Some different hardware sets and which one is best for Nextcloud?

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Hello Community,

Since I did not really get any further in the German subforum, I’m trying it here now (with Google Translator :wink: ) and i hope this is the right Subforum. I am an absolute newbie in dealing with Nextcloud and an ODRIOD.

Still, I’d like to set up my own cloud for the devices in the house and for family members to get away from Google and Icloud.
So sync photos, calendars, contacts and other files.

So I thought of Nextcloud on my Synology NAS (DS916 +), but that’s where the Emby server is running for movies goes to watch with Kodi. And a raspberry 3b+ is probably too slow, as I read in some threads.

After some searching I became aware of an ODRIOD-XU4 or XU4Q or better an ODRIOD N2 Rev-B.

Therefore, now the question to the pros, which hardware can be recommended for the use of Nextcloud and 5 to 10 users.

But another alternativ I also have a Shuttle Barebone SX38 standing around here. Would that be fast enough?

Specifications:
Intel Core2Quad Q6700 2,66 GHz
8GB Ram
4GB Mini-PCIe x1 Intel Turbo Memory (Robson)

Thanks for Helping and
Best Regards from Germany

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Shure.

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Hello again,

I’ve changed the theme of my thread because I have more questions about the hardware and which one is the best.
An Odriod H2 may or may not run and the full hardware costs a lot of money. That’s why I think it’s better to buy and use a server that can be changed in the future.

But there are so many topics and examples that I do not know how to allow kernel updates in the future.

I have found the following hardware sets and would like to ask which one is best for using Nextcloud and provides enough power for some other projects in the future. For example, to use as NAS or so on.

Already a complete server (used and not new):
Processor:
Intel® Xeon® Server CPU E3-1235L v5 2.00GHz
4 cores
25 watts TDP

Chipset / motherboard:
Intel® 100 Series / C230 Series Chipset Family
Supermicro X11SAE-M
Intel® C236 chipset

  • Up to 64GB Unbuffered ECC / non-ECC UDIMM DDR4 2400MHz; 4 DIMM slots
  • 1 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1 PCI-E 3.0 x4, and 1x 5V PCI 32-bit slots
  • Single GbE LAN with Intel® i210-AT,
  • Single GbE LAN with Intel® i219LM
  • 8 SATA3 (6Gbps) via C236; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 + 1
  • PCI-E M.2 (support PCI-E x4 only, 2242/2260/2280/22110)
  • 6 USB 3.0 (2 rear + 4 via header (s))
  • 6 USB 2.0 (2 rear + 4 via header (s))
  • 2 USB 3.1 (10Gbps, rear)

Graphics:
ASUS GTX 1060 3GB

Audio:
High Definition Audio

Networking and I / O
2x Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Connection

Memory:
16GB DDR4 2133 ECC
with error correction

Storage:
250 GB Lenovo NVME SSD
2000 GB HGST SATA HDD

Power adapter:

Casing:
Corsair - Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube - black

Or individual hardware components:

Casing:
Corsair - Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube - black
Lian Li - LANCOOL ONE Digital Midi Tower - white

Motherboard:
ASUS P10S-I - Intel® C232 Express Chipset
ASRock - J4205-ITX, Intel SoC motherboard

  • Intel Pentium J4205

RAM
Crucial DIMM 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC,
Memory (CT16G4WFD8266)

CPU:
Intel Xeon E3-1220 V6 3.0GHz (Kaby Lake)
Socket 1151 - boxed

Intel Celeron G3930 2.9 GHz (Kaby Lake)
Socket 1151 - boxed

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Consider getting a real server too. You can get a refurbished Dell PowerEdge with a lot of juice on Newegg for probably the same price range, and with benefits like real RAID, plenty of NICs, redundant hot swap PSUs…

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What is the cost for all the hardware combined? What were you planning to spent max?

A server for family might be idle most of the time and only consume power. Low power consumption might be something to consider for the hardware choice.

I am using the predecessor of this CPU for nearly two years now and never had a load of 100% so far:


The load TDP and the internal GPU was what I liked. So I didn’t have to invest money in an additional GPU which is consuming additional electrical power.

Two threads are not future-proof in my opinion, so I wouldn’t pick the Celeron G3930. Especially if you want to use the server for additional projects, I’d pick 4 Threads at least.
16GB ECC RAM is a good choice in my opinion.

For the safety of the user’s data, you might want to invest into additional HDDs to run a proper raid configuration.

By the way: What internet connection do you have (especially regarding the upload speed)?

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thanks for answering.
German users can write a private message to me

The complete Server:

Zusammenfassung

Already a complete server (used and not new):
Processor:
Intel® Xeon® Server CPU E3-1235L v5 2.00GHz
4 cores
25 watts TDP

Chipset / motherboard:
Intel® 100 Series / C230 Series Chipset Family
Supermicro X11SAE-M
Intel® C236 chipset

  • Up to 64GB Unbuffered ECC / non-ECC UDIMM DDR4 2400MHz; 4 DIMM slots
  • 1 PCI-E 3.0 x16, 1 PCI-E 3.0 x4, and 1x 5V PCI 32-bit slots
  • Single GbE LAN with Intel® i210-AT,
  • Single GbE LAN with Intel® i219LM
  • 8 SATA3 (6Gbps) via C236; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 + 1
  • PCI-E M.2 (support PCI-E x4 only, 2242/2260/2280/22110)
  • 6 USB 3.0 (2 rear + 4 via header (s))
  • 6 USB 2.0 (2 rear + 4 via header (s))
  • 2 USB 3.1 (10Gbps, rear)

Graphics:
ASUS GTX 1060 3GB

Audio:
High Definition Audio

Networking and I / O
2x Intel® Gigabit Ethernet Connection

Memory:
16GB DDR4 2133 ECC
with error correction

Storage:
250 GB Lenovo NVME SSD
2000 GB HGST SATA HDD

Power adapter:

Casing:
Corsair - Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube - black

At the moment it costs about 450 Euros…

individual hardware components

Zusammenfassung

Casing:
Corsair - Carbide Air 540 ATX Cube - black / 129,90Euro
Lian Li - LANCOOL ONE Digital Midi Tower - white / 99,90 Euro

Motherboard:
ASUS P10S-I - Intel® C232 Express Chipset / 182,90Euro
ASRock - J4205-ITX, Intel SoC motherboard / 119,90Euro

  • Intel Pentium J4205

RAM
Crucial DIMM 16GB DDR4-2666 ECC, / 109,90Euro
Memory (CT16G4WFD8266)

CPU:
Intel Xeon E3-1220 V6 3.0GHz (Kaby Lake) / 214,90Euro
Socket 1151 - boxed

Intel Celeron G3930 2.9 GHz (Kaby Lake) / 69,90Euro
Socket 1151 - boxed

Planning to spent is not easy to answer.
I have searched many times at google for a good complete System to used for nextcloud and some other projects on it.

Odroid H2 with all needed Hardware pieces cost around 300-450 Euro. I have found a Site that have ready Nextcloud Servers that cost 280-640 Euro.

So i think it is a good way to spent 300-500 Euro for a ready System or pieces of Hardware.
However, finding the right or best combination of motherboard and CPU for a system that guarantees a long runtime and supports kernel updates in the future does not seem easy.

that´s right but at the moment it is important to find and buy the right Server System.
Tower,Mainboard,Cpu,Ram and so on.

At the moment i have 400mbit download and 200mbit upload. But for upload there is a upgrade available if i really need this.