Home server

[Stephen Rees-Carter]

My home server is a HP ProLiant Microserver N40L, and it's a great little
box. It's not the fastest thing in the world (only dual core, and
officially only supports 8GB RAM), but mine is very reliable and handles
whatever I throw at it. I've got Ubuntu Server 12.04 running with no issues.

It's got a massive fan at the back, so you can hear it running, but it's
not loud and is easily ignored.

I thought HP had discontinued the product line, but they have recently
released a newer version with a better CPU, so depending on your
requirements you can get the cheaper (but slower) N40L, or the newer N54L:
N40L:
http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/hp-proliant-n40l-microserver-nas-658553-371/658553-371
N54L:
http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/hp-proliant-n54l-microserver-nas-712969-375/712969-375

Thanks,
~Stephen


On 13 January 2013 14:42, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> >________________________________
> > From: Simon Ives <simon.ives.au at gmail.com>
> >To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> >Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2013 11:24 AM
> >Subject: Home server
> >
> >
> >Hi all.
> >I'm looking to replace my home server this year with something a little
> smaller, quieter and energy efficient.
> >I'm currently using a repurposed HP desktop machine running Ubuntu Server
> configured simply for file sharing, file streaming (local network) and
> testing web assets via LAMP.
> >I'm looking to move to a machine to continue the file sharing (ubuntu,
> Macs, windows xp, 7 & 8 machines) etc. but to also control the wired and
> WiFi access throughout the home. I'm also running Twonky at the moment for
> file streaming and would like to continue with this.
> >Any pointers on where to start looking? I'm not after anything super
> powerful, just something that works.
> >Thanks.
> >Simon Ives
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> i am currently using a 700Mhz netbook (with two external 2tb hard drives
> in a raid1 array) as my file server
>
> I have also used a nettop
>
> based on an old thread I asked, Paul replied with:
>
> "i can vouch for the QNAP TS-219P and the HP
> ProLiant Microserver as good options.  The former is a very small, quiet
> 2-bay NAS - on mine i wiped the factory firmware on and installed Debian
> squeeze.  It's ARM-based, so its CPU power is not great, but it does the
> job.  The latter is an x86-64-compatible server with 4 SATA bays and 1
> DVD-ROM bay.  It has a dual-core AMD CPU and so packs a pretty good
> punch.  It's slightly larger and slightly louder than the QNAP, but is
> much cheaper, more powerful, and more expandable." -
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/2012-January/007675.html
>
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