I need to keep power usage in mind and don’t want to spend more than 500€ on hardware. Power is roughly 0.35ct/kwh in Germany
I like the small square machines (former NUC). But I don’t have any overview which ones are worth the price.
For data storage I am thinking about a NAS, but it would need at least two HDDs for redundancy, otherwise it’s not better than an external HDD that I have. Also it does have its own power draw, which isn’t insignificant (10w->~300€/10years).
Capabilities of the machine don’t matter too much, I will see what I can do with the hardware I get.
Is there a sweet spot, a device that everyone buys or cheapest brand or best package or whatever?
Yeah I feel like I might actually go without spinning disks. Crazy world we live in.
Edit: Now that I’m searching around some sources say they have the same power draw??
Don’t forget a solid backup strategy.
Yeah, is there a standard way to do it for homelab?
I’d suggest at least 3-2-1, if documents and photos and other personal data are involved (think *cloud) have a look at https://www.elovade.com/blog/die-3-2-1-1-0-backup-regel-der-neue-standard-fuer-datensicherheit/
Edit: not necessarily with their product (haven’t heard of them before), just as a basis.