Comment by 🎵 xavi
Re: "Question: I have a variety of older e-waste machine that I'…"
Shameless plug here, but though it could interest you: before trying Nextcloud, I recommend you to have a look at slcl (I am the author):
— https://codeberg.org/xavidcr/slcl
slcl is a convenient cloud storage web application, similarly to Nextcloud, but without the bloat and no JavaScript. btw, I am about to release v0.4.0, which provides new cool features.
2025-10-10 · 7 months ago
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🚀 SavaRocks · Nov 23 at 06:02:
if you have multiple machines consider making them a HA cluster with docker swarm or, even better, K3S
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk [OP] · Nov 26 at 20:38:
@SavaRocks - that looks interesting, but probably introductes more points of failure than I'm able to navigate at present. Thanks though.
@xavi - oooh... that looks interesting. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Original Post
Question: I have a variety of older e-waste machine that I've rescued and held on to. I'm interesting in running some kind of homelab (probably a nextcloud instance, or some kind of shared drive for all the devices in the half_elf_monastery. What should I be looking for in hardware? Should I prioritize the best processor? Or the most capacity for storage expansion? Lowest power consumption? Is form factor a consideration at all (i.e., laptop vs. desktop vs. server-rack? Those with experience...