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Hey guys,

I'm thinking about investing in a server for study and maybe eventually business use. Here's what I'm thinking about getting

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370678708261
128GB SSD Drive (For OS - Windows 2008 Standard r2)
3 1tb Seagate 7200 SATA III
Raid will be set up
Back up UPS

Don't know if I'm missing anything, but I was wondering what kind of things could I possibly do with a server like this?

I'm thinking about basic things first like FTP / HTTP, but I'd like to eventually do virtualization and was wondering how far I could go with this.

Thanks Guys.
 
If your wanting actual server experience get an actual server. Much better practice and generally have more configuration options like real RAID for example. If your just wanting Server OS or virtualization experience you can get away with a desktop machine.
 
petrinoda said:
Hey guys,

I'm thinking about investing in a server for study and maybe eventually business use. Here's what I'm thinking about getting

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370678708261
128GB SSD Drive (For OS - Windows 2008 Standard r2)
3 1tb Seagate 7200 SATA III
Raid will be set up
Back up UPS

Don't know if I'm missing anything, but I was wondering what kind of things could I possibly do with a server like this?

I'm thinking about basic things first like FTP / HTTP, but I'd like to eventually do virtualization and was wondering how far I could go with this.

Thanks Guys.
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Servers entitle raid on everything. Also server class hardware.

You just described a slightly above average home user computer.

Also servers 2008+ I'd say 16GB would be the minimum I would put in it for memory. Preferably 24 or 32GB worth. Overkill is never a bad thing when it comes to a server.

Also a 6 core+ if your wanting to do visualization
 
Gotcha guys. Thank you. I want it for both virtualization and hands on experience wih servers. I didn't know they went for so cheap on e-bay. That low end user computer is $200 more (Without the HD's I wanted in it) than a used server with dual quad core xeons.
 
If you lived close by i have 3 dell pe2650s id let go for $100. I even have the 03 enterprise licenses and some working drives. Only missing a few droves .
 
If you want to "learn"....I'd virtualize it.
Don't "invest" in hardware hoping to use it down the road for business use, depreciation and the way that technology evolves....a year or two down the road that hardware will be nearly useless as far as reselling value. Plus for a business you want hardware that is within warranty.

7,200rpm drives mean SATA...which is desktop grade, not server grade. But for home lab...they'll do. I'd suggest getting better grade drives for your performance....WD Black or RE series. Wit lotsa cache on 'em.
 
I'd like to get hands on experience with things in Windows Server. Setting up DHCP/DNS/HTTP and watching it work in a real environment.

In the long run I want to be able to have remote back up options to clients and also offer website hosting to select clientele
 
petrinoda said:
In the long run I want to be able to have remote back up options to clients and also offer website hosting to select clientele
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Honestly you're MUCH better off reselling data center space and doing that, cloud space is soooo dirt cheap, you can make good money reselling it. Versus going through the immense cost of trying to do it yourself (assuming you want to do it right)...your costs will be higher than what you can resell it for.
 
My fav home grade are the wd velociraptor series drives. They haul arse gor a rotational home drive. Have two 1tb of those in a raid1 on every pc i have built for my home since that series came out.

If you want to just learn, definitely virtualize using a very nice home pc yet again with 24+gb memory and multi core cpu.

Oracle gives their vm away for free and it works perfectly and not that i support piracy but there is a w2008 ent torrent you can download on pirate bay that is pre setup to use in oracle vm 100% ready to learn on.
 
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People are very informative here.

I want to set up a home network but I guess I could do that with a simple home server pc behind a router on its own subnet and maybe make it routable to the internet.

I was looking into doing the reseller option but wasn't sure who to pick. I see resellerspanel.com pop up a lot everywhere I went, but I just want to make sure whichever route I go is best for my client(s).

Do any of you have experience with them and would recommend one?
 
Looks like they have a ton of options. I have a lot to learn about the industry and things like how much places like these are making on certain services.
 
ElementalWindX said:
My fav home grade are the wd velociraptor series drives. They haul arse gor a rotational home drive. Have two 1tb of those in a raid1 on every pc i have built for my home since that series came out.

If you want to just learn, definitely virtualize using a very nice home pc yet again with 24+gb memory and multi core cpu.

Oracle gives their vm away for free and it works perfectly and not that i support piracy but there is a w2008 ent torrent you can download on pirate bay that is pre setup to use in oracle vm 100% ready to learn on.
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No Links to Pirate Material or Assisting with Its Use
Such as illegal torrents, copyrighted software ISOs, CD Keys or means to hack into software and/or hardware. No assisting on the forums with information to obtain or make use of pirate material.
 
Slaters Kustum Machines said:
No Links to Pirate Material or Assisting with Its Use
Such as illegal torrents, copyrighted software ISOs, CD Keys or means to hack into software and/or hardware. No assisting on the forums with information to obtain or make use of pirate material.
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Do you see a http:// in there? Might as well sensor the words pirate and bay while your at it
 
Just wanted to give you guys an update and let you know I got the following:

Model 2950 Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server III
Processor 2 2x Intel Quad Core 2.5GHz 12M 1333 E5420
Memory Installed 16 GB 16GB Fully Buffered Memory
Memory Size 2 GB Eight Slots Available: 8 x 2 GB Memory Sticks
Hard Drives Included 2x 73GB 15K SAS Hard Drive 2.5"
Riser Board PCI(e) Riser Board with 2 PCI ports and one PCIe port
External Media 1 DVD-ROM
Power Supply 1 750W Hot Plug Power Supply
Backplane 6 6x 2.5" SAS/SATA Drive Bays
Ethernet 2 Onboard Dual Gigabit Intel 1000 Pro - 2 Ports Total
Video 16MB Embedded ATI ES1000 with 16MB SDRAM
Form Factor 2U 2U Rack Height
Controller Perc 6i Dell Perc 6i Controller
DRAC Not Included Dell DRAC Remote Access Card- Not Included
Front Bezel Not Included Front Bezel Not Included - Available In Store
Rapid Rails Not Included Rapid Rails - Available In Store
Operating System Eval Windows 2008 Server Evaluation Edition Only
COA Not Included Not Included
Software Not Included Software Media or Licenses are not included
Service Tag Included Multiple

Figured 10k or 15k for file back ups? What's your guys thought. I only plan on hosting ftp/http servers on it for data.
 
That's what I was figuring. I'm going to buy a couple and run Raid1 on them for now. I'll be backing up regular data and sql files that shouldn't be too big in size. I have yet to look at them but I'll find out later this week.
 
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