Well any computer will work for a home server. From a random old pentium laptop, some old donated pentium III machine, or a big expensive $$$$ honkin' box.
That particular Dell is ok, but consider it is not quiet nor low powered. Also it will require (noisy) SCSI drives ($$$$). Redhat is great, but unless you need to pay Redhat for a support contract there are other good free options. (Ubuntu!) FWIW my home "server" is a $149 MSI Wind Atom-based box, Scott On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 19:06, Hai Yi <[email protected]> wrote: > I plan to have a stable server at home, as my data center. > Some friend recommended Dell Precision 470, saying it's a workstation > with server configuration and i can get it cheap from ebay; other > recommended to build a machine (if this is a better idea, can i have a > part list?) > I want to have something stable, 24/7 for one month before being > restarted and not very noisy with low electricity consumption. > I am also thinking of installing a redhat on it. > > These are just a few thoughts, tentatively. > > Anyone can give me some good ideas? > > Thanks for all the help in advanced! > > Hai > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Scott _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
