Hello folks a wild Dell optiplex 320 appeared to me for $38,00.

Core 2 duo processor 4gb RAM (which I can easily upgrade) 160gb HD (which I’ll certainly change for a 1TB SSD

I would use It as a file server, maybe with nextcloud. It is Just for myself maybe S.O.

What’s your toughts on It? Pass or get?

  • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    $38 is great. I’d wager if a raspberry pi can do it, so can this machine. A pi can run Nextcloud and some other services together just fine.

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            1 year ago

            sqlite should be okay but redis helps with loading. It caches pages or something, basically does all the work of building the web pages before they’re actually requested so it isn’t done on the fly.

            My Nextcloud set up on my i5-4690k was painfully slow as well because I didn’t have redis. I never got it set up properly and gave up.

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    1 year ago

    Yep, it will do it. Better than a Pi, also those CPUs are somehow very decent at virtualization.

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    1 year ago

    Definitely upgrade the RAM. Also get at least two drives in RAID or ZFS or something so you can tolerate a failure. And keep backups too, if you can’t afford to lose data.

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      1 year ago

      get at least two drives in RAID or ZFS

      Why do you think OP needs high availability?

      In case of disk failure, simply redeploy and restore backups. Having an automated and fast redeployment procedure (and working backups) is a must-have, disk fault tolerance is not, IMHO (unless you have specific requirements).

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think OP has backups.

        Having one, the other, or both depends on how sure you need to be about recovery, and whether you care about it being available until recovery.

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    1 year ago

    I would defiantly not recommend you buying this. If you can you should get a ARM based SOC with sata drives. Its probably going to a bit more expensive but it will be way faster and efficient.

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    1 year ago

    I would try to find something a bit newer. Core 2 Duos are really power hungry. Find one with an i5 processor and a T at the end of the number, like i5 3450T or something. This will be a little less performant but run at 30 watt max compared to the core 2 duos 150 watt. Fujitsu esprimo are also a good cheap option and both lenovo and Fujitsu offer rather tiny pcs that work excellent for severs.

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    1 year ago

    Check to see how many SATA power connections are available. My Optiplex 3620 only has four and I wasn’t confident that I could expand that without overwhelming the PSU. I bought a 24 to 8 pin adapter so I could use a normal non-proprietary power supply.

    Consider those costs if you’re thinking you might install a lot of drives.

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    1 year ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    PSU Power Supply Unit
    RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage
    SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage

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