Hey all, been wanting to get into self hosting for a while. I won’t be doing a whole lot - probably just a Plex server and photo/video archives.

Maybe a personal assistant if I get really bored, lol.

At work, I’ve got a selected of taking either:

  • HP Prodesk 400 G4 - i5 7th Gen

OR

  • Dell Optiplex 7020
  • Dell Optiplex 3010
  • Dell Optiplex 3040 All Intel i5

Let me know if they’re all shit too, lol.

Many thanks

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    Take all of them and build a cluster.

    Or whichever one is newest/has the best CPU, you didn’t really give the specs. And then take the drives and RAM from the others and max it out.

    • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Thanks. Yeah, didn’t give the full specs - my bad. I’m gonna take the 7020 and maybe the G4. Another question though -

      Am I right in thinking if I self host, storing a bunch of movies locally, I can then connect to my self hosted server from another location/computer and stream my personal library?

      Thanks

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        On the same network yes. If you want to do it from elsewhere, you should use a VPN, don’t expose stuff like Jellyfin to the Internet.

  • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    7 months ago

    This seems like asking someone to do your google homework for you. :P Just google that shit and get the specs yourself.

    • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Well sort of, but it’s more that sometimes there’s nuances to the tech that makes things better or worse, like people will say oh well Linux hosting works best on a post-(year) intel chip or whatever.

      Youre right though, I should’ve added the full specs and asked questions based off that. I was just hastily posting from inside the cellar at work.

      I have now googled regardless and I’m gonna take the Optiplex 7020