Your Old PC is Your New Server

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:51 Servers = Computers
2:33 Shocking reveal
3:30 Starting fresh
4:30 Software
5:15 Network Share
6:46 What's next?
8:17 DVD's are dead
9:45 RAID: Shadow Copy
9:59 Storage Spaces

[thomassands]

More videos like this would be great, I love the high end pc videos but it's really nice to see stuff aimed towards everyday budget projects

[Fatty]

"This old machine isn't worthless. Even with its 9 year old CPU..."
_looks over at his 9 year old main pc_
Why must you hurt me, Anthony?

[pipeeeeees]

This video single handedly launched my home server side hobby. Thanks Anthony

[madbeastgamming]

He's just born to explain tech in a way that not many others can do. Linus is lucky he got you.

[josiahgibson]

I'm taking this as a sign that I should go buy myself a new PC for Christmas so I can have an "old" one to use as a server.

[theunkownviolinist]

I would love to see a series of increasing difficulty levels for servers. Something like turning an old rig into a TrueNAS server and then progressing into a full blown homelab rack setup.

[moninchow]

Did this at my job with an old PC they had. We needed a way for tablets in the shop to access blueprints on a Windows network share. It had to be a simple easy one app solution for the tablet side. So I turned the old PC into a web server that would access the network share, list all jobs and blueprints, then when a blueprint was chosen it would fetch the blueprint pdf and using some nodejs magic displays the blueprint right in the Android web browser. Everything is done in the browser on the tablet side. I'm quite proud of it considering I'm just a shop guy myself and not an IT guy by trade. I just know how to do stuff.

[Quokkat]

Anthony is my safeplace, when he said "love you guys" I took it personally

[dan_kay]

Please, make that dude become the chief-speaker! He is by far the best, speaks clearly and doesn't put any fake excitement or outrage in his voice. He doesn't perform a show, he teaches. Love, love, love it!

[loganheeringa]

Additional steps I’d recommend are:
- enabling power on on power loss
- using Windows autologin feature
- setting up a program such as AnyDesk
(task scheduler is your friend)

[jja]

Hey man, I found the way you speak, tone/pace/cadence etc is fantastic. Nothing sounded scripted and your clear/concise way of speaking was great for learning. Thank you!

[SirValiantIII]

Having watched you guys for years, it's amazing how well you still do the simple style of videos. Nice work guys (and gals)

[ctrlectrld]

"Remember that old PC stuffed in the closet?"

Yes, it draws 120W in idle.

[jgames]

Don't forget Microsoft allows you to run a Trial version of any version of Windows Server for up to 3 years. Trials are only 180 days, but you can rearm that timer 6 times.

[micmacha]

I had a machine that size once. I grabbed a low-profile GT 610 (which was reasonably recent at the time), and a PSU to support it which was too big to fit the case. It was thankfully modular, so I just threaded it in from the outside. So I had a clunky Frankenstein'd cash register with a huge GPU hanging off of it, which could handle Skyrim reasonably well.

It was a fun project.

[Jrodsly]

I'm glad I saw this video because it pointed me in the right direction for building my own Plex server and backup server for way less than an off the shelf NAS.

[MarcSpctr]

Petition to for LTT to make a complete Home Assistant setup, from lights to fans, to temp. to curtains with motion sensor, luminosity sensor, humidity/temp sensor, etc powered by similar server as this (an old pc) and everything automated/controlled from one single app.

[andrewbrown]

Definitely would love to see more content on DIY storage / servers.

[niichimera]

Thanks for this video, high-end tech is neat but I love to see more messing around with older machines and such.

[MajorStra]

Love it, I just upgraded my PC and was left with most parts to setup a server of sorts. This helped guide me through the decision process as I plan to turn it into a media server or something for minecraft xD