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Buy a Raspberry Pi or other SBC, firewall it from the open internet (so it's only accessible from your home LAN) and start installing stuff like nextcloud and jellyfin on it. See if you can access the files from your other devices. That might be a good start.
Going for a RasPi might be a bigger hassle for me due to the market, but I suppose I can try the rest on my laptop as easily. Thanks!
Np :) are Rpis still in short supply? There are other good SBCs, notably odroid. Rpi has excellent community and support but if you are after hardware power you'll be better off with other brands.
In terms of electricity- laptop is about 65W and SBC is about 4W. If you have a server that you never shut down, the difference will add up.
Gl, hf!
I think you can get the full Orange Pi kit (Pi + sd + power adapter + case) for around 60 bucks on Amazon. There's also the option of going with a mini PC, you could find them from around 120 bucks.
I know you're not asking for hardware recommendations, but using an old PC may increase your electric bill way more than any of these options, so that's something to bear in mind.
That's fair too. I was just trying to get some use out of my old device, but I think it'll be better if I simply use to run some CLI tools via SSH that I don't want running on my main device :P