Subj : Arch btw
To   : DaiTengu
From : Accession
Date : Thu Nov 27 2025 20:47:34

Hey DaiTengu!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:39:34 -0600, you wrote:

 > I don't think you need an invite to use it, but I can give you one if
 > you're insterested.

Not quite yet, but as I mentioned I may have to revisit this in a few months after all the holidays are done and over with.

 > That's a rabbit hole.  Right now RAM prices are through the roof so
 > that's going to be like half your cost if you get a refurbished server.
 > I've been eying up www.theserverstore.com for a replacement NAS box, and
 > they're quite flexible with customizations.  Especially since I can get
 > parts (like RAM) from work. I just can't bring myself to spend $1500 for
 > what I want right now, knowing I still have to source parts on top of
 > it.

The tower server I mentioned that I'm looking at is about $1200, and I wouldn't need to source any other parts as it already has twice the HDD space I'm currently dealing with, and has plenty of cores and ram for whatever expansion I plan on doing in the future. It's just the wrong time of year for me to be looking at this kinda stuff. :)

 > I did just buy a new 12TB SAS drive to replace a failing 4TB disk in my
 > NAS last week from ServerPartDeals.com. I got a Seagate Exos X18 12TB
 > drive for $170, and it shipped basically overnight.  For spinning disks,
 > these drives are incredibly fast, and if I have the money I want to
 > replace all my old 4TB and 6TB disks with them. (I might be able to slim
 > down from 16 disks to about 8)

To be fair, if I were to get that tower server, it would free up the 6x 2TB drives I'm currently using, which could eventually go into a NAS or something (I don't need nearly as much HDD space as you, lol). So I definitely wouldn't have to purchase /more/ HDDs anytime in the near future.

 > Anyway, hope you have a happy Turkey day!

You too! We just got back from my parents house, where I couldn't move for a good hour I ate so much. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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