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My dumbass was gonna strip it for parts.

Curious what you industrious folks would do with it?

Similar except 4x2 TB https://www.ebay.com/itm/316549741700

Inb4 put Linux on it

Edit: well it booted earlier and now it doesn't. ๐Ÿ˜ต

THE DUST

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[โ€“] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same. For most people in our space, a Dell Optiplex micro is more than enough horsepower (except few expansion ports). There's no reason to be running a legacy server consuming 2.5kW just to host some movies or store your camera footage.

[โ€“] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

My thoughts too. I already have the Dell optiplex with external hard drive bays.

Overkill is overkill especially when it has a cost for power and your room sounds like a fucking aircraft hangar