I have around 30TB of data scattared around between cloud services, external hard drives, a small plex server, etc.

I would like start a storage server to store everything, with a bit of computing power for other task (plex as mentioned).

I’m looking on ebay at the Dell Edgeserver t330 or similar, starting with 3x 18TB drives, and since it has 8 bay, I’ll have plenty of space for future upgrades. It seems have also a decent cpu, so it should handle plex and some other tasks without issues.

My concerns is about noise; it is going to be put under a desk in my lab and not inside a rack, I saw some videos on youtube and it doesnt seem too noisy, but hard to tell from a video. And for power usage, it will run mostly at idle I think, so I dont think it will drink too much.

Do you think it make sense? Any suggestion?

As said, the only hard requirements are quite a bit disk spaces for future expansion (6x-8x 3.5 drive support) a decent cpu, and doesnt have to be too noisy.

I’ve also evaluated buying a parts a built it from scratch, using like the new intel n100 with is very powerful with low power usage, a big case and so on for a similar price.

  • HousePanther
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    1 year ago

    Have you thought about building your own? You build a server out of a case like this IN WIN. What OS do you plan to use? Do you need Windows share ability? Are you willing to go with larger SSDs instead of spinning disks? If you give me some more details, I might be able to help you. I am not a fan of Dell.