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Building a server for home use - suggestions needed
Hi
I have been thinking to use a second-hand Dell PowerEdge to make a server for home/hobby use. It will be mostly off and I will spin it up to do CPU intensive jobs for example building Gentoo or Debian packages or AI-related simulations.
What do you suggest? I have an unused R430 or I could try getting something else. If you can think of other efficient "bricks" that deliver lots of CPU power, please tell!
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It might be noisy to run continuously depending on your living space. It seems like overkill for building some packages, but it would certainly work. For home use and to keep noise and power down something like a Raspberry Pi if you don't need a lot of CPU might work. A step up might be something like a lower end Intel NUC, Mac Mini, or cheaper compact system. You can get prior gen stuff used for relatively little. It all sort of depends, especially on your budget.
Might be? Will be. Very.
But OP already has one so he should know.
You have to consider the power cost as well..."mostly off, sometimes spin up to do CPU intensive tasks" sounds like a perfect scenario for using cloud services to me.
Have been down this road before. My advice would be to avoid the enterprise gear and just build a normal PC.
The newest Intel NUCs work pretty great as well, 6c/12t i7s that can take up to 64GB ram, m.2 slot + 2.5" drive bay.