IRC, bulletin boards that had links to each other…. The old net was decentralised by default.

Nice to see someone else was around when the lore was written :D

In NZ instead of AOL it was xtra and Paradise.

Confirming, I have 200TB in home lab and know plenty of others with around this amount:

Depends on what the data was for criticality, not the amount of data. Many orgs, even in smaller countries, have petabytes of data now.

OP, listen to this person. Docker will earn you cash. Podman is nicer to work with for your own shit.

You’re usually stuck with what your seedbox provider gives you.

I’ve done the same thing as the person you replied to is suggesting for around 10 years now. It works very well for a home user because parts etc are readily available. Most hypervisors will run on x86/amd64 hardware without issue. Check out something other than proxmox. LXC is one suggestion. If you’re going to stick with Debian look into SAMBA with BIND to ensure ease of sharing and cross platform integration.

Another reason to not get an old server is power, noise and thermals. They’re designed to live in an air conditioned room. Anyone who works in server rooms for any length of time will tell you to wear ear protection.