I recently built a new desktop and am looking into converting my old computer into a dedicated storage box (DAS).
I have about 60TB and growing worth of data to store so housing it in a single computer is getting slightly unreasonable. outwitting both my new computer with 10GBit Ethernet, I was wondering if it would be possible to remotely control my old desktop without any form of GPU or integrated graphics. No GPU= less power draw and more PCIe slots for sata adapters.
Obviously, I have no intent to use the old computer for work or even browsing- I just need to get it to a state where I can manage it from the main computer. I thought about just taking a GPU out of the computer after it's started up but hot-swappable PCIe isn't exactly a thing, as far as I'm aware.
Let me know if you have any ideas and TYVM in advance.
I have about 60TB and growing worth of data to store so housing it in a single computer is getting slightly unreasonable. outwitting both my new computer with 10GBit Ethernet, I was wondering if it would be possible to remotely control my old desktop without any form of GPU or integrated graphics. No GPU= less power draw and more PCIe slots for sata adapters.
Obviously, I have no intent to use the old computer for work or even browsing- I just need to get it to a state where I can manage it from the main computer. I thought about just taking a GPU out of the computer after it's started up but hot-swappable PCIe isn't exactly a thing, as far as I'm aware.
Let me know if you have any ideas and TYVM in advance.