Your Old PC is Your New Server

A video on YouTube. In Tech, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

The video demonstrates how to repurpose an old Dell Optiplex 7010 desktop into a personal home server running Windows 10, Plex, and Pulseway, and upgrade its storage with dual 12TB IronWolf Pro hard drives in a RAID 1 configuration.

From the video

Answers: How do I turn an old PC into a home server?

OptiPlex 7010 server conversion
Plex media server setup
Pulseway remote management
Windows Storage Spaces RAID 1 configuration
Adding 12TB IronWolf Pro drives

What it concludes

An old Dell Optiplex 7010 can be effectively repurposed into a functional home server for under a thousand dollars.
Using Windows 10 as a base OS for a home server offers a smoother user experience for beginners compared to Linux or FreeBSD.
Setting up a Storage Spaces RAID 1 mirror with two 12TB hard drives provides redundant storage that pays for itself in under a year compared to a 10TB Google Drive subscription.

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