Re: Suggestions

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 <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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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