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Personal servers

Your own cloud, in your own home

Secure, scalable personal servers for home or business. Keep your files, photos, films and passwords on hardware you own, available from anywhere, with no monthly fees.

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Home server with private cloud, photos, media, passwords and games

Personal server solutions

Pick the services you want

Each service can run on its own or alongside the others on the same server.

from 500 AED

Private cloud

Nextcloud

Your own Dropbox and Google Drive: files, calendars and contacts on your server, available from anywhere, with full control over who sees what.

Features and benefits
  • Encryption: protects your data from unauthorised access.
  • Customisable: extensive apps and settings for your requirements.
  • Collaboration: shared calendars, contacts and file sharing with family or colleagues.
  • Private: sensitive information stays out of third-party hands.
  • Cost-effective: a one-time setup fee with no recurring costs.

from 400 AED

Media server

Plex

Entertainment on demand: your films, series and music on any TV, phone or laptop, at home or away.

Features and benefits
  • Quality: stream in full HD or 4K to any device.
  • Compatibility: a wide range of file formats and devices.
  • Family sharing: share your library with family, with parental controls.
  • Your library: nothing disappears when a licence expires.

from 250 AED

Password manager

Bitwarden

Store and manage all your passwords in a secure, easy-to-use vault, and generate strong new ones in a click.

Features and benefits
  • Strong encryption: end-to-end AES-256 encryption of your vault.
  • Every platform: apps for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and browsers.
  • Secure sharing: share passwords safely with family or your team.
  • Easy to use: a clean interface that makes good password habits effortless.

from 350 AED

Photo server

Immich

Your growing photo and video library in one place, organised automatically and shared with the people you choose.

Features and benefits
  • Smart organisation: search by people, places and things with face recognition.
  • Shared albums: collect photos with family and friends without giving up privacy.
  • Multi-user: every family member gets their own library.
  • One safe place: all your memories in one location, accessible and backed up.

from 300 AED

Game servers

Minecraft · ARK · Palworld

Your own private playground: play your way, on your server, under your rules.

Features and benefits
  • Full control: install and change games, mods and settings as you like.
  • Low latency at home: dedicated resources for smooth play with friends.
  • Easy management: start, stop and update servers from a simple panel.

from 800 AED

Unraid server

Unraid · 2,000+ community apps

Flexible storage for everything above and more: from simple file storage to virtual machines, Unraid adapts to your needs.

Features and benefits
  • Mix any drives: use disks of different sizes and brands without wasting space.
  • Docker and VMs: run applications and virtual machines directly on the server.
  • Parity protection: recover data when a drive fails.
  • Efficient: add storage step by step and use less power than traditional RAID.

Prices include installation and basic configuration of the service and do not include the server hardware.

Hardware

What hardware do you need?

It depends on what you want to run: we can give an old computer a new life or build a high-capacity server. Your goals define the hardware, and we help you balance performance, cost and longevity.

Entry level

Private cloud, photo backup, password manager and media streaming for a family

CPU
Intel N100 / N150
RAM
16 GB
Storage
512 GB NVMe + 4 TB HDD
Network
Gigabit / 2.5 GbE
OS
Unraid / Ubuntu Server

1,200 – 2,200 AED*

Mid-range

All of the above plus 4K transcoding, game servers and small business apps

CPU
Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5
RAM
32 GB DDR5
Storage
1 TB NVMe + 2 × 8 TB HDD
Network
2.5 GbE
OS
Unraid / TrueNAS

3,500 – 6,000 AED*

High performance

Virtual machines, large media libraries and many users

CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 / Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC
RAM
64 GB ECC
Storage
2 × 2 TB NVMe + 4 × 12 TB HDD
Network
10 GbE
OS
Unraid / Proxmox VE

8,000 – 15,000 AED*

* A broad estimate based on current UAE retail prices. Actual prices depend on supplier costs, promotions and the exact components at the time of purchase; memory and storage prices change often.

Why self-host?

Why have a personal server?

Complete control

You decide how your data is stored and who can access it.

Security and privacy

Sensitive data stays out of third-party hands, which also helps with strict data protection rules.

Cost efficiency

A one-time investment in hardware instead of growing monthly fees for storage and services.

Performance

Fast access to your files over the home network, without sharing bandwidth with anyone else.

Reliability

Redundancy and fail-safes that minimise downtime and protect your data.

Flexible and scalable

Start with a simple file server and add applications and storage as your needs grow.

For the whole family

Separate accounts, shared albums and libraries, and parental controls.

Tailored to you

Gaming, media, cloud storage or secure communication, set up the way off-the-shelf services can't.

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Let's talk

Tell us what you'd like to set up

A smart home, faster Wi-Fi, a private cloud or a media server: send a message with a few words about your home and what bothers you today. We'll reply with honest advice and next steps.

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