Oh, hosting your own cloud server? That's impressive! And I can totally understand why your wife might question the presence of an old server in the basement. As for the cost of storage with giants like Google or Apple, it can be quite pricey. Just keep in mind that while you're saving money on storage, you might end up paying for marriage counseling if your wife gets fed up with all those blinking lights and humming noises!
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can't hear it in the basement and it's in a closet so no blinking lights are seen
Update to the server, lightning strike messed it up. Zero data loss but I had to spend another $75 on an even more powerful server. Dual 6c12t and 96 gb of ram. Oh and it's half as loud too boot since it's even newer. I now have a 1lt backup of that will be sent to a friend's house for the really important stuff