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I have an early 2000s PC (pre-SATA) with 512MB RAM (I'd love to tell you about the CPU, but its under a cooler that isn't going anywhere) that's been sitting in closets for about 15 years. Assuming I'm willing to buy into it, can something like that reasonably host the following simultaneously on a 40GB boot drive:

Nextcloud Actual Photoprism KitchenOwl SearXNG Katvia Paperless-ngx

Or should I just get new hardware? Regardless, I'd like to do something with this trusty ol business server.

Edit: Lenovo or Dell as the most cost-effective, reliable self-host server in your opinion?

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[–] Landmammals@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why do you hate yourself? You'd be better off hosting on an old cell phone.

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know, I know...but it's good, faithful hardware and I want it to go to a good use.

You could simply gut it, keep the case and power supply, and put modern components in it.

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