Building a owncloud server

[pedroribeiro]

Hi guys! So a friend of mine asked me to help him build his own cloud server and I said yes, but I don't know much about servers. So, I think that it's better to use ECC Ram because it's mandatory that the serves is 24/7 on.

The budget is preety high, but the server intended is a low end, there will only be 4 users/5 tops, and they want 1TB for each person. So, please, sugest me a build.

 

Thank you guys

[Kryptyx]

A Raspberry Pi 3 and some hard drives?

[pedroribeiro]

1 minute ago, Kryptyx said:

A Raspberry Pi 3 and some hard drives?

ECC memory isn't included in a Pi, and the kid wants to host his own MC server as well at the same time, so the Pi won't be a option

[LewisSpring]

2 minutes ago, Kryptyx said:

A Raspberry Pi 3 and some hard drives?

You would need a POWERED USB hub with that as the Pi3 probably wont supply enough power 

[LewisSpring]

1 minute ago, pedroribeiro said:

ECC memory isn't included in a Pi, and the kid wants to host his own MC server as well at the same time, so the Pi won't be a option

I dont think you'd really need ECC memory..

Anyway they'd want a small desktop PC (laptop) to run it, 

[Kryptyx]

2 minutes ago, pedroribeiro said:

ECC memory isn't included in a Pi, and the kid wants to host his own MC server as well at the same time, so the Pi won't be a option

You don't really need ECC memory. Also, assuming MC = Minecraft, you can install that on a Rpi3

[RedWulf]

I'm usually not one to just toss a prebuilt out but honestly this, a pi2 or 3 for the MC, and some networking 

 https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-My-Cloud-DL2100-WDBBAZ0040JBK-NAS-server-4-TB/3626186.aspx?cm_cat=GoogleBase&cm_ite=3626186&cm_pla=NA-NA-WES_DW&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=Vqu@mAAABNkKZsbg:20160523180932:s&gclid=CJeX9rzl8MwCFYEehgodEr8DbA&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!61836302539!!!g!106575275539!

[pedroribeiro]

Thanks, but I had an ideia. I'll sell them my old rig (Pentium 4) and I'll work with it

[pedroribeiro]

Is this CPU ok?

[Aekim]

Try it with that old PC if it works, but for 24/7 get a new one for better Power consumption. The p4 draws ~100w without drives. 3x3tb drives for 6tb storage and an skylake Pentium/i3 (not sure about minecraft) should Do it.

[Ben Potter]

8 hours ago, pedroribeiro said:

Is this CPU ok?

The CPU would work fine, however it may use a lot of power consumption. Is that an issue?