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I am actually using a OrangePiPC as:
Using Pi's to run services in my homelab which I want to keep separate from my server (to have some sort of failover in case the server goes down). Status/Monitoring, VPN server and so on
All the arrs, HA, pihole and a few smaller containers running on pi4. It was my gateway into the world of self hosting.
The only one I have running atm is for Klipper/Moonraker/Mainsail for my 3D printers.
Otherwise I find them so slow to work with that I don't really like using them, just something like an apt upgrade can take several minutes or more.
I used to use them for all my setups. Then the shortages stopped that. Nowadays I just use one big server.
I run OpenSprinkler Pi on my raspberry Pi 3 and HomeAssistant on my Pi 4. Works incredibly well for both.
I got a RPi 3B as my Pi-Hole that I'll eventually use as my Wireguard VPN, too. Hoping to get another Pi device for hosting Jellyfin on.
I'm running a Pi Zero W as a network extender!
I run a Pi4B 8GB as a home server for Plex, Nextcloud, and Torrenting. Works fine for up to 1080p x264 stuff but I might grab a Pi5 or alternative when it launches because I'd like to start storing x265 stuff too. I even opened it up to a few family members outside the household too and we barely notice the extra load
Ones dedicated to being an openvpn host for my phone to be permanently connected to (pi4), and a second runs pihole + nginx as a reverse proxy into the rest of my http(s) services (pi3b+). The vpn keeps my phone behind pihole when mobile + gives access to lan only services.
The proxy being separate lets me take any of the other machines offline and the proxy will serve a 'service unavailable'/'maintenance' page instead of just timing out the connection. It serves 2-3 8mbps video streams regularly without issue.
Basically this and a HomeAssisstant server on top.
I've got a few
I have a Turing pi V2, currently with only one CM4 module in it, running some *arrs, paperless, smb and some monitoring.
That’s awesome! Turing Pi has always fascinated me.
Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with Pihole. Its hard to look at websites without Pihole. Oh! I have another running Octopi for my 3D printer.
The first one is a Kodi player.
The second one was originally intended for RetroPi, but now it's a mp3 player running MPD, and connected to my sleep headphones.
A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
It's connected to my 3d printer and runs octoprint allowing me to upload print jobs. and control the printer from my home network.
It serves up the Pi camera video stream.
It can also switch the printers light on and off.
No cluster setup.
I'm using my RPi4 4gb to run a home media server, jellyfin and *arr stack all containerized and automated. Also syncthing for obsidian. Works perfectly
I have a Raspberry pi 1b that runs adguard home and a VPN server
I run a Pi Zero W over wifi as my backup pi-hole so that clients can still connect if my main system is updating or down. Planning to get a more powerful one for OctoPrint.
I'm using a pi4 8gb as my server, with a pi4 2gb as backup in case the first one dies. It's a very classic server, running postfix/courier-imap for mails, lighttpd for web, bind9 for dns, ergo for irc, sqlite3 for databases. I also use fail2ban for IDS and cron to run tons of various task. All of that is hosted on a Gentoo linux OS.
The one thing I don't want to use is docker. I love docker for development or for deploying the main app at work, but it makes managing updates a nightmare for handling multiple services on my server (most your containers probably contain vulnerable software due to lack of system updates), and it eats resources needlessly. Then again, it's made possible because I avoid the big webapps that usually need it.
I have 3.
Dakboard above the fridge shows calendar and shared photo album. It also runs bluetooth and serves as a relay for Homeassitant and a few kitchen devices (ie: igrill mini probe for meat).
pikvm for a desktop
pikvm+ kvm for lab rack esxi servers.
the latter two also run tailscale and allow me to SSH proxy if needed as a back VPN/remote access utility.
There is also a 4th. It runs NUT/UPS tools for their network gear and a mail relay for alerting and also tailscale so I can proxy if necessary.
Since its tailscale etc. Only key based auth is allowed on these boxes.
Got a bunch of RPIs, some of them retired.
One of the active ones runs a MediaWiki engine (if it detects my home wifi on startup, it acts as a mirror slave to the master installation on the server, if not, it opens a wifi with my home wifi's credentials and offers the wiki as read-only).
Another one runs a DB that controls a number of ESP8266 clients controlling lights, motors, and sensors.
I've got an original Pi running PiHole, I've got a Pi4 running my Plex + Servarr Suite, and a Pi2 B running a LAMPP stack and dev environment.