Hi all!
My apologies for not getting to folks on this. Life got chaotic shortly
after I sent this. But I wanted to send an update.
Sooo...shortly after I sent my original request for suggestions my
father-in-law decided to retire his old machine, which just happens to
have 8GB of RAM on it. It only have a 1TB HDD, so the plan is to
replace it with an enterprise class 2TB drive & then I can start working
on my cloud project.
I have a few things to do first...but it is getting closer & I wanted to
thank folks for the suggestions.
While i am at it I also wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christ-mas &
God's richest blessings to everyone & their families in the new year.
On 2016-09-16 07:59 AM, Zander Robertson wrote:
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
<mailto: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
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