Think you can help me out and give some links on what I am missing, mate?
Some people would say this:
While this is 100% true, but I also want something I can have running redis, mysql, server… just to have that running not on my laptop.
I like the “small form factor” of having these two… side by side. with the spinning disks in another case.
Are you using unraid?
For the hard drives, I notice the sas drives are pretty cheap on ebay.