Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: > Henry Gessau <henry.ges...@acm.org> writes: >> >> I want to set up a server at home for a bunch of projects and experiments. >> >> I need to use Ubuntu 14.04 server for the OS, and an Intel (not AMD) CPU. >> >> Canonical's certified list[1] is not very helpful. I assume 14.04 will >> install >> just fine on many systems, but I would prefer to have confirmation from >> someone/somewhere before buying something. >> >> Requirements: >> - Reasonably quiet. It's going to reside near me in my home office. >> - Intel VT-x support. >> - Four cores. More would be nice. >> - Must support at least 32GB RAM. >> - Preferably under $800 for chassis + PS + CPU. >> >> I assume it would need to be some Core i3/i5 variant. I don't need raw speed, >> so i7 is probably overkill, and I would prefer to keep the power low. I admit >> I don't understand the Xeon family at all. >> >> I was thinking something along the lines of an HP ProLiant MicroServer, or a >> Lenovo ThinkServer TS140? But I would be happy to assemble from parts. > > If you need more than 32 GB RAM, it doesn't look like you want > either of those machines: the Levno TS140 appears to max out at 32 GB RAM, > and the HP Proliant MicroServers appear to max out at 16 GB. > > Have you looked at ZaReason <http://www.zareason.com/>, > or maybe System76 <http://www.system76.com/>? > > I have experience with one of these: > > http://zareason.com/shop/Breeze-Server-5880s.html > > It's very quiet and seems to meet _almost_ all of your requirements... > except for the ">= 32 GB RAM" req, which actually seems to be a little > exotic for this class of machines.
Yeah, after much browsing I have come to the conclusion that most small home servers seem to max out at 16GB. The price class seems to be the factor. I have upgraded both my work laptop and my home desktop to 32GB, and I ain't going back. :) I work and play with OpenStack, where I spin up a bunch of VMs and then deploy them as a "cloud", which means further VMs get spun up inside those VMs. It's turtles all the way down and it eats RAM for lunch. > > (I've also had positive experience with a number of other > models from ZaReason, though not anything that meets your > requirements) > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
