hayer
Dabbler
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
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Hi,
so I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks now.. And for 2 years now I've been thinking of buying a file-server. The problem is that I don't want to spend too much,.. But not to little either.
So I've decided to go with a;
I&S EYE4808BK, 4U -- about 200$
6x WD Red 3TB -- about 1,045$
IBM ServeRAID M1015 -- about 100$
And that is all. I'm to "scared" to pick out motherboard, CPU, and RAM.
The only requirements I have is; Have to be ECC RAM, at least 16GB -- I'm aiming for 32GB. But I want to be able to upgrade to 64GB later(Since the case fits 6 more drives).
And when it comes to CPU, if I am correct, I should get a dual-core with as much speed as possible?
The server is only going to be used as a file server. I've got another PC to handle Plex-streaming to phone, etc. Concurrent users will at a maximum be 4 users.
And it has to be able to fit a dual Intel card - one of these with 2 ports, so I at least can get a 2GBit connection to the file-server.
I live in Norway, so buying stuff on eBay can become very expensive some times as I have to pay 25% of the value. So the price is about; (product + transport) * 1.25
so I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks now.. And for 2 years now I've been thinking of buying a file-server. The problem is that I don't want to spend too much,.. But not to little either.
So I've decided to go with a;
I&S EYE4808BK, 4U -- about 200$
6x WD Red 3TB -- about 1,045$
IBM ServeRAID M1015 -- about 100$
And that is all. I'm to "scared" to pick out motherboard, CPU, and RAM.
The only requirements I have is; Have to be ECC RAM, at least 16GB -- I'm aiming for 32GB. But I want to be able to upgrade to 64GB later(Since the case fits 6 more drives).
And when it comes to CPU, if I am correct, I should get a dual-core with as much speed as possible?
The server is only going to be used as a file server. I've got another PC to handle Plex-streaming to phone, etc. Concurrent users will at a maximum be 4 users.
And it has to be able to fit a dual Intel card - one of these with 2 ports, so I at least can get a 2GBit connection to the file-server.
I live in Norway, so buying stuff on eBay can become very expensive some times as I have to pay 25% of the value. So the price is about; (product + transport) * 1.25