EB1000;610324 Wrote: > Hi > > I decided to get a new PC to run SBS. I found this AIO MB from intel: > > http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D510MO/D510MO-overview.htm > > It has Lan Audio VGA 2 sata ports, 7 USB2, one slot for DDR2 800, Intel > Atom CPU included with passive heatsink. I'll be adding a 1GB DDR800 > stick and 1TB internal Sata drive (WD green). I'll be running either XP > sp3 lite (nlited)' or maybe I'll run Vortexbox. What do guys think? Will > this be enough for SBS? I might even use this machine to run Torrents in > the background. > > One more question: Could this setup be enough to run FreeNas? > > Thanks
I am using that very MoBo in my SB / Storage server. I run Ubuntu Server 10 (headless) and have 2 GB RAM. The board actually has 2 slots for memory, for a max of 4 GB. It's very quick and responsive both as SBS and NAS, no problem at all. GB ethernet is great for moving files. I'm sure it would handle a lot more tasks, but right now I don't have the need. FreeNAS should be no problem, nor torrents. I even built another box for my parents using the single-core D410 (it's still Hyper Threaded), which is absolutely sufficient as they don't need anything else than SBS on it. For any server application, I can only recommend a Linux OS (VB is supposedly great). Consider 2 GB memory, it's inexpensive. 667 or 800 MHz makes no difference here, get whichever you can find cheaper. Yes, it's a good base for a SB server, and I've been very happy. I have the OS on a CF card (CF->SATA) and a 2 TB Samsung Eco HDD for storage. -Skinny -- Skinny This sentence says less than a list of audio equipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skinny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21538 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85589 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
