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A VPS on Hetzner with 2 shared vCPUs, 4GB ram and 40GB storage costs me less than €5 per month. I use it for services that are more “critical” compared to what runs on my home server.

I really regret getting those auto darkening glasses, can never get a picture outdoor that shows your eyes unless it’s overcast.

it does seem that most homelabs are big server racks with at least two CPUs and like 20 cores in total.

I’m not sure if your premise is correct, a lot of hardware discussion I see is people repurposing old desktops/laptops or running with sff/mff pc’s.

Why should I get a homelab instead of a regular NAS?

In case you want more than just storage like vpn services, hosting containerized applications, etc.