I'll see your 1994 and raise you a 1992 (netware 2.x on a Compaq Deskpro)
+1 on your I/O observations !!! On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com>wrote: > > (I’ve been running a server at home since 2001)**** > > ** ** > > I’ll see your 2001, and raise you a 1994.**** > > ** ** > > I do agree that generally you don’t’ need huge amounts of CPU over the > long-haul average (I mean who really cares if your home mail server for 3 > people takes 5 seconds to deliver an email instead of 2?), but when you do > decide to do some admin work on a box, etc… I’m not sure a dual-proc Atom > is going to be fun…. You must be a patient man. J**** > > ** ** > > One of the things that I have found with home usage is that even though > CPU needs may be relatively low, I/O and storage needs may still need to be > relatively significant. Pushing media files around the house, or moving > .vmdk/.vhd files around on lower-end NICs or storage controllers sucks.*** > * > > ** ** > > -sc**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 10:57 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: recommendations on home server**** > > ** ** > > Respectfully disagree.**** > > ** ** > > I used to have servers like this, but they are loud and generate a lot of > heat. Living in Singapore with 30+ C temperatures (90F) means cooling is an > issue.**** > > ** ** > > VM for home environments generally don’t use a lot of CPU in my experience > (I’ve been running a server at home since 2001). I’ve got a HP Proliant > Microserver which effectively has a dual-core Atom CPU running 2 x DCs, > Exchange 2010, Windows Home Server, Forefront TMG 2010, PKI/Print and WSUS > all on a single box. And the CPU is rarely above 10%. **** > > I used to have a dual quad-core Xeon dell server, and the CPU on that was > rarely above 1% - it just generated a lot of heat and noise for no reason. > **** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 4 April 2012 1:09 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: recommendations on home server**** > > ** ** > > I have a 2950 at home (just as an example) and have never suffered any > need to modify the electrical circuit. There are ways of isolating the > noise but any fan is going to generate noise. Irritates women – I’ll have > to keep that handy in case I need to get rid of one!**** > > ** ** > > *John W. Cook***** > > *Network Operations Manager***** > > *Partnership For Strong Families* > > *5950 NW 1st Place* > > *Gainesville, Fl 32607* > > *Office (352) 244-1610***** > > *Cell (352) 215-6944***** > > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:52 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: recommendations on home server**** > > ** ** > > Those things are loud. I have discovered my wife gets irrate with one of > those things on in the house. As I live in a part of California where > temperatures get to 115 degrees F the garage isn't an option. Also some of > those 'real' servers end up requiring a 20 or 30 amp circuit as well.**** > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:42 AM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote:**** > > OR you can just buy a used Dell Poweredge 2950 for $400-$600 with a raid > controller, multiple drives and CPU’s and gobs of memory and be done with > it. I can assure you it’s on the VMWare HCL and most likely Microsoft’s and > Citrix’s as well.**** > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-2950-2x-Intel-R-Xeon-R-CPU-5120-1-86-Dual-Core-6-x-300GB-/160776821444?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item256f0b9ac4 > **** > > **** > > *John W. Cook***** > > *Network Operations Manager***** > > *Partnership For Strong Families***** > > *5950 NW 1st Place***** > > *Gainesville, Fl 32607***** > > *Office (352) 244-1610***** > > *Cell (352) 215-6944***** > > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** > > **** > > *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:18 PM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** > > *Subject:* RE: recommendations on home server**** > > **** > > Wow, 8 cores for a home/lab server? That's a little extravagant, isn't > it? 4 cores is fine for a handful of VMs, and quad AMD Phenom's can be had > for < $100 when on sale. Don't really need the graphics that's bundled > into the FX CPUs, and AM3 motherboards are cheaper as well.**** > > **** > > Carl**** > > **** > > *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:13 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: recommendations on home server**** > > **** > > Strictly for home lab use: > > MB > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&CatId=7248 > $84 > > Memory > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1874822&CatId=4534 > > HD > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7331904&CatId=4357 > $99 > > CPU > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239958&CatId=7341 > $189 > > Case > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7328068&CatId=1509 > $69 > > > Using these components you could get the following: > > 32G RAM > 3TB in RAID 5 array across 4 spindles > > Total cost $954. **** > > *Christopher Bodnar* > Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology **** > > Tel 610-807-6459 > 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 > christopher_bod...@glic.com **** > > > * > The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America* > * > *www.guardianlife.com **** > > > > > > > From: "Jimmy Tran" <jt...@teachtci.com> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > > Date: 04/02/2012 06:26 PM > Subject: recommendations on home server **** > ------------------------------ > > > > > I’m in need of a decent home server to run ESX-I to run SBS, W7 and some > other test VM’s. My budget is preferably around $500-$1k. Looking for > lots of processing power but low powered (if possible), RAID on the drives, > decent amount of ram. Don’t know where to start….can someone recommend > something? > > Jimmy > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information > (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. 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