Help with first Server/NAS

[DragonGod]

Budget (including currency): $5,000 USD

 

Country: United States, California 

 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

1. NextCloud Hub
2. Minecraft Server (1 or 2)
3. VMs (like 5)
4. Website hosting (~5-10)
5. Personal webmail server
6. Matrix server
7. Pixelfed/Mastodon server

... And more things probably down the line but for now these are the priority.

 

Other details: OS I'll be using is UnRaid. I'm not sure what would be the most ideal hardware for my situation. I'm open to any suggestion and ideas.

 

Also I have a question: hypothetically speaking, if I have a machine in America and one in Asia can I have it where I connect to the closest machine and say for example I'm connected and making changes/updating or uploading in Asia can I have those changes reflect in America and vise-versa? (essential how servers do)

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[tkitch]

your best bet:  

Build the PC and then run some variety of Virtualization software on it, and run each section of your server in a VM.  

[DragonGod]

15 minutes ago, tkitch said:

your best bet:  

Build the PC and then run some variety of Virtualization software on it, and run each section of your server in a VM. 

I think I rather buy, so whether a PC, Server, NAS - do u got any recommendations? 

[tkitch]

is this personal or work

[DragonGod]

12 minutes ago, tkitch said:

is this personal or work

Personal 

[Electronics Wizardy]

What formfactor? Rack or tower?

 

Does power usage matter?

 

What are those VMs? How many resources do they need?

 

How much storage do you need?

[whispous]

You're on the path to a great piece of kit and some good applications! But...

 

 

Give up now on hosting a mail server. you will drive yourself insane and STILL not be able to use it properly, as everyone you send to will never see your messages.