On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Stephen Partington
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cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> An Optiplex is not a server. it does not have any of the Build quality i
> would want in a server. You can get away with a non server case but you want
> the server Powersupply and motherboard. Here a few quick links to Newegg, I
> personally have had wonderful success with Linux on SuperMicro hardware. And
> teir server barebones are wicked easy to build in.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006684%2040000008&IsNodeId=1&Description=supermicro&name=Server%20Barebones&Order=BESTMATCH&isdeptsrh=1
>
> some of the towers are pricy however this one is nice and reasonable and
> gives you room to work with
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101794
>
> There are other options i am sure but this was a quick look off the top of
> my head.
>
+1 I like Stephen's thinking/choice - SuperMicro builds great boards.
It has room for enough memory (ecc ++), SATA3 is good too. I would
just add a SSD for the OS drive and put your media on platters.
Somewhere about 3.13 the kernel can now access SSDs with "A scalable
block layer for high performance SSD storage" which scales with cpu
cores for a much higher throughput. The bonus is the dual gig LAN plus
IPMI - just skip the gamer video card and the 300W PSU should be fine.
a server like that could run as many virtual machines as you might
need - Mark, my only other personal preference would be for an AMD
multicore cpu, and when in doubt, max out the memory!
Have fun with the build and mind the static - Ed
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
> wrote:
>>
>> I need a new machine to host a couple of low traffic web sites, act as a
>> back up server for my home network, and provide a place to experiment with
>> new stuff (ie have some fun). I am replacing two Dell Optiplex GX260s....486
>> and 2 GB of RAM each! Woo hoo!!
>>
>> I am looking at a refurbished Dell Optiplex 9020 -
>>
>> Processor: Intel Core 4th Generation i7-4770 Processor (8MB Cache,
>> 3.40GHz)
>> Windows 8 Pro
>> 500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
>> 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz
>> 16X DVD +/- RW Drive
>> Intel Integrated Graphics
>> Dell Outlet Optiplex 9020 Mini Tower
>>
>> for about $700. It only has two internal drive bays, so that is not great.
>> However, a PCI Express 4 port SATA board and some tie wraps will fix that
>> problem.. Obviously, the Windows 8 would go away in exchange for debian
>> testing.
>>
>> Any better ideas or suggestions? $700 is about the top of my budget.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
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> Stephen
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