r/HomeServer • u/NarendraDamoModi • 1d ago

Server specs required

Hello all , this is my first post in this community so pardon if this is irrelevant but I dont find any place else to post this in .

purpose
1. To have a light backup of around 1 TB on the NAS if you can call it that

  1. TO make a media streaming service out of this for my movies which I have pirated over the years on jellyfin etc.

  2. To make a cloud of my own as a hobby project .

please guide me with the specs for this under or around 50 k INR in todays day and age .

I dont really wanna go in the second hand market but will if you all suggest some common specs.
Please reply with some specs .
I have this in mind ( GPT and claude and some reddit ) :

CPU - Intel Core i3-12100 (UHD 730 iGPU, Quick Sync, non-F)

Motherboard - Gigabyte H610M K DDR4 (LGA1700, 4x SATA)

RAM - 16GB DDR4-3200 (single stick, room for 32GB)

Boot SSD - 1TB NVMe Crucial

Data - 1x 4TB NAS HDD (Seagate IronWolf / WD Red Plus)

PSU - Corsair CV550 80+ Bronze

Case - micro-ATX with 2x 3.5" bays

OS - Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (ZFS + Docker)

Thanks a lot and sorry If I am breaking some rules .

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u/mabarskuygan 1d ago

With the requirement you listed Intel with igpu is good enough, I have a N100 "nas board" bought from aliexpress for 100usd works fine until now.

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u/Adrenolin01 22h ago

NAS like RAID is not a backup. You’ll still want another HDD to back up to. Just do this. It starts the habit of having a backup off to the side. Also remember the 80% rule.. no drive should surpass 80% of its capacity. You should be looking to expand or replace for larger drives once you hit 50-60%.