I'd pick up a SuperMicro barebones system. Those just require hard
drive, memory, and CPU. If it's a fairly light workload (i.e. a Pentium
II managed it just fine), then you could save money and get a cooler
running system with one of their Atom processor servers. I have one in
production, and will probably add another for some things that I don't
want virtualized.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101364
Here are all of their barebones servers:
http://www.newegg.com/Server-Barebones/SubCategory/ID-8
I've had success with their more expensive models as well, with hot swap
SAS, etc. As someone else mentioned, IPMI is a great thing to have, and
they should all support it.
Steve
On 1/4/13 1:45 PM, Phillip Hellewell wrote:
I need to retire my old server of 10 years (a Pentium II 333MHz; I would
have replaced it sooner but it just won't die.)
It runs many services: sshd, apache, asterisk, exim, mpd, jabberd, bind,
samba, etc. I want to build a new server that will be just as stable
and last for the next decade.
I need advice on what hardware to get and from where (motherboard, CPU,
RAM, HDs). Linux compatibility is a requirement of course. I'm also
interested in running cool & quiet.
Phillip
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