Home LAN server: old PC hardware vs. refurb. server

[Michael Willenbuecher]

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Serge van Ginderachter wrote:

> 
> 
> On 5 March 2010 23:21, M. Milanuk <memilanuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>       In the past (6-8yrs ago) I had pretty good luck with some Dell
>       refurbished workstations... so I started wondering if maybe their
>       refurbished low-end servers might be a better idea than a
>       run-of-the-mill desktop PC pressed into server duty.  Given that the
>       load is extremely *low* (primarily backup file storage server for 2-4
>       people) in this situation, I'm more just interested in the hardware
>       lasting a good long while without having replace parts and/or the
>       computer for the forseeable future.
>
>       Any experience or comments on the matter?
> 
> 
> For a home server, you might want to take the power consumption into consideration, especially if you plan to keep that box running all
> day long.


for a couple of small office environments i bought and installed cheap 
atom desktops and equipped them with a tb drive for storage. running 
ubuntu_lts-server the result is a small and economic backup- and even 
intranetmachine which consumes less than 50 w. maybe you should consider 
that as an option.

best
michael

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