homelab

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/23170671

I need to keep power usage in mind and don't want to spend more than 500€ on hardware. Power is roughly 0.35ct/kwh in Germany

I like the small square machines (former NUC). But I don't have any overview which ones are worth the price.

For data storage I am thinking about a NAS, but it would need at least two HDDs for redundancy, otherwise it's not better than an external HDD that I have. Also it does have its own power draw, which isn't insignificant (10w->~300€/10years).

Capabilities of the machine don't matter too much, I will see what I can do with the hardware I get.

Is there a sweet spot, a device that everyone buys or cheapest brand or best package or whatever?