$38 is great. I'd wager if a raspberry pi can do it, so can this machine. A pi can run Nextcloud and some other services together just fine.
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Nextcloud on Pi was really slow for me.
Did you set up redis as well?
Just used the default sqlite3 database. Was it slow because of the database?
sqlite should be okay but redis helps with loading. It caches pages or something, basically does all the work of building the web pages before they're actually requested so it isn't done on the fly.
My Nextcloud set up on my i5-4690k was painfully slow as well because I didn't have redis. I never got it set up properly and gave up.
I think the 1gb ram of my Raspberry Pi is enough for that.
Yep, it will do it. Better than a Pi, also those CPUs are somehow very decent at virtualization.
It's not worth more than $5
Definitely upgrade the RAM. Also get at least two drives in RAID or ZFS or something so you can tolerate a failure. And keep backups too, if you can't afford to lose data.
get at least two drives in RAID or ZFS
Why do you think OP needs high availability?
In case of disk failure, simply redeploy and restore backups. Having an automated and fast redeployment procedure (and working backups) is a must-have, disk fault tolerance is not, IMHO (unless you have specific requirements).
I don't think OP has backups.
Having one, the other, or both depends on how sure you need to be about recovery, and whether you care about it being available until recovery.
I would defiantly not recommend you buying this. If you can you should get a ARM based SOC with sata drives. Its probably going to a bit more expensive but it will be way faster and efficient.
Another doubt of mine is about power consumption, any thoughts on it too?
Check to see how many SATA power connections are available. My Optiplex 3620 only has four and I wasn't confident that I could expand that without overwhelming the PSU. I bought a 24 to 8 pin adapter so I could use a normal non-proprietary power supply.
Consider those costs if you're thinking you might install a lot of drives.
I would try to find something a bit newer. Core 2 Duos are really power hungry. Find one with an i5 processor and a T at the end of the number, like i5 3450T or something. This will be a little less performant but run at 30 watt max compared to the core 2 duos 150 watt. Fujitsu esprimo are also a good cheap option and both lenovo and Fujitsu offer rather tiny pcs that work excellent for severs.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
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3800 is way overpaying