Re:Over engineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers
by mvanbaak on Friday August 08, 2025 @04:56AM
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totally agree.
That's why my homelab storage server(s) are 2nd hand enterprise machines. They come with ECC.
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Re:Over engineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers
by dardeaup on Friday August 08, 2025 @09:08AM
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True! Unfortunately, an enterprise machine is more likely to have considerable power draw and quite possibly be much louder. I have a 2013 Apple Mac Pro (trashcan) that uses ECC. They're also cheap, small, and quiet.