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[Question] Recommendations for a SFF backup server (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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Hi folks, I'm considering setting up an offsite backup server and am seeking recommendations for a smallish form factor PC. Mainly, are there some suitable popular second hand PCs which meet the following requirements:

fits 4x 3.5" HDD
Smaller than a regular tower (e.g. mATX or ITX)
Equipped with a 6th of 7th gen Intel CPU at least (for power efficiency and transcoding, in case I want it to actually to some transcoding) with video output.
Ideally with upgradeable RAM

Do you know of something which meets those specs and is rather common on the second hand market?

Thanks!

Edit: I'm looking for a prebuilt system, such as a dell optiplex or similar.

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[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the follow up. I wish I could afford multiple TB of nvmes but that is unfortunately out of my budget, but it would definitely be better for latency, notice and power draw. This time I will have to stick to HDDs, but I'll keep looking :) Enjoy your setup!