I bought a used i7 for ~$400 from these guys and am quite happy with it: http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=comprack&action=category_view&target=557 Mine was a leaseback from SAIT, custom made no name which I like for support reasons. You could add 2x 2TB drives for <$200: http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=comprack&action=display&target=ST2000DM001 If you have some money left, you could add an SSD for the OS and Swap for ~$60 and the system would rock: http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=comprack&action=display&target=SDSSDA-120G-G25 It's all consumer grade stuff but probably fine for a home based cloud.
I have no relationship with Computer rack but I have dealt with them for many years and never had a problem. I have an old core duo system and find it painfully slow with current OSes. It is now a Win10 test box that gets fired up once per quarter or so. The next stop for it is the recycle bin at Staples... I hope that helps. Good luck. Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "TekBudda" <tekbu...@gmail.com> To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:32:07 PM Subject: [clug-talk] Suggestions Hi All, I am not sure if the list is dead or not or people are just hellabusy. In the hopes of stirring up some conversation I figured I would throw this out there. I am looking to deploy OwnCloud at home. Likely looking at a 2TB space as that is more then I have needed over the last couple years & I don't see that increasing anytime soon. I was thinking of using CentOS as the base, more to get used to it & try to learn more of the RHEL environment. I also see this acting as a domain controller, server, etc. for the house & my small business. We are also trying to reduce our power footprint as well to lower utilities as well as potentially preparing for being off-grid & perhaps being reliant on solar or similar. I have done some rough pricing out & it like for a system of 8 to 16 GB of RAM; an i5 or i7 processor & a 2TB disk the price for something off shelf or custom built is between 700 to 1000. I have looked at desktops, laptops, mini-systems, etc. Now as an alternative I have an old Dell OptiPlex 745 (I think) SFF desktop with a Core 2 Duo; 2GB of RAM (currently) & a 60GB HDD. Looking at rough prices for a few hundred (2-300'ish) I can upgrade it to a 2TB drive & 8 GB of RAM. I do also have a powered & non-powered 2TB external drive as well as an old DNS-323 NAS with mirrored 2 TB drives. I am open to suggestions on if you think the OptiPlex solution is a good one for what I am doing right now & say the next few years or if I would be better plumping for one of the $700 to $1000 solutions. If that route, what would be reasonable to invest in. There....that should do it. Hopefully it will stir up some conversation. :-) TekBudda _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
