I'm looking for advice on components for a new server that will run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Most of the workload will be Postfix, Apache, and MySQL. Web and database activity will be light. The mail server will support a couple of dozen users. Storage will be a RAID 1 with 2 TB of mirrored space and an additional drive for backups. Case will be a medium tower. Two Ethernet ports are required. Budget is around $1,000.
The Asus motherboard that I built into half a dozen Sandy Bridge systems in the past couple of years is no longer available, so mostly I'd appreciate CPU and motherboard advice. Inexpensive integrated graphics would be nice, since the machine will never leave VGA text mode. I'm also interested in your thoughts and experience on whether dual power supplies are worth the additional cost for a small server, and any other considerations you think are important that I haven't mentioned. Thanks. -- Roger _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
