Incredible Budget Home Server! (Minecraft, Plex, Home Assistant, NAS)

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  • čas přidán 27. 05. 2024
  • UPDATES/CORRECTIONS:
    - I apologize if you came to this video expecting a computer that was readily available for $50. I wasn’t trying to be misleading, and I’m hoping to get better at making titles and thumbnails.
    - The Minecraft server portion of this will probably not run very well on older or low end hardware. I’m currently working on a video to run a much more optimized server on old hardware.
    - If you don’t know an available IP address, find the IP of your router and login. From there you can find the DHCP settings. You can probably find your server by name here. If you save or reserve that IP in your router settings, it won’t change.
    - It seems like there are some changes to newer versions of Ubuntu Server, so try using the same version I used in the video. I'll try to find time to look into common issues/fixes.
    In this one, we're once again taking a look at the HP Pavilion 500-a60, but now we're setting it up as a home server.
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    Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    0:36 The System
    2:28 Installing Linux
    4:10 Network Setup and Open SSH
    6:18 Samba
    8:17 Plex
    10:58 Docker and Home Assistant
    13:34 Minecraft Server
    14:40 Power Consumption and Cost
    15:39 Closing Thoughts
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    Music (in order):
    "Hardware Haven Theme" - Me
    "If You Want To" - Me
    "CRENSHAW VIBES" - GARRISON ( / garrison-brown )
    "Town Groove" - Me
    "The Butterfly Nose" - GARRISON
    "VULF JAMS" - GARRISON
    "Living Mice" - C418 (c418.org)
    "Dog" - C418
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  • @Nemesis-pe7mw
    @Nemesis-pe7mw Před 2 lety +1752

    Nice, video. I do think it's important to note that this setup comes with limitations.
    - Things like transcoding are going to be limited to 1 client and I'm be cusrious if it can even transcode a high bitrate 4k stream.
    - Very limited amount of SATA ports
    - Power usage (a rPI4 or other low power device might be the better option)
    - Power limitation, adding more disks will require a power upgrade
    - Disk life, This case was never made to be running multiple disks at the same time. So once you start adding disks you'll run into issues with them dying quickly
    - Reliability, for fun it's perfect. However, do not leave any important data on it!
    - You say nothing of backup, which is the most important thing

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +453

      All really good points! (Pinned this comment so others can easily see). I think the overall idea was more to just see some of the many cool things you can do with a PC that might be lying around the house or picked up for stupid cheap. Rpis are amazing (I have 3 currently), but sometimes aren't as affordable as people make them out to be. I wish I would've mentioned something about data integrity and backups though. I will try to be better about mentioning that in future content! Thanks for commenting

    • @Nemesis-pe7mw
      @Nemesis-pe7mw Před 2 lety +90

      @@HardwareHaven Hi, mate thnx. No worries the video was fine and any tech savy person should understand this.
      It's the non tech savy I worry about.
      PS A few ideas for videos that expand on your current setup:
      - Kubernetes cluster with some rpis + NAS or other hardware to distribute your docker load (keep in mind that the rpi architecture isn't x86).
      - A sonar/radar/transmission/sabnzbd/spotweb setup, this often blows users minds. Do make sure you check the legality before doing so!

    • @Nemesis-pe7mw
      @Nemesis-pe7mw Před 2 lety +18

      @@HardwareHaven Ow PS, would you be so kind and run a high bitrat to low bitrate transcode? Since you have it setup. I'd be curious how it'll perform.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +57

      Unfortunately I already tore that system down for a different video. I haven’t wiped the drive though, so I can probably put it back in and give it a shot later on though

    • @Nemesis-pe7mw
      @Nemesis-pe7mw Před 2 lety +16

      @@HardwareHaven Although I really appreciate it. You shouldn't go out of your way to humor me. It's purely out of interest since I run a dual Xeon for plex myself.

  • @hungrythundr4892
    @hungrythundr4892 Před 2 lety +1654

    I love small tech channels. Stuff like this is practical and just great to see compared to giants like Linus and Bitwit. Great work.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +176

      Thanks! I think those guys do their thing incredibly well, and overall I think it’s good to have them in the tech space. But I like to feel like I’m representing a bit more of the real world for sure haha

    • @instaceptor7236
      @instaceptor7236 Před 2 lety +1

      This 100%

    • @Isaac-eh6uu
      @Isaac-eh6uu Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah once they get big it isn't the same. The information presented isn't as useful. This is as good as it gets.

    • @waylonmorristexas4851
      @waylonmorristexas4851 Před 2 lety +5

      Lol not small anymore 🤣

    • @mihaelmiles7184
      @mihaelmiles7184 Před 2 lety +1

      Did you know good channels like this one?

  • @ryanlong6247
    @ryanlong6247 Před 2 lety +261

    Honestly I thought you were a bigger channel based off the quality of the video. I look forward to seeing your future tech adventures.

  • @richieboyw99
    @richieboyw99 Před 2 lety +668

    Just a tip: you should add yourself to the docker group so you don't have to run docker commands with sudo. Not only is this easier but it is also good practice not to run stuff as root when it is not needed

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +77

      That’s great, thanks!

    • @akatsukilevi
      @akatsukilevi Před 2 lety +23

      @@HardwareHaven Or if you worry about Docker running as root(security concern), you could give Podman a try. Podman is a containerization system that's quite 1-by-1 with Docker(it runs Docker containers after all), but it runs as local user instead of root. It is quite nice, but a few things doesn't work straight away(For example Portainer)

    • @jibrankhan499
      @jibrankhan499 Před 2 lety +4

      This question was on my exam yesterday 😩

    • @TheoParis
      @TheoParis Před 2 lety +1

      @@akatsukilevi pretty sure you can still use the podman socket file for some things that need docker api. not sure about portainer though

    • @akatsukilevi
      @akatsukilevi Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheoParis Most of time it works well, and portainer I tried but couldn't get it to work with Podman(probably some incompatibility?)

  • @SqulixyCr
    @SqulixyCr Před 5 měsíci +71

    can we get an updated version?

    • @ThatRandomDude914
      @ThatRandomDude914 Před měsícem +1

      Yeah @hardwarehaven

    • @akshatjain2444
      @akshatjain2444 Před měsícem +2

      Please updated version

    • @KhronoShadow
      @KhronoShadow Před 26 dny +1

      Yep. an updated version would be nice. I want more details on how to use it as a nas, to set up a Raid, how to reach it remotely or how to create an App server on the same server

    • @Masoronii
      @Masoronii Před 10 dny

      just use truenas scale.

    • @Trokumukum
      @Trokumukum Před 2 dny

      Yeah, an updated version for Ubuntu would be nice.

  • @iBlond
    @iBlond Před 2 lety +96

    This video is well done! Editing, a coherent story line, love this! Been wanting to do something like this for a Minecraft server for a while

  • @KooYu
    @KooYu Před 2 lety +130

    This tutorial is great for someone who is just starting to get what it means to repurpose your old machine. Although as some have pointed out, you WILL be limited by that hardware.
    Started a project like this 15 years ago with scrap parts I had lying around. Family needs have changed since then so now my NAS/TV box/jukebox is a lot beefier, with redundant storage and with lower power consumption. A mini-itx build really helps with integration into the living room (and the WAF of course) but severely limits your build/upgrade options, plus increases the cost in the majority of occasions. But hey, nothing beats having a sleek system besides your TV, right?
    Also, in order to further reduce power consumption you can spin down the disk(s) after some idle time (although when you have just 1 drive it's pretty pointless) and schedule a shutdown/restart during night hours.
    New sub :)

  • @1Chitus
    @1Chitus Před rokem +8

    10 months later, I know, but this video gave me some motivation to use all these stuff I have laying around at my house for good stuff like NAS or other stuff. The order you talked about each of the points, the things you did with that tiny old computer and the simple but really good editing made it look so professional. Well done (:

  • @MASergeo
    @MASergeo Před 2 lety +80

    It seems to be much more interesting, than tupical owerview of RTX3090 and core i9 =) As for me - i'm building home server with i5 3xxx and 8 Gb. And planning to test Proxmox ( sometime need to test diferent VMs). And even want to try synology OS ( as main home VM) - it seems rather interesting.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +10

      That sounds like a sweet setup. I haven’t tried using proxmox yet, but it’s in the list. I do have a Synology NAS and I’ve been really happy with it so far.

    • @alexthenr1019
      @alexthenr1019 Před 2 lety +2

      I would take a i3 as cpu because it takes less Power than the i5

    • @misham6547
      @misham6547 Před 2 lety

      @@alexthenr1019 but it's less powerful

  • @rowanlovesmusic
    @rowanlovesmusic Před rokem +18

    For anyone who is following along: when setting your static IP on the server make sure it's in the same "IP family" as the other machine's ethernet port you plan on ssh'ing through. You do that by typing "ipconfig /all" on Command Prompt (should be something like 169.254.x.x).
    I initially set a totally random IP and couldn't get it to work, spent 2 days scavenging the web for solutions and finally got to this trick. Then I just copied 169.254 and changed the other two numbers in the static IP and it finally worked!

  • @RhD166
    @RhD166 Před rokem +6

    This is such a high quality video and I adore your message to less experienced users to try linux since so many are scared by others trying to intimidate them. Kudos, man!

  • @rgriffin9219
    @rgriffin9219 Před rokem +4

    Great job on this! I've been looking for something exactly like this! The format articulates everything well and is done very professionally. Subscribed.

  • @aborjlmao
    @aborjlmao Před 2 lety +34

    Videos like these deserve more attention. Straightforward and clean editing nicely done

  • @Tisargian
    @Tisargian Před rokem +1

    This is great! I am just getting started with Linux and Docker. Following along with you helped me make more progress in one day, than I have made in a entire month. Big thanks!

  • @BytePix_
    @BytePix_ Před 5 měsíci

    This is WAY more simple than I intended. I have severely overestimated the complicity of the setup. Thanks! I will be re-watching this when I make my own server from a desktop.

  • @organizedflow2360
    @organizedflow2360 Před rokem +3

    I wish more videos were like this, this tutorial explains every part of the process nothings left out, Great job

  • @Torbikini
    @Torbikini Před 2 lety +5

    Love the idea here! Just something that people looking to use this for Minecraft might want to be aware of as I have previously had a server hosted in a similar fashion:
    1. Your public IP will have to be given out and requires port forwarding knowledge/capabilities. Not a huge deal for just a friends only server, but be careful especially if you run older versions of MC that were affected by the Log4J vulnerability.
    2. Unless you have a stable internet connection your friends may have ping and connection issues.
    3. Depending on your player count, you’ll probably need faster hardware and more RAM, especially for modded Minecraft.
    Keep up the great videos!

  • @lolitzgoofi2201
    @lolitzgoofi2201 Před 2 lety +2

    My guy, this is a great video. I have been looking to get into a home server as I travel with work and being able to access my home network while away is awesome. Keep up the good work!

  • @JayTavarez
    @JayTavarez Před 8 měsíci

    i have had a homelab for nearly a year and thanks to your video, i finally configured and learned how to use containers properly, THANK YOU!

  • @-blackcat-4749
    @-blackcat-4749 Před rokem +80

    Thank you for mentioning power consumption.
    Many youtubers ignore this aspect, but it's becoming more and more important.
    Even now running a NAS turns out to be actually pricey, and soon our American-based utility will more than double electricity cost "due to war in Ukraine", so I am looking for a capable but power-efficient option.

    • @tocram2
      @tocram2 Před rokem +1

      French guy here, living where electricity as well as every other energy source like city gas and gasoline are going batshit insanely expensive... I can't believe that even Americans have to put up with this "war in Ukraine" bullshit... The fact that we Europeans are impacted this bad for a war between Russia and Ukraine is already surprising... But you Americans ? Damn.
      I hope this gets sorted out soon.

    • @TonyCR1975
      @TonyCR1975 Před rokem +4

      Mac mini 2012, cheap and nice

    • @-blackcat-4749
      @-blackcat-4749 Před rokem

      @@TonyCR1975 No ECC. I want ZFS. Need ECC for ZFS.

    • @TonyCR1975
      @TonyCR1975 Před rokem +1

      @@-blackcat-4749 the mac mini 2012 server uses ECC.
      Note; theres two mac minis of 2012
      The client version and the server one, take a look at the datasheet

    • @flipperbooch2194
      @flipperbooch2194 Před rokem

      I have two Mac minis, both the i7 quad cores, but have been struggling to find the server one, they do work really well for the $115 each I paid for them

  • @kadaverf
    @kadaverf Před 2 lety +46

    Great video, awesome explanation, perfect editing. This is very inspiring as I am setting up a plex server these last few weeks and I will probably convert it to ubuntu as well after seeing this. I will just need to check the power consumption to see if it is better to fix something else first. Thank you very much and I wish you all the best from Holland!

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +5

      Oh thanks! Best of luck getting it all set up!

  • @repairman2be250
    @repairman2be250 Před 2 lety +2

    You know what? That is an excellent video, easy to follow and learn from. Not that I have a need for such a server myself, other might have. Hopefully they find your video and can enjoy a superb presentation. Well done.

  • @huskywolf8140
    @huskywolf8140 Před 2 lety +4

    I like the content like this. Most especially if they are quality made. At this pace, I wouldn't be surprised if this channel reaches more than 100k subscribers in less than a few months. Keep it up, I'll be observing with interest.

  • @jeffwayne3054
    @jeffwayne3054 Před 2 lety +39

    You are doing a much better job at demonstrating and explaining things than some of the largest tech channels out there. Underrated channel. Subscribed instantly. Please keep up the great work!

  • @ssb1734
    @ssb1734 Před 2 lety +3

    Great starter project for someone just getting into technology looking for their initial home server build.

  • @AlterPichu
    @AlterPichu Před rokem

    This is a really cool video! My dad has his own server he runs at his house for running Plex and what not, and when I used to live there he even helped out with making a Minecraft server for my friends and I using Docker. I never really would of thought this would come full circle where I am now being recommended videos about how to setup my own server that is cheap and affordable! I really enjoyed this video and glad I came across it.

  • @keinzoom1275
    @keinzoom1275 Před 2 lety

    I really love the way of you presenting the whole process, like telling me a story.

  • @KitsuneScholar
    @KitsuneScholar Před rokem +4

    Thank you for this. I'm getting a refurbished mini computer to use as a server at home to replace the Pi that had been going, and you've gone over the major stuff I was curious about in the first parts(before plex). Excellent and concise.

  • @Bwipy
    @Bwipy Před 2 lety +4

    Hey Man, honestly great video, quick and informative, definitely something that I might look to do myself sometime in the future!

  • @raduavram
    @raduavram Před 2 lety +1

    old hardware recycling is very important to keep e-waste out of landfills. This video is very helpful and resourceful for people with such old computers that aren't good for gaming or work, but still functional enough for home server use and such! Good work!

  • @ScienceAlliance
    @ScienceAlliance Před rokem

    such a clean feeling video and channel for topics usually quite difficult to summarize and lay out in a neat way. Surprised i didn't find your channel sooner, Homelab, second hand cheap PCs and minecraft are right up my alley. Have a good day, your newest sub

  • @mitchitv
    @mitchitv Před 2 lety +17

    Brilliant build. I am also planning to build one same like this. It's great you were able to get a low-powered yet powerful enough system unit to handle all those processes in one box. I'm going for a small build, and will probably get a Dell Optiplex SFF from the second-hand market.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +3

      Love it!

    • @G-ra-ha-m
      @G-ra-ha-m Před 2 lety +1

      Another option is an older laptop with USB ports and a reasonable processor (> pentium/celeron). They also have a built-in UPS of course, although external disks may not.

  • @haydenc2742
    @haydenc2742 Před 2 lety +51

    Highly recommend installing portainer, gui interface to docker containers
    Loving the video's!
    Keep em coming!!!!

  • @Zoey-TV
    @Zoey-TV Před 8 měsíci

    Definetly saving this video for later when I find time to try and set it up, sounds very promising and not too complicated thanks for the instructions 😊

  • @michelemassa3029
    @michelemassa3029 Před rokem

    this was such a cool vid, I planned on giving it the typical treatment of "yeah thats cool I'll add it to the watch later that I never end up watching later..." but I got hooked from the beginning and watched the whole thing as it was so cool. Im now hoping to set my own up, thanks for the great vid!

  • @arkplays7310
    @arkplays7310 Před rokem +6

    exactly what i was looking for my friend hosts a minecraft sever for our group of friends and we all pay him 1$ a month to host it due to needing to pay a provider so this helped us a lot we got together and made a server

  • @Danni-8890
    @Danni-8890 Před 2 lety +20

    I was floored when I saw this is a smaller channel! Keep this up you have some great content. I would love to see how I can access my server outside the house. Also allowing friends and family to use plex...but maybe that's one in the same. Either way thanks for this

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +3

      Oh wow thanks! I plan to do some more hosting/home server stuff where I’ll get into that, but if it’s something you’re looking for now, just search CZcams for port forwarding.

    • @Danni-8890
      @Danni-8890 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HardwareHaven will do thanks!

  • @tizioacaso3933
    @tizioacaso3933 Před rokem

    This channel seems like a true gem, in these days i'm trying to learn more about networking etc... bc i've never learnt how to connect something to a server or connect two computers over the network, for now what i've learnt is about port forwarding (i've made a simple rust application which accepts messages from a client and with port forwarding it works over the network). Now that i've seen your channel and this video especially i'm gonna try to use stuff like ssh (maybe trying it over a different network with pf, it could be fun) and samba on a 2008 computer. Thank you

  • @jayson3900
    @jayson3900 Před rokem

    I've been waiting for this moment in my life. Heck yeah! Great video. This was a good refresher for me to clear the dust off my memory banks before digging into this in the near future.

  • @whitebeartigtig
    @whitebeartigtig Před 2 lety +20

    I've been hosting a Minecraft server on an old 2008 Core 2 Duo SFF desktop for the last two years. It's been great, but it uses quite a bit more power than I'd like it to.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +9

      You might be able to find a more modern low power prebuilt to switch it over to. That’s pretty cool that you’re able to use core 2 stuff for that!

  •  Před 2 lety +1

    damn, high quality video, it's hard to find a video like this and to pass on full knowledge like this, here in Brazil, it's even more difficult, I wanted to thank you for the beautiful video

  • @ImDippinIn
    @ImDippinIn Před 2 lety +2

    As a windows only gamer guy that’s always fascinated with budget stuff and interested in good yet budget friendly servers, thank you for the entertainment :)

  • @lucianoaguero6795
    @lucianoaguero6795 Před 2 lety +4

    Great tutorial, I think that was the best samba tutorial online, hope you add more drives to the server, that would be a good next video

  • @gibbiemonster
    @gibbiemonster Před 2 lety +9

    Underrated channel. Take my subscription.

  • @jackjackerson
    @jackjackerson Před rokem

    Been looking for a few days for a decent guide on how to make a server out of my old pc that was easy enough to follow. Found this one and had it set up in minutes, lol. A+

  • @emmanuelonwuka3760
    @emmanuelonwuka3760 Před 2 lety

    You’re the GOAT. Looking forward to checking out your home assistant videos

  • @MrNegius
    @MrNegius Před 2 lety +15

    hey man, thanks for giving me the confident to start a home server!!!

  • @ryjelsum
    @ryjelsum Před 2 lety +6

    Good pickup for the price! Very similar to the little x86 thin clients I've been screwing around with by Wyse/Dell and HP, except it actually has the space to use what little expandability it has! It'd be perfect if they threw on a PCI-E slot, either for a gigabit NIC or a card for more SATA, but oh well - machines like this and the thin clients I have are still very capable for what they are. The Wyse Zx0Q and HP T630 (and some T620 models) all have a pretty similar lineup of hardware capabilities - quad core, can take two M.2 or SATA SSDs, like this motherboard... they just don't have room to mount them, or actual power connectors to use, since the chassis is small.
    However! These are only 30-50 dollars on eBay, often with RAM, a power adapter, and even sometimes a small SATA/M.2 drive. The small size makes them very cheap to ship and therefore very cheap to pick up secondhand, and they're very hackable, especially the Zx0Q - there is 5V and 12V available on headers on the motherboard, and there is an even a FPC connector with a proprietary PCIE 4x mapping - you can get a riser, but the units with it are pretty expensive and much more rare. Maybe I could make a board to adapt that to a M.2 M-key slot... :)

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety

      Yeah I’ve looked at a few of those and been curious!
      And that sounds like a pretty big project haha! I’d love to know how it works out if you get to it

  • @diagon1321
    @diagon1321 Před 2 lety

    This is amazing! Really cool and creative idea. The video is really well put together too, top notch quality channel! Subscribed.

  • @DavidRajM
    @DavidRajM Před rokem

    This is awesome...My long time dream is to setup a home server and I didnt know how to do so. This video has given me the hope. Thanks Haven!

  • @RainbowSheep_was_taken
    @RainbowSheep_was_taken Před 2 lety +4

    The way he said "sudu" is killing me

  • @zhihaowu208
    @zhihaowu208 Před 2 lety +8

    Awesome video! Super newbie friendly. Totally agreed to skip ubuntu server edition now, because no freshman wants to panic over the terminal.

  • @somerandomchannel_
    @somerandomchannel_ Před 2 lety +1

    thank you very much for showing me this (specifically the minecraft and NAS)
    i did this on my raspberry pi and now host my own little fabric minecraft server in the NAS directory so i can edit the configs on my main computer and text editor and restart it easily

  • @auknix
    @auknix Před 2 lety

    Great video. Narrated well and to the point without all the filler of the bigger channels. If youtube stopped paying out money for videos, I think all the remaining content creators would produce useful videos like this.

  • @dusandobranic2746
    @dusandobranic2746 Před 2 lety +4

    You just earned new subscriber, recommended by yt algorithm. It not that bad sometime you can come across usefull videos like i did not the videos ot mainstream channels form 9 years ago

  • @txma.
    @txma. Před 2 lety +3

    I would personally add a second 2tb hard drive and run it in Raid so that if you have any failure in a hard drive you have a backup. You won’t have 4tb of storage, just 2tb of secured back up storage and it would only add $15-20 to the overall price

  • @Steemy
    @Steemy Před rokem

    This video is exactly what I needed, an absolutely stunning job sir

  • @TheRighteousDawn
    @TheRighteousDawn Před rokem

    This is perfect timing from the algorithm, I was just thinking about setting up a home media server. Awesome vid!

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před rokem

      Glad it was helpful! I have a few other videos on the channel that I honestly think might be more helpful if you're interested. This is just the one that took off for some reason haha

  • @luki8806
    @luki8806 Před 2 lety +4

    It's a good build as a home server, I have the same things mentioned in the video in a rpi4 4 gig :) Plex, MC server, Resilio, network shares, pihole, vpn, raspotify, can be used as a BT speaker and much more and it peaks at 6 watts :) Also you can learn a lot while building it up, good stuff, highly recommend.

    • @huntersipe7659
      @huntersipe7659 Před 2 lety

      hey i’m considering making a home media server for my family and i for Plex and to backup photos is a raspberry pi a good alternative to what he did in the video i have 9 people in my family and I’m not sure if that will be too much for a raspberry pi

    • @luki8806
      @luki8806 Před 2 lety

      @@huntersipe7659 It's fine, I have around 25 family members and it can handle the photo/video backup easily. The plex part is tricky, make sure that every movie you want to drop in plex is x264. If yes, it means that no transcode is required, your limiting factors are now the speed of the storage and the network. I have 720p movies in x264, 7-8 simultaneous streams are no problem, but I use an external USB HDD caddy to store the movies and the pi shares bandwith between the network connection and the usb. If you have a nas then you can eliminate the usb/network bottleneck and push more streams out. Just make sure that your upload speeds can handle it.

    • @colbyboucher6391
      @colbyboucher6391 Před rokem

      Surprised a Rasperry Pi can handle all that.

    • @luki8806
      @luki8806 Před rokem +1

      @@colbyboucher6391 It can handle even more with proper cooling. Have a look at tdarr. Just set it to convert all my videos (lot of old family videos including VHS rips), to convert it to h264. Currently it saved ~70GB, I'm really impressed with that and it's still have to process more than 1TB video in various formats. I also want to convert everything to h265, but currently it drops a conversion error, have to figure out why it's not working.
      Yeah, I know, converting videos with rpi feels wrong, but it runs 24/7 with good cooling, so I don't care if the conversion took months to complete. Eventually it will finish and I don't have to power on my main rig for days to achieve the same result.

  • @stephenf7251
    @stephenf7251 Před 2 lety +19

    I'd love to see something like this being done with a raspberry pi or something else that's a little bit newer and more upgradable in the future for running servers.

    • @olympusaction2824
      @olympusaction2824 Před 2 lety +8

      you can just follow his guide its exactly like the pi beside useing a micro ssd instead of a usb

    • @711_skiddlz
      @711_skiddlz Před 2 lety +1

      There are a lot of videos doing that

  • @russoft
    @russoft Před rokem

    fantastic! This covers everything I want out of a server. I was thinking of throwing Blue Iris on as well, but I think it's better for that to be a dedicated system.

  • @mcdazz2011
    @mcdazz2011 Před rokem +2

    Great video.
    My first takeaway from this video was using SSH from Powershell (and I've been using Powershell since it first became a thing all those years ago).
    I've been down the Plex route already, and Minecraft doesn't intrigue me at all, but Home Assistant does.
    Must admit, I did come here hoping to find an el cheapo Raspberry Pi alternative, but I stayed for the content (and Subscribed).

  • @w116tjb
    @w116tjb Před rokem +6

    Make sure to check the production dates on those used drives. That one you showed is around 7 years old, which is getting close to when it will typically fail for a platter drive.

    • @PotatoPCGamerz
      @PotatoPCGamerz Před rokem +1

      it also is an SSHD, which is a HYBRID drive (SSD and HDD in one drive)

    • @infiniteblaz3416
      @infiniteblaz3416 Před 8 měsíci

      HDDs can live way longer than that buddy unless they’re cheap. I use two WD drives that are almost 14 years old and they still work just fine.

  • @JungleMotorSports
    @JungleMotorSports Před 2 lety +3

    FYI the Seagate hard drive you used, is a hybrid drive, it has 8gb of SSD that it does sort of a caching thing with. General computer usage yeilds a better expirence over normal tradiitional spinning hard drives. Considering the size of the case, I'd prolly velco/ziptie the power brick inside to save desktop/floor space. Also even though they cost more an SSD uses like 1/3 as much electricity as a spinning hard drive. Thanks for th video, coudl you do us a favor and list all of your commands in the video description?

  • @Simulacra001
    @Simulacra001 Před 10 měsíci

    Fantastic video. You’ve earned my sub and I look forward to seeing how to make the Minecraft server accessible from outside of the network.
    I’ll be moving my Jellyfin server over from my main PC too.

  • @draggero
    @draggero Před rokem

    Great video! Well made, easy to watch and listen to. It definitely gave me some ideas and is going to send me down a rabbit hole!

  • @John_Kap
    @John_Kap Před 2 lety +3

    One note: If you dislike Ubuntu or don't trust it cause it is a company and not an organisation you can chose ANY other distribution of Linux you like that is based on Debian. Then the tutorial/informative video here will work.

    • @Dhalucario
      @Dhalucario Před 2 lety

      I recommend RockyLinux/CentOS for something stable and well documented. Or Fedora if you don't mind the maintance. Fedora basicly does what Ubuntu promises in a way more free and open way.

  • @broodjenoodles
    @broodjenoodles Před 2 lety +3

    Also, i dont recommend installing the desktop version but only the server cli ubuntu. Is more optimized for this stuff

  • @maximofernandez196
    @maximofernandez196 Před 8 měsíci

    your explanation of docker actually made me understand it

  • @tysontheember
    @tysontheember Před rokem

    Thank you, i plan to host my own Minecraft server soon and this helped me see how much better it is to host it then rent it.

  • @gamer_rares5512
    @gamer_rares5512 Před 4 měsíci +3

    the minecraft server didn'nt work

  • @noelk6990
    @noelk6990 Před rokem

    Loved how you made this from cheap accessories that are available....you did it manh🔥🔥

  • @markjohnson4572
    @markjohnson4572 Před 2 lety

    Landed here via a CZcams recommendation (It works well sometimes !). Very informative for a newbie like myself and nicely put together. You've got a another new sub. Looking forward to watching some more of your content.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety +1

      Sometimes the algorithm ain’t too shabby. Glad to have you here!

  • @matinvatankhah5224
    @matinvatankhah5224 Před rokem

    hello, after tryin out windows server and openmedia vault and truenas for my old pc which i wanted to use to store video files to edit from, and coming to many failures on all of them, this helped me through all of the process of getting my fileshare working, thank you so so so so so so much, you're my goddamn hero.

  • @krypto8067
    @krypto8067 Před rokem

    I like your channel, the music you use (reminds me of summoning salt), and the good bitesize information you provide. Keep it up! Liked and subscribed.

  • @LeeAnnC
    @LeeAnnC Před 2 lety

    Funny enough, i did something almost exactly like this 6 months ago. I had a spare laptop laying around that had windows 7 still on it. So i looked into converting it to an ubuntu-server instead. I remember the process being a bit rocky, mostly due to running the mc server. The conversion went beautifully. i got it all setup headless (despite being a laptop the keyboard is completely broken so i opted out of the DE). And it's worked like a charm since. I'm really happy to see you encouraging people to try out Linux even if it seems scary at first. I dipped my toes in for my server and later ended up converting my main laptop into Manjaro.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety

      That’s awesome! And yeah I was similar with Linux. Having a system similar to this was how I got more comfortable and confident in Linux. I don’t use it for desktop use, but a lot for server and development stuff

  • @thatnonsensegamer3933

    This is the video i was searching for past few days! Thanks brother

  • @brooksmortensen3231
    @brooksmortensen3231 Před rokem +1

    I’m commenting in hopes that it will get the algorithm to show me more videos like this. Love it! ❤️

  • @utkarshdharmadhikari6816

    Bro, keep up the good work!
    This is the only tech channel that does some real 'techy' stuff.

  • @stevenm7933
    @stevenm7933 Před rokem

    Forever calling it SewDew (sudo) from now on! instead of Sue Dough (sudo)! Perfect Video! Easy to understand, straight to the point and works perfectly! Keep up the good work!

  • @joeyjojojr.shabadoo915

    Great Video. I have avoided Docker because I was convinced that it would be easier to just spin up a new Ubuntu Srv VM for each app that I wanted to host. You made it look easy and I am going to re-consolidate things here now. Thanks.

    • @demipy
      @demipy Před 2 lety

      You should take a look into portainer for docker management or LXC with Proxmox

  • @subnumeric
    @subnumeric Před rokem

    This is a really nice video! Short, to the point, with tight, but not rushed editing... just lovely! I also wanted to say it's refreshing to see someone not complaining about how hard installing Ubuntu, reading an article and adding 5 lines to a file is. Because that's essentially 90% of doing anything on Linux! I'm sorry, I've watched like 10 videos about how the LTT Linus couldn't figure out this and that and I'm simply happy to see someone have a good experience =)
    Edit: Ah yes, you're like the first person on CZcams who noticed that Windows has ssh client! To this day I find tutorials showing how to set up putty or whatever even though it's completely unnecessary.
    BTW if you are willing to install software on your client, try sshfs builds for windows, you gen better performance and especially security than with samba, and it has a nice GUI manager too.

    • @rexsceleratorum1632
      @rexsceleratorum1632 Před 10 měsíci

      Working the command line is nothing to complain about when you are building a server, but not so when reviewing a desktop PC.

  • @Jornaotario
    @Jornaotario Před 11 měsíci

    just bumped into this video and already subscribed! Nice content!!!

  • @CayoBuay
    @CayoBuay Před rokem

    Great content, thanks for keeping it simple for everyone to follow and good for starters. Good budget friendly build.

  • @kevinlegobrickmaster8015
    @kevinlegobrickmaster8015 Před 6 měsíci

    This is such a fun video to watch, I have a lot of old hardware some not even super old just laying around doing nothing would love to do something like this in the near future for fun. Dropped a sub too

  • @Bernoeofficial
    @Bernoeofficial Před rokem

    Awesome work and great video! I've been running Home Assistant off a Raspberry Pi for over a year now, but am looking into getting a cheap, small PC to do something like shown in this video to also run Plex, a Minecraft server and a home server.

  • @robinn7183
    @robinn7183 Před rokem

    Nice video, nice background music. Setting up my own Minecraft server is so cool. looking forward to it. Want to change my single player world to change into multiplayer soon.

  • @Dungulus
    @Dungulus Před rokem

    I have a Dell Inspiron I bought for school back in 2010 with a dual core CPU. It's been banished to the back of my closet for years now. I knew something like this was possible, but wasn't sure how. Thanks for the video.

  • @snowcoalRC
    @snowcoalRC Před 2 lety +1

    Great video. A lot of people dont realize you can make a personal server out of basically anything. I made my own NAS recently using a basic box i got on ebay for $150, no drives included. I bought some drives, insalled unraid, and now I have a great NAS that has tons of expandability.

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety

      Nice! I’m actually working on an unraid server video currently

  • @reviewnfts4656
    @reviewnfts4656 Před 2 lety

    Great video, even greater back ground tunes! Lol I saw the keyboard I hope you make these background tracks they are really fitting and well composed

    • @HardwareHaven
      @HardwareHaven  Před 2 lety

      All of the music is in the description. Some of it is me and some is from other artists.
      Thanks!

  • @diegof3854
    @diegof3854 Před rokem +2

    In case you don't know it yet, a very small tip that will save you some time: as soon as you start working with the terminal, just type "sudo su" to authenticate yourself as root, so you don't have to type sudo everytime before your commands. if you want to go back to normal user credentials, type exit or restart your terminal/ssh connection.
    Nice video btw. :-)

  • @edlippjr
    @edlippjr Před rokem

    great vid man! crazy what can be done with an old desktop from the closet!

  • @Agent57music
    @Agent57music Před 9 měsíci

    The Almighty algorithm showed me this as I'm starting to build my own home server. Made a lot of better decisions because of this video. Immediately subscribed lol

  • @newfolder999
    @newfolder999 Před rokem

    Now i know what i can do with old computers in the storage. Thank you!

  • @Wizardofozk
    @Wizardofozk Před 10 měsíci

    This is stupid good I'm confused in some parts but I don't have plans to run my own server yet but will keep this video in mind.

  • @freezypop3496
    @freezypop3496 Před rokem

    Excellent video! Very thorough and informative.

  • @leightaylor8069
    @leightaylor8069 Před rokem

    What a great video. Particularly interested in Home Assistant. Thanks.

  • @OHKNEECHAN
    @OHKNEECHAN Před rokem +1

    I really appreciate this video as I really want to build my first home server yet nothing too crazy.

  • @mickeytheriac4132
    @mickeytheriac4132 Před rokem

    Stumbled across this by accident and it was exactly what I needed to know.

  • @julianruano11
    @julianruano11 Před rokem

    I was about to comment how this video somehow reminded me of summoning salt then i find out that you listed him as a channel that inspires you.