Server Recommendations

[spoons]

HP Proliant ML110/115

Reasonably priced, not too big or noisy.

Plus they take 'ordinary' SATA drives.

 

[Moscow Mule]

Mac Mini - either wipe OSX (sacriledge!) & install windows or run Parallels/VMFusion.

I run the server version at home - which has OSX server, and an extra 500GB hard drive instead of a DVD writer but that might not fit your requirement.

Tiny footprint, good connectivity, ok power consumption & very quiet.

 

[Durbs]

HP Proliant ML110/115

Reasonably priced, not too big or noisy.

Plus they take 'ordinary' SATA drives.

+ 1, look on 'servers direct' for those, can pick them up for peanuts (they often have offers on them: http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/HP_ProLiant_ML110_G5_-_P_E2160_1.8_GHz_470065-131/version.asp). Add a cheap memory upgrade from Crucial and you have a good quality quick server for very little.

 

[HairyArsedBloke]

HP Proliant ML110/115

Reasonably priced, not too big or noisy.

Plus they take 'ordinary' SATA drives.

+ 1, look on 'servers direct' for those, can pick them up for peanuts (they often have offers on them: http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/HP_ProLiant_ML110_G5_-_P_E2160_1.8_GHz_470065-131/version.asp). Add a cheap memory upgrade from Crucial and you have a good quality quick server for very little.

I've got one here (ML115) I bought a year ago. Makes a racket when it first starts, but goes quiet after it's sorted itself out. I need to put an extra disk in it soon. I might even buy another one too.

On offer at GBP225 from eBuyer right now.

 

[lilelvis2000]

Very noisy, power hungry, not much ram, tiny HDD, no UPS, no wireless LAN, no screen, no keyboard, no built in DVD RW, 2nd hand, no warranty.

Yeah great choice.

Ditto. I get older machines - my network is run on a mix of Celeron and Duron machines. Replace the fans with quiet ones and replace the PSU. I've now got a whisper quiet box. Stick on a free OS..freeBSD, freeNAS, Ubuntu, CentOS et al. bingo!
Okay, no warrenty but my servers have been on 24/7 for over two years now without fault.

 

[Bright Spark]

Very noisy, power hungry, not much ram, tiny HDD, no UPS, no wireless LAN, no screen, no keyboard, no built in DVD RW, 2nd hand, no warranty.

Yeah great choice.

Yous pay for what you get mate, op hasn't mentioned what budget he/she
has so given it's a test server ass summing it's very low .

p.s a proper server doesn't need dvd, screen or keyboard as you could either
ssh in or pc anywhere in to install stuff.

HTH

 

[DimPrawn]

Yous pay for what you get mate, op hasn't mentioned what budget he/she
has so given it's a test server ass summing it's very low .

p.s a proper server doesn't need dvd, screen or keyboard as you could either
ssh in or pc anywhere in to install stuff.

HTH

The number of times I've seen the server fail to respond to PC Anywhere or Remote Desktop due to a software or networking issue and you need console access.

Still, if people want power hungry noisy server racks two feet from them at home, fine by me.

I'll stick to using low cost,almost silent, low power laptops and if the power drops for 10 seconds or 2 hours, my systems keep running!

 

[doodab]

This looks like good value as an alternative to the HP ML110:

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