Comment on DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 20 hours agoIt’s not. I have a server with dozens of TBs of storage which is a 2011 Lenovo tower I got for free out of someone’s garage. It doesn’t take a whole lot to store things.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah but HDDs are going up in price now
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I got started in high school, broke high school me shucked drives from used computers.
A lot of people throw away perfectly good computers. Or sell them for very cheap because they take up space.
Those reject computers, if you find the right one, could have 500gb-2gb ssds in them that are perfect for media server usage.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
To a degree yes, but not nearly as bad as other components right now. You can at the very least buy a single “small” HDD like 4TB for pretty cheap that is far more than what you’d get from big tech on an average storage plan.
This is subject to change but as of today, you can get this for cheap
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That’s good. Main thing stopping me from doing this is space but glad it’s still possible for others.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
If you wanted something to get started for streaming and you are space limited (in your home) I would recommend this as your server:
And for storage you could get this 4TB external drive and plug it into the Beelink and sit it right on top for $130: