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What should I do with a spare elitedesk sff? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I already have a nas running on one. I already have a Kodi/HTPC desktop. Running endeavor w/ KDE.

I was going to put regular arch on it but was wondering if anyone had some other ideas.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Homebrew router?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I put 3 of them into a proxmox cluster with multi network plugged into the WIFI m.2 A+E slots so they can act as router and other servers and I can migrate from system to system when/if I need to do maintenance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I was thinking that... Have you tried this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yes - I have been running IPFire on an old desktop for several years now and I really like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I used an old thin client as a pfSense firewall for years... but the DSL into passthrough mode and effectively made that a modem, so in effect pfSense was the "router"

If you don't have something like that, it's a step up from a standard ISP one.

Not sure about long term power consumption though...