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    Home Development Server

    Just wondering whether a self-build would be better than eg those £200-ish HP Proliant ML110 entry level servers, based on the below requirements. Self-build should be in same sort of price range (£100 to £300).

    1. low power, relatively quiet (if I decide to leave it on for a few days).
    2. O/S would be some flavour of Windows Server (eg 2003) - already supplied.
    4. running IIS

    5. running SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 - although I could have eg a 22gb database it would only be for development and demo purposes (to a few users) - it would be nice for it to cope with running some intensive operations but then again if it ran too slow I can run the operation through my desktop.

    6. fileserver / backup location for home desktops / laptops.

    7. hold at least 4 HDD's - but then again how much of an impact would that have on power consumption?

    8. would be nice if raid supported.

    9. no monitor, keyboard or mouse required - have got 2 x 250gb HDD spare, along with a 80gb PATA (all seagate barracuda's).

    10. case not fussed - be nice if it kept things quiet though.

    Not fussed Intel/AMD, don't get the impression it needs to run really quickly - what with Intel Atoms and low power AMD's I'm at a loss!

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    Re: Home Development Server

    Try the dell outlet store you can sometimes get real bargins there, often with a license for SBE!
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    Re: Home Development Server

    Hmm, never seen an outlet server machine with a licence, maybe I've been unlucky.

    But then the days of £50 PCs off the outlet are long gone

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    Re: Home Development Server

    Have you thought about virtualising it on your desktop machine instead?
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    Re: Home Development Server

    The entry level ProLiants are great value. Usually 4 internal bays, SATA raid and a Xeon processor. Not much RAM in them though and the RAM can be expensive (get Kingston Compatible).

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