Hey Andy, the HP Microserver was one of the options I am looking at but the CPU has me slightly worried as it will need to deal with running a minecraft server as well as VMs and various other tasks. Would it handle all of this very well?
Thanks for the info. On Nov 5, 2012 3:10 AM, "Andy Smith" <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 12:53:22AM +0000, Michael James Daffin wrote: > > 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* > > With that low a budget I don't think you will beat an HP > Microserver. They are still available with £100 cashback. The base > model costs only around £190+VAT so this works out incredible value > for money. > > > *Basic Requirements:* > > > > - 4+ SATA ports > > The Microserver has four 3.5" hot swap SATA bays plus you can fit > one more 3.5" SATA drive above that in the place where the optical > drive is meant to go, if you use a 5.25" bracket. > > It also has an eSATA port on the motherboard though I have heard > that without a BIOS update this doesn't support port multipliers, > i.e. you can only attach one disk to it. > > The base model comes with a single 250G SATA disk. > > > - Max of 8GB+ ram > > The Microserver only has two RAM slots, so it will go to 2x8G of > DDR3 ECC. It does come with 1x2G so if going to more than 2x2G you'd > have to remove that. > > > - Processor capable of virtualisation > > It's an AMD Turion II Neo at 1.3GHz or 1.5GHz (depending on whether > you get the N36L or the N40L model). > > These are not fast CPUs, but they are low power, 64-bit and support > virtualisation. > > > - Gigabit network port > > Yeah it has one. tg3 driver. > > > *Features that would be nice to have:* > > > > - USB 3.0 ports (or a PCIe slot to plug the one I have in) > > Four USB on the front, two on the back, one internal. They are all > USB 2.0 though. > > > - Integrated graphics card > > Good enough for VGA, yes.. > > > - 6+ SATA ports > > Only has five SATA ports internally and one eSATA. > > > - Hot swap hdd bays/Easy way to remove the drives > > For four of them yes. > > > - Quite (it sits in our living room next to the tv) > > The chassis has one big fan, so that goes pretty slowly. I haven't > found it particularly noisy. I think 6 SATA drives will be noisier. > > > - Low power (it is on all the time) > > The CPU has a TDP of about 15W. > > > I am very flexible with everything listed but the basic requirements (it > > must have them) listed above. > > If you need more than four hot swap disks then I think a Microserver > plus an eSATA disk enclosure will be cheaper and better than most > single devices you could buy. The build quality of the Microserver > itself is very good, allowing you to take the whole thing apart > without tools. > > In terms of PCIe, it also has: > > 1 x PCI Express x16 (half-height / half length slot) > 1 x PCI Express x1 (half-height / half length slot) > > So maybe that would get you USB3.0 and/or more eSATA. > > More info: > > http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/HP_MicroServer_N40L_Wiki > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAlCXLhwACgkQIJm2TL8VSQtsiQCgtjBrFc8tSIy8EcRs+IrZk+BZ > NTQAoN/iR8x/lX0K1uG5IqN8/EE0lMkN > =A9CJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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