Looking for suggestions for 2U Freenas/Readynas server

[Lisster]

Hi all,

I have a lot of spare 6-8TB drives left over from upgrading synology servers.

I want to use a 2U space I have in my rack left to put in a 2U server hopefully with room for about 12 drives.

This will be a very simply file storage (possibly plex serving) server , won't be running lots of things on it.

Just to backup the synology stuff

 

Im looking for something cheap (sub 500$) that i can just plug in the drives, possible an SSD/NVME boot drive and 10gig networking.
I don't want to build it from parts if i can avoid it, something from ebay or surplus would be great.

Is this possible and does anyone have any good suggestions?

 

Thanks in advance!

Ferry

[Electronics Wizardy]

How about some of these used servers?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R720XD-Server-2x-2-00GHz-12-Cores-32GB-H710-2x-300GB-SAS/191799283233?hash=item2ca820ce21:g:H4cAAOSwL~5fGZsN

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ProLiant-DL380e-G8-Gen8-12LFF-2x-6-CORE-E5-2430-2-2GHz-32GB-12x-TRAYS/133529556876?hash=item1f16fb578c:g:3ugAAOSw-ntfbmcO

 

Might need to chang ethe raid card on these for your use.

[Lisster]

@Electronics Wizardythanks for the tips, that's a good start to know what i should kinda look for!