<div class="gmail_quote">On 5 March 2010 23:21, M. Milanuk <<a href="mailto:memilanuk@gmail.com">memilanuk@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div id=":oc" class="ii gt">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?</div></blockquote></div> 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. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Serge van Ginderachter