I recently picked up a Xeon E3 1270. This seems like a great cpu for an upgrade to my AMD PII 945 Windows 2008 R2 server rig.
I'll give you a quick list of what the server will do.
Primary functions:
1. File/Printer Server: I stream video/audio, back up files.
2. Back up: This is something I have not addressed yet. I have no raid array. I simply have two drives, one holding data, the other stores data when I manually copy it over. This is not ideal. I've had issues w/ onboard raid in the past, so a raid card is the only option for me.
Secondary (non-essential) fucntions:
3. Hyper-V/VMWare server: Just something I want to be able to use. I have some first hand experience playing around with this.
4. FTP/Webportal: Accessing files/programs from others computers is useful and something else I need to learn.
Would H67 or Q67 fit the bill instead of buying an expensive C202/204 mATX server board?
Comparison of H67/Q67:
http://ark.intel.com/compare/52812,,52807
Sorry for the long thread and thanks for reading!
Edit:
I did a lot more reading. Q67 is that that much cheaper than C202/204. I'm also not sure what I need vs want. ha...
I have 3 options:
1. Keep my server and leave it as a dedicated file/printer server. Keep my the board I have now (ASRock p67 Extreme4) and use that as a Virtual Machines / web portal dedicated rig.
2. Same as 1, but sell the ASRock (it's brand new basically) and buy q67 or C206 (go big or go home).
3. Buy a mATX C204 / Q67 board, sell the AMD, consolidate everything.
I'm kind of on the fense. Maybe someone has a better idea?
I'll give you a quick list of what the server will do.
Primary functions:
1. File/Printer Server: I stream video/audio, back up files.
2. Back up: This is something I have not addressed yet. I have no raid array. I simply have two drives, one holding data, the other stores data when I manually copy it over. This is not ideal. I've had issues w/ onboard raid in the past, so a raid card is the only option for me.
Secondary (non-essential) fucntions:
3. Hyper-V/VMWare server: Just something I want to be able to use. I have some first hand experience playing around with this.
4. FTP/Webportal: Accessing files/programs from others computers is useful and something else I need to learn.
Would H67 or Q67 fit the bill instead of buying an expensive C202/204 mATX server board?
Comparison of H67/Q67:
http://ark.intel.com/compare/52812,,52807
Sorry for the long thread and thanks for reading!
Edit:
I did a lot more reading. Q67 is that that much cheaper than C202/204. I'm also not sure what I need vs want. ha...
I have 3 options:
1. Keep my server and leave it as a dedicated file/printer server. Keep my the board I have now (ASRock p67 Extreme4) and use that as a Virtual Machines / web portal dedicated rig.
2. Same as 1, but sell the ASRock (it's brand new basically) and buy q67 or C206 (go big or go home).
3. Buy a mATX C204 / Q67 board, sell the AMD, consolidate everything.
I'm kind of on the fense. Maybe someone has a better idea?
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