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Thatβs exactly what I did. $80 Optiplex. Plus new 2TB SSD.
Nailed it
Oh, I ad to add a UPS too. But thatβs because I run a Lightning node. Otherwise I would not care that much.
My "server rack" is literally 3 10 year old Dell laptops.
My HP Elitedesk agrees π
There's always loads coming off lease, and posts are available too. Good options. Lenovo has lots of options too.
*parts are...
Have had my dell optiplex since 2022, still humming. Had umbrel but migrated to start 9
100% The only tinkering I would suggest is finding a compatible power source and try to reduce the usage because those suckers are power hungry. 825w power supply and unless you adjust some settings it runs hot.
#noderunners #nodestrichβ‘οΈ
View quoted note βYup, i have a dell optiplex with a 1tb in it running start9 right now! Got it from a local computer repair shop cheap for cash.
It even has a cd drive π€£
Old employer from years ago used to upgrade/recycle dev laptops periodically, but were usually fine with letting the devs keep the old hardware afterwards (minus the disk) if we asked.
...yada yada yada...I have a rock solid bitcoin node.
Team Elitedesk + 2TB
What makes you run a LN node in a server instead of using Zeus, Phoenix or, god forbid, lightspark?
This is a way!
a more powerfull node, helps with routing lightning payments across the network. enables zaps and other payments. just another node on the network. improves its overall performance.
This is the way. Thinkcentre and Nuc are a decent place to start.
Proxmox
I think i have a 2015 HP Prodesk 600 G2. It runs about 10ish different services flawlessly and it looks like a squashed intel nuc.
CPU is not so important. Anything released in the last 20 years has 2 cores or more, you get more bang for your buck getting the higher amount of RAM. (8 vs 4 or 16 vs 8).
