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Old PC as Server (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have an early 2000s PC (pre-SATA) with 512MB RAM (I'd love to tell you about the CPU, but its under a cooler that isn't going anywhere) that's been sitting in closets for about 15 years. Assuming I'm willing to buy into it, can something like that reasonably host the following simultaneously on a 40GB boot drive:

Nextcloud Actual Photoprism KitchenOwl SearXNG Katvia Paperless-ngx

Or should I just get new hardware? Regardless, I'd like to do something with this trusty ol business server.

Edit: Lenovo or Dell as the most cost-effective, reliable self-host server in your opinion?

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I know, I know...but it's good, faithful hardware and I want it to go to a good use.

[–] mea_rah@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago

If it's really early 2000s, you might want to put it on eBay. There are retro gamers out there that could use it as good Windows 9x era gaming PC. You could give that HW a new life in someone's retro setup.

It's great HW for occasional gaming, but it's very inefficient for 24/7 operation. You want to be somewhere after 2015-ish for something that is supposed to run constantly.

[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 3 points 3 years ago

You could simply gut it, keep the case and power supply, and put modern components in it.