Building a Server for Home Lab
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@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@quicky2g said:
@anonymous said:
I have been thinking about this board:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaf2a88xmd3h
- Micro ATX
- Supports up to 64GB of RAM.
- Has RAID (I don't intent to use it)
- OnBoard Ethernet 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
- ONBOARD USB 3.0 HEADER(S)
- 8 SATA 6 GB/S Connectors
Why build a server without RAID?
Software RAID and XenServer work very nicely together.
Ahhhh gotcha software versus hardware. I use software RAID at home too. Misread the comment.
Btw if you can handle the noise, a coworker of mine keeps saying there are tons of great deals on eBay for IBM servers...2x quad core CPU, dual PSU, SAS drives, RAID card (sometimes), 16GB+ of DDR3 for under $500 in a rackmount case.
I got a DL380 G6 for around $200. It's not very loud at all, even when it ramps up.
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That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
The DL380 G5 I got a few months ago is loud, but this one is fairly quiet, at least compared to the G5.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
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@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
And.... they really did steal them?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
And.... they really did steal them?
Oh no, haha they're all there.
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@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
And.... they really did steal them?
Oh no, haha they're all there.
Maybe they're clogged with dust and don't spin anymore.
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@marcinozga said:
@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
And.... they really did steal them?
Oh no, haha they're all there.
Maybe they're clogged with dust and don't spin anymore.
Or someone stuck a cat in your server
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@marcinozga said:
@johnhooks said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's surprising. Every Proliant we've ever had, including DL380s, has been staggeringly loud.
~That's because whoever sold him the server took half the fans....
Ha I double checked
And.... they really did steal them?
Oh no, haha they're all there.
Maybe they're clogged with dust and don't spin anymore.
It's pretty clean. The G5 has 8 fans (I think, I know it's more) and this only has 6 so that's def part of it.
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Server is up and running!
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Awesome!
