at all, in a container. it also does not like sharing resources and is CPU heavy when playing to multiple sources.

    if either of these machines die, a temporary replacement can be sourced very easily(e.g. the back of my server closet) and recreated from backups while I purchase new or fix/rebuild the broken one.

    IMO the only reliable method for containers is a cluster because if you’re running several containers on a device and it fails you’ve lost several services.

      • 51dusty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I followed one of the many guides for installing proxmox on Rpis. 3node, 4gb rpi4s

        I use the cluster for lighter services like Trilium, FreshRss, secondary DNS, a jumpbox… and something else I forget. I’m going to try immich and see how it performs.

        my recent goto for cheap($200-300) servers are Debian + old Intel Macbook pros. I have two Minecraft bedrock servers on MBPs… one an i5, the other an i7.

        I also use a Lenovo laptop to host some industrial control software for work.