I'm looking for guides or perhaps a comparison tool to help me pick hardware for a low power small footprint home server. The inspiration is to create a powerful DIY microserver to replace my NAS and provide a little more power/flexibility.
requirements:
low power usage
small footprint
1 gig ethernet
totally not necessary but nice to haves:
light gpu (mining coin/android emulator)
Uses are:
24/7 uptime
File backup
folder hosting (smb)
light virtualization to play with
storj/siacoin storage server
web host
software development
vpn server
Current thinking:
ubuntu server
xeon d processor (which one?)
supermicro motherboard (which one?)
I currently have two 1 tb drives. Eventually I think support for 4 x 4TB bytes would be enough for my needs.
16 Gig ram to start with, probably want to end up with 32-64 in a few years
small microatx case
150 watt power supply
Budget: 500-750, but not set in stone.
requirements:
low power usage
small footprint
1 gig ethernet
totally not necessary but nice to haves:
light gpu (mining coin/android emulator)
Uses are:
24/7 uptime
File backup
folder hosting (smb)
light virtualization to play with
storj/siacoin storage server
web host
software development
vpn server
Current thinking:
ubuntu server
xeon d processor (which one?)
supermicro motherboard (which one?)
I currently have two 1 tb drives. Eventually I think support for 4 x 4TB bytes would be enough for my needs.
16 Gig ram to start with, probably want to end up with 32-64 in a few years
small microatx case
150 watt power supply
Budget: 500-750, but not set in stone.