From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 20:43:45 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6A44D33 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f43.google.com (mail-qa0-f43.google.com [209.85.216.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7433297E for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id j7so5907439qaq.2 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:38 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LjkzuIbRTINho0Yd6iXBO+YVY3+wPtfzeNW6W96Pk40=; b=fy+F3LtXsaH571eXxFusTV+x1ERE/oIrIje0k6symYtegNw9w8N/x1H5JWHIcGzbiY MJEFJAf9sj9feDkpQJCNJ1jbNdo30h3BBGpBDUUov6x6Zyv0D5HyqnCPJPA8KPER6l4Y KLNYzhATmjvS2H5wRyQNHNVt9jGlGS/vADSMMbjRUtEQagft/96aBoq9aZg5e5OlKzkm EwWrv+vYgcH6dqJ7KQgDlWHMF1RbdNT3TcZoxVqOwbeBPoizXkA+2wJpheGvmT9Xqb/r yym+Zt6HXhs1WsxVGVRr8JGP8WUoVqgYgnC5h4zAnJuYu1bNKdLDT3gtPoBxSBcGqN0G n8aA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkKmFa65iYorUVXn9Y9pFHIxMy3FjIBrmjRtrRTRhofvk3xXlVEd1/s76Y4QNioD3puM1gt X-Received: by 10.140.41.74 with SMTP id y68mr44336495qgy.64.1415652218743; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mbp-1.thecreativeadvantage.com (mail.thecreativeadvantage.com. [96.236.20.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id r4sm16460616qan.31.2014.11.10.12.43.38 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:43:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54612376.20605@kraus-haus.org> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:43:34 -0500 From: Paul Kraus User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:43:45 -0000 On 11/10/14 12:57, Chris Maness wrote: > I am looking to replace a huge noisy old server that I have used for years > for my home business. Looking for something inexpensive and relatively > small to replace it with. Any recommendations guys/gals? I was even > thinking of buying a used laptop to run FreeBSD on and set it and forget > it. Not sure what options are out there as I have not put together a > server in many years. You have not said what you are doing with the "home server"... I am using an HP Proliant MicroServer N54L to serve up 3 TB of net capacity running FreeBSD 10. I have two SSD for the OS (installed in an adapter in the optical drive bay), four HDD in the internal slots, and an external five slot enclosure. Total power is a max of 150w for the HP and an additional 50w for the external for a total of 200w. Not micro-power but very low for the capacity I am serving (the 3 TB is fully redundant using 3-way ZFS mirrors). -- -- Paul Kraus paul@kraus-haus.org Co-Chair Albacon 2014.5 http://www.albacon.org/2014/