Is it? I just had a basic $5 a month machine so didn’t look too hard at it.

Vultr has been pretty good.

Massive data storage streaming and backup and game servers. Disk space and CPU and bandwidth for that in the cloud would be…a lot. A lot a lot, vs a $150 rack server off EBay and a pile of used SAS drives.

Power is pretty cheap here though. All my machines run at about 150-250 watts total, that can add up if your costs are high.

Also I just like my stuff here instead of somewhere else.

Soldered in there :) also max 8 GB memory. I only paid like $30 for this box 6 years ago including the $10 for four used drives, I’m not expecting it to run Crysis.

To be extra clear, it was released in 2010 or something. This thing is 15 years old!

Encryption slows it down a lot. It’s just a Turion II

I’ve got a N40L running TrueNAS. It is slow for mass transfers but at about 40-60mbps transfer speeds it is plenty fast for file usage (jellyfin libraries etc.) Right now it’s just a secondary but it is quiet and uses little power. You can get 3.5 to 2.5 adapters and use ssds for even quieter use.

In other words don’t be afraid to trawl around on eBay and experiment.

Having a separate machine as a NAS is good, running TrueNAS or XigmaNAS. You can segregate your backups from your daily use, you can have automated tasks run, etc.

Machine wise, I’m gonna try out a Beelink with nvme slots. Right now I’m using a Proliant microserver. Don’t get one with a hardware RAID card as you want to be able to use zfs. But otherwise they sell pretty cheap on Ebay.

We are, Batman, we are.

I VPN to my network for it.