<div><p>I replaced an old server box a couple <u>of</u> years ago with a Xeon 32bit dualcore. I installed 4GB RAM and 1TB RAID with Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 plus vsftpd and sshd. Works great ever since!<br/><br/><font color ="#888888"><p><font color ="#888888">Sent from my android device.</font></p>
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<br/><br/>-----Original Message-----<br/>From: Liam Proven <lproven@gmail.com><br/>To: bukowskiscat@gmail.com, "Ubuntu user technical support,<br/> not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com><br/>Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 9:48<br/>Subject: Re: Best Hardware Recommendation for Ubuntu Server 12.04<br/><br/></div><p>On 24 September <a href="tel:201214">2012 14</a>:26, Phil Dobbin <<a href="mailto:bukowskiscat@gmail.com">bukowskiscat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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> Amichai Rotman wrote:
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>> Hello All,
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>>
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>> I have a small LAN with a File Server running an old version of Linux
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>> (which I did not install). The current server is very old and about to
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>> "die"....
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>> The server serves 4 WinXP machines and a network printer, and is used to
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>> share a few document folders and an application data folder.
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>>
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>> I want to provide an alternative to this server, with a look ahead, to
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>> last a few years. I was thinking of installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 on a
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>> Core i3 Intel, 2Gb RAM and 2x500 Gb HDDs set up as RAID1. A friend of
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>> mine suggested replacing the CPU with an Intel Pentium G620 to save up
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>> ion cost. Is the Core i3 an overkill?
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>>
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>> Will appreciate your input on the best cost/productivity ratio for the
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>> job...
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> You can pick up nowadays Dell PowerEdge 2950s for about £100 on eBay at
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> reputable sellers (i.e. small businesses who do clearances) that are
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> more than adequate (for £100 you'd probably get dual-core Xeons & 4GB's
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> of RAM).
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This sounds like a good idea to me. Yes, such older servers are noisy,
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but you can get a lot of power for very little money!
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I use a relatively ancient HP Proliant ML110 G1 - P3/3.06GHz - which I
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was given free. For a server it has abundant power for my small home
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network & it's more robust than a desktop machine would be.
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> I'd say Core i3 is certainly overkill for what you're proposing to use
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> it for but don't let me put you off ;-)
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Agreed.
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But mainly, you would be better off with an older, slower,
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actual-purpose-built server than a workstation.
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There is a maxim:
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Buying desktop hardware and installing a server OS doesn't make a
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server-class system any more than sitting in a puddle makes you a duck.
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[Cipher in a.s.r]
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