From my openion financial data = high availability
Get vps but cheap minipc will be more than enough if you want to tinker locally
Avoid RPI the mini pc is much more powerful in same price range
It really depends on What "SCRIPTS" you are running and what is your workload / use case
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from my experience even that 8-12k rs mini pc has enough power to run 10 + heavy containers and jelly-fin aka streaming server
review: Am Late but here's my honest review The Quality Is Good And the channels are mostly up
one thing i noticed in kids section there is no hindi language in many popular channels (CN) which impacts my personal use case
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-lCMB3njtaZjaIUYBABO_57t2Hpi2dErXFkn2KAyCvY/edit
got this from homelab india dc and sub-reddit this will be a nice fit for the thread
PS; Please dont Abuse as edit option is On for everyone
It will be used as Desk Display For Office Cameras so don't need the fastest specs + need it in Good condition
Budget: None but as cheap as possible
Also apart from this if you have any other suggestions for the same usecase please comment