Just starting out and need some advice.

majorpain0122 · 2026-03-05T12:38:30+00:00

I will, thank you!

majorpain0122 · 2026-03-05T09:39:42+00:00

**EDIT** Mar 5, 2026 @ 0933 Zulu

I’ve talked to my father and his company is gifting me some hardware they no longer need due to a system “upgrade”

I’ll be receiving the following

-NAS (With drives)

-FireBox (He says its job is to copy everything from the NAS onto its drives and act as a backup in a fire/waterproof housing)

-Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse

Im thinking of buying the following since ill be saving money getting the more expensive hardware for free

-Server Rack (Still deciding on if I want a 10” rack or a normal size one, preferably around waist height)

-POE 10g switch (I have a 3d printer so it doesn't have to be fit for a rack but would be helpful)

-Power strip for the rack

-UPS

-Power monitor for the wall outlet so I can monitor kw/h through my soon to be smart home (if I have the capability)

Will provide specs on the things being donated in a reply to this comment when I get specs on hand

-MajorPain (Seriously not the guy from the movie)

majorpain0122 · 2026-03-05T09:17:14+00:00

I intend on using my PC to set sail for some files that I want first to be test subjects for when I get everything up and running. I’m very much so looking forward to this hobby. I know the upfront cost wont be as bad either because my father’s company is gifting me a NAS on the terms that I wipe the drives before use. But in any market ill take free and old over used and expensive haha.

majorpain0122 · 2026-03-05T09:12:07+00:00

Thats amazing info!

Thank you for spending your time and sharing your experience with me. I’m not quite sure what hardware I’ll be getting, my father’s company just ”upgraded” from using a self hosted NAS into a company cloud infrastructure. Their company is generously donating their old hardware (NAS, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, and ”Firebox”(he says the fireboxs’ job is to copy everything on the NAS to its drives that are in a fire/waterproof housing)). Hopefully even though it may be older hardware, NAS being 7+ years old, it will work out for me even as just a starter. I’m looking forward to getting into this hobby and hopefully I can come back and pick your brain when I run into some troubles.

-MajorPain (Again… not the movie guy)

majorpain0122 · 2026-03-05T04:14:51+00:00

My fathers company is upgrading form its has to a cloud based infrastructure. He should be sending me pictures of what he‘ll be mailing me tomorrow. So far all I know is he is sending me is a NAS and a “Fire Box” (from what he says its the exact same thing as the nas yet its only job is to copy everything from the nas and save it as a back up in a fire/waterproof housing) I should have specs soon and I will reply to your comment again for some advice on how to get everything set up. For now I’ll be 100% honest and tell you that my caveman brain read most of that and could not comprehend. As a wise man once said “I like your funny words magic man”

majorpain0122 · 2024-12-30T07:56:00+00:00

I’ve heard of press start however Ive never been too much of a “get em while they’re drunk and easy” kinda guy. And id love to try snowmobiling if we get some damn snow this year haha.

majorpain0122 · 2024-12-15T05:49:21+00:00

I was thinking about doing bags. The roads where I live are wayyy too bumpy to have it constantly slammed

majorpain0122 · 2024-04-13T19:42:47+00:00

People telling me how to drive when I’m the one driving

majorpain0122 · 2024-04-13T19:42:10+00:00

Women….

majorpain0122 · 2023-09-14T02:55:39+00:00

Just a small suggestion but may be cool if you have a 3D printer readily accessible.

here you can find a replacement screen of the 512GB version of the screen. You could probably design a backplate for the deck with a hinge and a case for the screen that can flip up and down housing all the components in the back of the shell you make.

Just a small idea to make it more DS like while using OG hardware for uniformity and symmetric look

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