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May I use your help? Background about my situation: I've only ever used laptops and Raspberry Pis in my life. Currently, my home server is a couple of RPis but

May I use your help? Background about my situation: I've only ever used laptops and Raspberry Pis in my life. Currently, my home server is a couple of RPis but I've outgrown them and need to upgrade. Point being, I've never built a server from scratch or even opened one up. I am planning to go with this for now: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bzYZcb https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bzYZcb What you are suggesting seems a better way for me to go about it. Can you share some links from Ebay or Amazon for the kind of servers I could get? Also, will these servers contain everything I need to get up and running (with the exception of hard drives, of course)? (I am based in the US.)

sandreas 4y ago
Well, the question is, what are your real needs and what part of you is asking for MORE POWER? :-) I personally think, that the Dell T20 is more than enough for a ONLY NAS Server and even for a small homelab. You could go for something similar to this (ebay) but I had MUCH more success in looking at "garage sale" websites (I don't know, what sites to use in the US): https://www.ebay.com/itm/175291934211?hash=item28d036a603:g:5mcAAOSwTjxiizKN https://www.ebay.com/itm/175291934211?hash=item28d036a603:g:... https://www.ebay.com/itm/284831417242?hash=item425146839a:g:97gAAOSw2rVijDR6 https://www.ebay.com/itm/284831417242?hash=item425146839a:g:... Dell T20 - but I would not invest more than 150$ incl. >= 16GB ECC RAM. HP Microserver Gen8 is more expensive, but not more than 350$ incl. >= 16GB ECC RAM. You could also consider FUJITSU PRIMERGY TX1310 M3 and better. More modern Machines include the DELL T40, but it is much more expensive.
- 6ak74rfy 4y ago
  > Well, the question is, what are your real needs and what part of you is asking for MORE POWER? :-) Ha, should have mentioned that before! I want to run a few services at home, so need more than 2 GB RAM. I'll also create a NAS/Nextcloud to store "family" data (documents, pictures etc.) but nothing "data hoarder" level. So, 4 TB would easily last us a decade or more. Do you still think I should go for such enterprise servers? (Noise, complexity etc.) Or should I just get a used desktop/laptop?

sandreas 4y ago

Well, the question is, what are your real needs and what part of you is asking for MORE POWER? :-) I personally think, that the Dell T20 is more than enough for a ONLY NAS Server and even for a small homelab. You could go for something similar to this (ebay) but I had MUCH more success in looking at "garage sale" websites (I don't know, what sites to use in the US): https://www.ebay.com/itm/175291934211?hash=item28d036a603:g:5mcAAOSwTjxiizKN https://www.ebay.com/itm/175291934211?hash=item28d036a603:g:... https://www.ebay.com/itm/284831417242?hash=item425146839a:g:97gAAOSw2rVijDR6 https://www.ebay.com/itm/284831417242?hash=item425146839a:g:... Dell T20 - but I would not invest more than 150$ incl. >= 16GB ECC RAM. HP Microserver Gen8 is more expensive, but not more than 350$ incl. >= 16GB ECC RAM. You could also consider FUJITSU PRIMERGY TX1310 M3 and better. More modern Machines include the DELL T40, but it is much more expensive.

6ak74rfy 4y ago
> Well, the question is, what are your real needs and what part of you is asking for MORE POWER? :-) Ha, should have mentioned that before! I want to run a few services at home, so need more than 2 GB RAM. I'll also create a NAS/Nextcloud to store "family" data (documents, pictures etc.) but nothing "data hoarder" level. So, 4 TB would easily last us a decade or more. Do you still think I should go for such enterprise servers? (Noise, complexity etc.) Or should I just get a used desktop/laptop?