I recently (okay, yesterday) loaded Ubuntu onto my late 2012 Mac Mini to repurpose as a home server, including file server (NAS), some lightweight media serving, and hopefully media backups as well. My biggest question is how to best use the Thunderbolt (mini DisplayPort) port on the system (Mac says it’s TB1, but Ubuntu seems to think it is TB2??)
What kind of options are still available for this outdated interface? Best option for reasonable Blu-ray drive?
An NVMe SSD would be sweet, but I haven’t seen anything with other than USB-C interfaces, with one very expensive option. Honestly, 6-10 TB of storage would work for a while, though I suspect I’ll eventually outgrow it.
Just beginning to research what’s out there, but have lurked in this sub long enough to know I’ll get better suggestions here than I will find on my own.
TIA