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phanto@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I would haunt eBay for an old file bay, such as an HP Proliant or a NetApp, then get an HBA card, and hope there is a spot in my house that isn’t going to be bothered by the noise. There’s a seller called theartofserver on eBay that repurposes old enterprise grade stuff for self hosting use, and I got a card that connected a NetApp file bay to my old 4th gen gaming rig, and that’s where all my files live now. I’ve lost a few drives over the years, but no files.

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phanto@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Wait… New answer! I’d give them to the first guy who replied to me on Lemmy! He would be very appreciative.

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- AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Would he‽
  
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  - phanto@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yup! Definitely.
    
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    AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Wait, am I that guy?
    
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didnt_readit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Haha crazy to randomly come across that name on Lemmy. I bought a bunch of the parts for my NAS/Proxmox server from that seller a couple years ago.

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- phanto@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Me too! Are you me? Oh no, I’ve finally lost it… I’m talking to myself.
  
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