[Chester LUG] Slightly OT: perfect little machine for a low(ish) power Linux server

[Sebastian Arcus]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for sharing your experience. I run a number servers made of old 
500MHz-1.5GHz processors at several small businesses (up to 15 
workstations per server) - doing imap and smtp email, samba file 
sharing, openvpn and even Asterisk for VoIP. I find that cpu load is not 
an issue. I usually use RAID-1 in software - and again, doesn't seem to 
generate much load.

I'm interested if you hit any other downsides when working with this system.

Regards,

Sebastian


On 13/03/12 09:42, Stuart Burns wrote:
> I bought one of these the other day. I shoved an extra NIC in it along
> with 8 GB RAM. They are ok for small little boxes but if you plan to do
> anything that requires any moderate grunt, it's a not really up to it.
>
> Having said that, if you want low power and lots of space they are
> fine.  Just remember you will have to do RAID in software (Unless you
> want to spend a few hundred on a P410 or similar)
>   and computing the parity across a couple of RAID 5 disks sets
> underneath ISCSI was a killer.
>
> Regards
>
> Stuart
>
>
> On 13 March 2012 00:12, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk
> <mailto:shop at open-t.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     I remember there being some talk at Liverpool LUG about a suitable
>     machine for a low power home server. If anybody here is considering
>     building a Linux server for either home or a small business, HP has
>     this Proliant Microserver at only £159 (after cahsback). This
>     includes a 250GB hard-disk and 2GB ECC memory!
>
>     http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-__hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-__microserver-100-cashback-__658553-421
>     <http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421>
>
>     It seems to me this would make a cracking Linux server for home or a
>     small business. I'm not entirely sure why is it so cheap - specially
>     as it has a server grade mobo and RAM. Too bad I'm not about to
>     build any server for clients at the moment - I'm almost tempted to
>     buy one and keep it just in case.
>
>     No affiliation with HP or Ebuyer - I just thought somebody might
>     benefit from the heads up.
>
>     Sebastian
>
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