Arun Khan <knura9@...> writes: > Are the disk still good? You could simply transfer the hard disks to > another machine and boot from them.
Yes, they are OK. They've been moved once before, from a desktop to this donated server. > An equivalent server from Dell/HP/Lenovo is a good start. Suggest up > the RAM to 8GB. OK, makes sense re. the RAM. Server boxes may be expensive, hence my query below. Budget is around 20k. I'm OK assembling high-quality components, just need advice on what to get. > > I've only used servers with internal hard-drives. Are there reliable boxes > > (chassis?) which will let me re-use the 2 SATA HDDs? > > A workstation grade (really good SMPS) ATX chassis should do it. > Avoid the cheapos units. Right. We are now using Antec SMPS, though not boxes. > > Is a > > CPU-RAM-network-only box + SATA box config possible? > > What do you mean? One box/chassis for cpu/ram/network-cards + separate box(JBOD or something) for HDDs. Connection through SATA cables, separate power. > > > And the Dell case is > > really nice, I'd hate to scrap it if it can be re-used. The motherboard has > > been dying for some time, I think, so it may not be salvageable. Only 2 of > > the 4 SATA connectors work. > > > > Most Dell/HP/Lenovo/≤etc> boards are proprietary with proprietary > chassis. It is unlikely you can use it with a standard board from the > market. OK. > I am biased towards to Supermicro boards, their form factor is > industry standard. That would indeed be helpful for future-planning. Apparently Supermicro's not popular in Chennai. I see only one authorised distributor in Ashok Nagar - Netweb Technologies. > > To spice up this problem a little further. Most users are already getting > > their home directories through NFS. Would it make sense to convert the > > desktops into thin clients? No hardware replacement here, just > > distro/OS/config. > > > > Yes, that is the way to go. Great, thanks for confirming. > HTH, Absolutely! Sameer _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
