Hello folks a wild Dell optiplex 320 appeared to me for $38,00.
Core 2 duo processor 4gb RAM (which I can easily upgrade) 160gb HD (which I’ll certainly change for a 1TB SSD
I would use It as a file server, maybe with nextcloud. It is Just for myself maybe S.O.
What’s your toughts on It? Pass or get?
Why do you think OP needs high availability?
In case of disk failure, simply redeploy and restore backups. Having an automated and fast redeployment procedure (and working backups) is a must-have, disk fault tolerance is not, IMHO (unless you have specific requirements).