I was thinking what I'd do with my office if I won the lottery.

1. Replace my laptop Proxmox server with a tower case system with
external drive bays.

2. Replace my Synology SATA HDs with SSDs and add capacity.

3. Run 2 CAT6 cables to my storage area and relocate the server and
Synology there - they're loud and make a lot of fan noise!

4. Get AT&T fiber and back up my NAS to the cloud.

Alas, it wouldn't be mind-bendingly better, but it would be nice...



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On 15 Mar 2026, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

I was thinking what I'd do with my office if I won the lottery.

1. Replace my laptop Proxmox server with a tower case system with
external drive bays.

Why not get a half rack, and a 1u or 2u Dell PowerEdge R620 or a couple of them, load it/them with disks and put proxmox on it/them? You don't need to win the lottery for those either really... eBay! =)

2. Replace my Synology SATA HDs with SSDs and add capacity.

Good shout!

3. Run 2 CAT6 cables to my storage area and relocate the server and Synology there - they're loud and make a lot of fan noise!

Another good idea!

4. Get AT&T fiber and back up my NAS to the cloud.

Ah yes deffo get fibre, 1Gbps or better, and yes a cloud backup would be great, just be careful who you back up too, they may use your data and sell it on to other companies!

Alas, it wouldn't be mind-bendingly better, but it would be nice...

I dunno, you could definitely make it vastly improved. You're on the right track.

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MeaTLoTioN wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

1. Replace my laptop Proxmox server with a tower case system with
external drive bays.

Why not get a half rack, and a 1u or 2u Dell PowerEdge R620 or a couple
of them, load it/them with disks and put proxmox on it/them? You don't need to win the lottery for those either really... eBay! =)

Space. I want to move my homelab into my storage space, which is a bit
cramped. I'd most likely end up with a tower case standing in a shelf
with the Synology next to it. Noise is an issue, too - If I increase my
compute, I'll need to move it out of my office.

2. Replace my Synology SATA HDs with SSDs and add capacity.

That might resolve the clunking/spinning noise currently a problem when
I'm on calls without doing anything. Shame prices have gone through the
roof for storage.

4. Get AT&T fiber and back up my NAS to the cloud.

Ah yes deffo get fibre, 1Gbps or better, and yes a cloud backup would
be great, just be careful who you back up too, they may use your data
and sell it on to other companies!

Synology has an enterprise backup tool that backs up to most cloud
storage - and their own storage as well. I've been tempted by that.





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