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this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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ServeTheHome on Youtube has a great series called "Project TinyMiniMicro" which reviews commodity ultra-small business PCs from the standpoint of their usefulness as servers. I currently have 2 of these and will be replacing my 3rd server with one as well.
They're great as long as you don't need to shove a bunch of drives in them, low power, and often can be found used at dirt cheap prices as large corporations buy them by the thousands and then dump them used every time their IT plant undergoes a refresh.