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Up till now I've been running Debian on a 2008 Dell tower as my homeserver. I just got 2 1tb drives for it so I want to upgrade to an actual dedicated NAS software to simplify how I manage it. The problem is, I only have 4gb of RAM in it. Any recommendations?

Edit: For context, I mostly use the server for Nextcloud and Syncthing but I also want to be able to have a generic Debian server with ssh access available if I need it.

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[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago

I've been tired with half-ass OSes like from Synology and QNAP that won't do the job, and wanted to explore alternatives. I appreciate your post!