[lug] Semi-OT: Linux Home server specs

[Ben Whaley]

Wow, should I feel poor for not having $2k to drop on a server at my house!?

Priorities - I need a new iMac first.

- Ben

On 9/21/07, Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 11:19 -0600, Elyse M. Grasso wrote:
> > Is there an SMP motherboard with good Linux support that people have had good
> > experiences with (or one I should avoid at all costs)?
> >
> > I need a home server for files and backups and as a host for a scanner. I also
> > need some practice at enterprise level Linux admin: smp, raid, ldap, etc. So
> > this sucker is going to be considerably over-specced.
> >
> > I'm currently contemplating
> >
> > a 'quiet' ATX case,
> >
> > an smp ATX mother board with a couple of  mature processors (two older
> > processors may cost less than something current and bleeding edge),
> >
> > enough  SATA drives to do raid 1/0, with a controller card if that is
> > advisable,
> >
> > and a fairly wimpy graphics card or maybe just onboard video (if SMP boards
> > have builtin video). Most admin will be done across the network, but I'll
> > need enough graphics capability to trouble shoot the scanner, view pdfs and
> > website files, etc.
> >
> > I haven't built a machine in years: just used laptops on the road. How big a
> > power supply am I likely to need for all this?
> >
> > Does anyone have a 'quiet' case they really like? Or one that turned out to be
> > a lemon?
>
> This doesn't answer your question, but Dell just sold us (the place I
> work) a dual quad-core Xeon with 2 15K SAS drives and 4GB RAM for $2K.
> It's a rack-mount and a little bit noisy with the fans but I've had
> louder gaming systems.
>
> It would make an exxxxxcelent home server.  I was thinking of getting
> them to order another one for me. :)
> --
> Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
>
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