Pretend your only other hardware is a repurposed HP Prodesk and your budget is bottom-barrel

  • phanto@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I would haunt eBay for an old file bay, such as an HP Proliant or a NetApp, then get an HBA card, and hope there is a spot in my house that isn’t going to be bothered by the noise. There’s a seller called theartofserver on eBay that repurposes old enterprise grade stuff for self hosting use, and I got a card that connected a NetApp file bay to my old 4th gen gaming rig, and that’s where all my files live now. I’ve lost a few drives over the years, but no files.