Hey @@aasimenator not sure whether this is the right place to ask about it. I host linux mirrors at my home along with a node in another city. Which serve a significant amount of traffic. (mirror.albony.in)
I am currently using an old laptop for this but it needs an upgrade.
And I require a machine (preferably small factor / mini PCs ) And also needs to have IO to have a couple of drives. (I currently have a 3TB HDD which is dying)
I was looking at “Optiplex 3060 SFF Mini PC- i5 8500T, 16GB RAM” but looks like it’s sold out.
Considering the non-profit nature of my usecase, do you have any deals for me for similar machines?
Installed 8x2=16gb Crucial 3200Mhz DDR4 ram and Samsung 970 Evo 500GB NVME SSD. Booted up and it auto installed Windows 10 Pro from HP recovery. Is licensed copy linked to the machine. Offered me free upgrade to Windows 11 pro which I did. Had a issue with 22H2 windows 11 showing as end of service, so I updated the Bios to latest version from Sept 2024 which removed that warning. Finally was able to update to 24H2 which caused some issues with audio drivers. But a uninstall of audio device and allowing windows to reinstall them solved it. Installed the AMD drivers for the graphics.
Serving as a computer upgrade for my parents. Mom likes to play age of empires, card games and candy crush. Banking and trading for Dad. For light gaming and normal usage this is a perfect upgrade for them. And the 1L footprint is so much smaller that the last ATX cabinet system. Cute little mini pc.