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I know it has been too long and the price is upped.

But I am going to buy this.

For an always on server at home nothing beats the Mac mini. Excellent os, excellent build quality, modest power usage, silent.

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I'm interested to know what you run on this server...plex? torrent client? file server? on-prem file backups (if so, which software you use)?

I have a small Intel NUC running windows that runs always-on and does some of these things just fine, but I'm always looking for some excuses to upgrade a gadget.

I would like to use this as a file server and a torrent client. Does anyone here have some idea about the SSD endurance or can explain with some numbers, how long it'd last for the specific SSDs Apple is using (or even generic SSDs as a comparison)? Let's assume I write 2TB of data every month on to a 512GB SSD or 256GB SSD.

I tend to use such machines for a decade or longer (for as long as it doesn't break down completely), and considering that right now using Linux on these (with access to these SSDs) is difficult, I fear I might be out of up-to-date options in the future.

That is seriously seriously over-specced for a fileserver.

2TB of data a month on to SSDs is quite a bit though: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-ssd-600p-nvme-end...

Have a Mac Mini at home that's been running 24/7 since 2009. Truly worth every cent.

Me too - I have one of the first intel models - it is still running - the only thing that kills them is that they eventually become obsolete.

That’s my experience as well. My g4 mini still boots up fine, it’s just that a 1 ghz ppc and 1 gb ram is basically a raspberry pi so even as a linux machine it isn’t particularly useful.

Same here - The only thing that kills them is Apple.

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