I have here an old HP Z420 WORKSTATION from 2012 which has 44GB DDR3 installed and an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB (next post picrel). I used to use it to run Mint and play games but somehow it broke during a software update or whatever, and I abandoned it and just used my laptop out of mere laziness... part of me is curious about using it as a home server, something more utilitarian... but I don't know how to do that exactly... Can /g/ give me some a playbook or some ideas as to what to do with this, if it were yours?
>>109970229running this card
>>109970229sell it get a ps4
I'd maybe put the parts in a smaller, more ventilated chassi and then use it as a solid HTPC. Slap a couple HDD's in it and pack it full of movies, tv shows etc. It's what I did with my old rig from 2015. Still going strong.
>>109970229Make a nas and run services on it over your network (files, emulators, movies, git, etc), make a hometeather, host some i2p or tor websites, if you have a static public IP you could even host your own website.If the gtx is still working and you don't mind -very- slow generation you could even use it to host small local models with llamacpp or sdcpp.
could run a ton of server tasks, but the main problem with just saying "make a home server" is that it really depends on what you personally would find useful.NAS? jellyfin? homeassistant? frigate? who knows what you'd have a use for.
I have a Z400 with 48Gb and a six-core processor, similar GPU. It runs Proxmox pretty nicely and then that runs a VM with all my home server docker containers on it, a plex server, a few windows test boxes, and a game server.It's bit power hungry, is the only tradeoff, versus something like a mini desktop PC.
>>109970229>home server, something more utilitarian... but I don't know how to do that exactly...>>>/g/hsg has the answers you are looking for.The /g/ wiki has posts about how to setup servers.The Arch wiki has guides on how to setup secure SSH servers with authentication keys.If you serve Windows clients, you can use Samba for simple shares.Copyparty might be worth checking out if you are looking for a "one-fits-all" kind of solution. Just make sure to secure it with the example configurations given if you want to run it over the internet.
