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Cake day: August 19th, 2023

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  • I bought a used desktop with 4 SATA ports. Has i5 7th gen and currently 5 TB and an 500GB SSD and has max ram of 64GB. I guess the HDD are not included in the price?

    I’m not sure what your software requirements are but if you go the DIY route a desktop works. I made the BIOS auto turn on on power restored and have services start on startup so it gives the server feeling.

    Bonus is that you can use it as a gaming server and upgrade the components easily for a while depending on the motherboard.












  • Maybe be more specific?

    For traveling I would suggest a laptop to behave as a server but the IP address changes a lot when traveling.

    I’d personally opt for something hosted at home if possible like Nextcloud and Jellyfin with static IP and port forwarding to access on the go.

    Tbh though, if you just want storage on the go buying a portable 1-4TB drive that connects via USB-C is enough.