Hi there, it looks like you got some excellent hardware advice. I just wanted to say I have been using owncloud for quite a while now with no complaints. However, if I was to start now I would be looking more at https://nextcloud.com/
They are the original developers and have forked the project http://www.zdnet.com/article/nextcloud-releases-owncloud-fork-ahead-of-schedule/ For a family operation you really can do plenty with a core duo and little ram, we stream and do all sorts on the relic I use with no issues at all. Regards Alex On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:32 PM, TekBudda <tekbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
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