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Cheap server for development and NAS

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Hi,

 

I'm a student NMCT @Howest, Belgium and in love with servers and tech.

 

I'd like to have my own servers for development projects and a NAS, to stare all of my projects, pictures, video's, backups, etc...

 

The problem is, hardware (networking and servers) are really expensive, and my student budget doesn't allow me to "invest" into servers...

 

Here comes my hope, that maybe someone knows a site, or a way to buy really cheap servers? They can be like damaged on the case, I don't mind.. or even don't have any drives in them, got spare drives here, so if someone could help me out, that would be really awesome!

 

Kindest regards,

 

Robin

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A server is just a computer. Think about what you need it to do, then get a computer that does that. Feel free to message me if you have more specific questions since I have experience in homelabbing and most aspects of it.

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Your best bet is to buy old systems, desktops and laptops. if you're just starting out. Or build a low end system with a CPU that has an iGPU, small storage device (SSD or USB drive, preferably the former), and a larger HDD.

 

FreeNAS is a great NAS OS and has a good deal of plugins that allow it to function as a file server, game server, etc. Just make sure you have 8GB RAM minimum.

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