Homelab Reiteration Pt. 4

My personal desktop has balanced between needing more RAM and cutting down on storage space. After long quiet hours of contemplation, I clicked on to Newegg, got out my KeepKey, and placed an order for a 1TB Western Digital hard drive. 6MB cache, 7200RPM. Pretty basic drive, but it will allow me to do much more.

It arrived and I could not contain my excitement. After a little bit of confusion, jerry rigging, zip ties and scavenging for SATA data cables, I finally got it installed. I say finally like it was some epic quest, but it only felt that way. In reality it was probably 15 minutes long.

Now my personal desktop has a whopping 2+ terabytes, which is more than I've ever had in any one machine. I don't have to worry about virtual machines hogging up space, or having to clear unused documentation, and I have to tell you. Damn it feels good.

Feedback: how much RAM do you think is normal for a home computer? What about a gaming computer? Or should I just go straight server grade?

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My previous homelab article:

https://steemit.com/homelab/@tfj/troubleshooting-linux-ssh-connectivity