Server

[SuperMiguel]

I have an Old Compaq that im using as a server and i want to upgrade to a newer system.. I really dont want to spend alot of money so.. is there anything better than this:

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...s~server-poweredge-t100&l=en&oc=becwak1&s=bsd

 

[SuperMiguel]

Im just going to use it for file server

 

[MonkeyMhz]

I don't know what your using your server for. So that really depends on what you need too.

But, that seems ok for a file server. But if your hosting games or a website even, I would just custom build a cheap C2D or AMD x3 setup (<600$).

 

[SuperMiguel]

I don't know what your using your server for. So that really depends on what you need too.

But, that seems ok for a file server. But if your hosting games or a website even, I would just custom build a cheap C2D or AMD x3 setup (<600$).

$600 is way more than i want to spend.. Im look for a real chep system like $200

 

[Old Thrashbarg]

That Dell would be sufficient (actually a huge overkill) for most tasks, however there are a couple points about it I don't like... first is the RAM, it's only single channel, and a dual channel upgrade is $20. Also the hard drive, their prices are absurd, but even adding a bigger drive on your own would be $60-80. So you're looking at potentially $100 more than the purchase price to get it up to a really good spec, and for that price you could build something similar yourself, but that has more expansion options. I guess it wouldn't really need the dual channel, but you probably would want a bigger HD.

Actually, though, if it's just a fileserver, have you considered an Atom board? If two SATA ports are sufficient, this would work pretty well.

 

[ryanmartini]

$600 is way more than i want to spend.. Im look for a real chep system like $200

I would grab that opteron 144 from the classifieds, get a decent socket am2 board that has a raid controller and put some decent hd's on a raid.

 

[joedymueller]

Also the hard drive, their prices are absurd,

the first drive is included in the price and the second one is free. so even if it is a bit high the free drive of the same size cuts the price in half.

 

[Old Thrashbarg]

so even if it is a bit high the free drive of the same size cuts the price in half.

Right, but, consider the fact that those are old and rather slow drives, and there are only two SATA ports available. (At least I think that's what "1-2 Drives connected to onboard SATA controller" means.) So with the free options he'd be limited to 320GB and would have considerably lower disk performance than he'd get from using a more modern 640GB or 1TB drive.

 

[SuperMiguel]

I would grab that opteron 144 from the classifieds, get a decent socket am2 board that has a raid controller and put some decent hd's on a raid.

which one?

 

[SuperMiguel]

or i guess i could keep my p4 with 1gb of ram, and add a raid card to it like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115030

 

[SuperMiguel]

which raid card is fully supported for unix/linux that cost around $50.

 

[Mr.Guvernment]

What is it being used for?

file server you can run off an old 486 if you want, you dont need cpu and ram for a file server.

 

[SuperMiguel]

k Closed! thanks all