My server has recently died (it has been on its last legs for a while now) and I am looking for a replacement. I think that the motherboard has gone so basically looking for a complete replacement (other then the hard disk drives that is).
I don't mind a motherboard/cpu/ram bundle or a completed units as long as it meets the basic requirements below. I was looking into home/small business servers, but a desktop that matches the requirements would also do. My price range is around *£200-400* *Basic Requirements:* - 4+ SATA ports - Max of 8GB+ ram - Processor capable of virtualisation - Gigabit network port *Features that would be nice to have:* - USB 3.0 ports (or a PCIe slot to plug the one I have in) - Integrated graphics card - 6+ SATA ports - Hot swap hdd bays/Easy way to remove the drives - Quite (it sits in our living room next to the tv) - Low power (it is on all the time) *Features it does not need (ie things I don't want to pay loads extra for):* - Operating system (no one likes the windows tax) - DVD/CD rom (I never use them) - PCIe graphics card (so long as it has an integrated one) - Included HDD (I already have loads of these) I am very flexible with everything listed but the basic requirements (it must have them) listed above. The server will run a number of services including a network file store, torrent server, minecraft server, qemu vm, web server and anything else I feel like experimenting with Can anyone suggest something that matches these requirements? Or have any other advice? And thank you for any input. -- Michael Daffin <[email protected]>
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