I really want to get into self hosting a Nostr relay...

On your Start9?

I'm running umbrel but I want to move over to start9. I also want to move off of my raspberry pi too... But is running a relay on a start9 viable?? Like, do I need a 12tb hard-drive or something for the set up? Opening up my internet for a relay seems dangerous...

running a personal relay as a backup for your own notes is totally safe and a really good place to start if you'rr self hosting. Also, a private whitelisted relay for family (+ friends) is good.

Yeah that seems like a good place to start. As a backup for my own notes. But it does seem like eventually we'll need to end up needing to self hosting noornode and BM relays if we're gonna be all properly cypherpunk about this

NoorNode's got a lot of scaling to do before we make that kind of move.