Questions tagged [server]
For questions about hardware that will be used in running a certain type of server such as a web server or VPS. Use this tag for questions about about which type of server to use.
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How much computing power(Server Resource) i need to run my taxi app?
i have 140 drivers & 200+ not more than 300 bookings from passengers within 24 hours. So, i want to deploy my taxi app on a cloud server. Same uber concept but this one is using taxi. Can someone ...
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Are there quiet fans with high static pressure?
I'm looking for a replacement to the noisy fans for a server 2U chassis. The front of the chassis is filled with the hard disks, which means that there is little space for air flow, which, in turn, ...
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Quiet/fanless computer
I want to buy a computer which is quiet, i.e. I can leave it in my bedroom without noticing it (under normal load; I might rarely do some heavy processing, where I can accept that I would hear the fan,...
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Do I need a matched pair of Xeons for a dual CPU board if there is only one stepping level listed?
I am considering purchasing 2 Xeon 2667v2 CPUs to use in a dual CPU board. The spec page (click on "Ordering and Compliance" on the left) only lists a single step level:
Does that mean that I don't ...
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System requirements for e-mail server processing 100 to 200 GB of e-mail per month
I originally asked this question on AskUbuntu, but I haven't gotten any replies so I figured I'd also ask here.
I am looking to set up an e-mail server with Ubuntu Server, although I am open to ...
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Syncthing-capable BSD router for max. 100 EUR/120 USD
This is a simplified model of our network:
LAN1 LAN2
+-------------------------------+ +--------------------------+
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Can I use a 2003 server as a desktop computer? (See desc.)
Recently I found a 'Win SBS Prem 2003 1-2CPU 5-CAL' server. It's fully operational and appears to have adequate hardware (64 GB ram, 2 Intel Xeon CPU's, 1Tb hard drive). It runs Windows Small Business ...
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Small bussines Server
I am looking for a small server or nas for my home plaything
It should be able to perform the following tasks.
Function as Media server / net drive / TV-streaming / music-streaming
Have FTP server
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Reading and activate/disable power of specific outlets
We want to offer Colocation in a DataCenter and therefore we need to messure the energy consumption of every single server via API. Also we need to be able to switch the power on/off state for every ...
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Difference between 3.5" and 2.5" SAS for home office server
I am looking to buy a small server for my home office. I do video editing, and currently using USB3 external disks is slowing me down, so I need a fast file server that I can use to store my live ...
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Media computer / NAS with HDMI
What I am trying to achieve :
Stream media to my TV using the least possible amount of devices.
What I currently own :
A Western Digital MyCloud Ex 2 Ultra NAS, and I am somewhat happy/unhappy ...
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What VPN Device should I get to hide my http traffic
I want to set up a VPN network: client + server because i'm often connected to unsecured wifi network.
-When the client is connected, all HTTP / HTTPS traffic must pass through the VPN
-The client ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
I am looking for a machine to use as a home server for a few TB of files.
I don't have a lot of physical room so I am looking for the most compact machine as possible.
It is currently not possible to ...
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Mini-ITX case with 10 SATA hot swap bays
Mini-ITX boards with 8 to 12 SATA connectors aren't that exotic. But what about matching cases? Basically, I am looking for something similar to the SuperChassis 721TQ-250B - but with more hot-swap ...
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What motherboard should I get to upgrade my Cisco Ironport s360s motherboard
I'm looking to update my servers motherboard with a newer board. The reason I'm looking to upgrade is because I'd like to be able to install a decent graphics card. I can't at the moment because the ...
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What is a price efficient parallel number crunching server?
I'm looking for a server to run large number of parallel processes for statistical calculations (Ubuntu + Python). Currently we use 2x16 cores and 512Gb RAM (disk is of secondary importance):
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Xeon 2011-3 motherboards that support *unbuffered* (non-registered) ECC RAM?
I'm looking at raw memory speed in a setup where RAM bandwidth is important. Right now the servers are using Xeon E5 16xx v3's and v4's with about 96 - 160 GB of ECC RDIMM 2133/2400.
A lot of people ...
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PCIe SSD, SATA SSD or Hard disk drives for a 10-workers server?
For a server aimed to centralize the documents of a 10-people team, which kind of media would you advise to have a system that is both responsive and reliable?
I want the server not hanging and that ...
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choosing motherboard and 1U server case
I've got my eyes set on the Ryzen 5 1600x cpu. I'd like to install it in 19' rack, using 1U space.
What chassis and mother board do you recommend? Will I need to purchase a separate cooler? I wont ...
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Dial-up hardware for server side
This question is probably 20 years too late. I have a requirement where a bunch of analog phone lines will connect using dialup modem to my linux/windows server, in order to communicate. Just like we ...
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Cheap PC with 8GB of RAM
I'm looking to purchase a PC to run my Minecraft server on. It needs 8GB of RAM and a decent processor. I'm not going to do much else with it, so I don't need a large HDD or an SSD.
Ideally, the ...
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CPU and GPU for high-end terminal server balanced against low energy consumption, and low heat
UPDATE 1, 2, 3 at the end
My first post on Hardware Recommendations.
Incidentally, my question also pertains to my first time building a "computer". So heads up, there will be many factual errors ...
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Suggestions for storage pc
I own a small production company and use a lot of hard drives to backup my data. I want to find an affordable solution for file storage.
What is the best way to achieve this? It doesn't need to be ...
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TS140 Lenovo ThinkServer i3-4150 CPU upgrade LGA 1150 i3-4150 to e3-1276v3 or e3-1226v3?
I have TS140 server running Ubuntu and several vm's for apps, web, MySQL. Looking to upgrade CPU from stock i3-4150. It is LGA 1150 (H3) socket. I have the newer motherboard.
Is e3-1230v3, e3-...
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Can one get hardware quotations by hardware features online?
I'm looking for the simplest motherboard with an i7 processor, one RAM slot for 16gb, 10G RDMA NIC, 1 SATA port, a small NVME and power supply. No need for display ports, USB ports , KVM ports, ...
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2TB NAS HDD Power Supply Recommendations
I'm building a custom NAS as a backup server for multiple laptops in my house. I'm planning on buying four 2TB mechanical SATA hard drives that will be run in RAID 1
(Hard drives: https://www.newegg....
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How can I create a rack with PCs
Here's what I need to do:
I want to have multiple desktop/laptop PCs stored in minimal space
I should be able to attach a peripheral device to each PC.
Should be able to access the PCs easily to ...
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Recommended Computer/ Server for Statistician (budget $10000-15000)
Thanks you for this wonderful community.
I have a budget of $10000-15000 for buying a desktop/server which will be running 24*7. I will mainly use it for handling big datasets (20 million ...
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Large external hard drive [closed]
I own a small cloud storage company and I was wondering what type of external hard drive/server I should purchase. I have considered this
80TB one, but is there a better choice?
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vector tiles server
For my new application I'll have to start a vector tile server. I followed this tutorial and started such on my old laptop for tests. I would like to know best hardware recomendations for this type of ...
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Recommended enterprise server for build, CI and CPU intensive tasks
I'm looking for a server capable of performing the following tasks:
Can be used as a build-server (we have several developers using
Microsoft Team Foundation Services)
Continuous integration of ...
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System to format at least 10 laptop SATA drives [closed]
Hi I'm looking for a system/rack or something similar which will be capable of formatting 10 SATA drives.
It can be more but no less than 10 drives.
I was thinking of some kind of server rack with ...
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6x Dual Slot GPUs on SM 2028GR-TRHT
I am not extremely familiar with hardware. This question might be easy to answer.
This server has been advertised to handle 6 GPUs. My question is that can it support 6 Dual Slot/Double Width GPUs (...
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Recommended hardware for ffmpeg/vlc
I need to create a video matrix.
4 video HD streams in (10MB/s each, 1080p), 1 HD stream out.
This can be done with ffmpeg and vlc.
This will be done on a CLI linux server.
In test everything is ...
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Headless Home Server w/ Ubuntu Server - Resilio Sync - RClone
I would like to build a home server that runs Ubuntu Server with Resilio Sync and RClone. I think I can handle the software side but am having a hard time with the hardware side. I don't need wifi as ...
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Super low power WiFi server
I have been searching for a low power way to serve a configuration page over WiFi. I have a concept working on a WR703n router, serving a configuration page for an arduino project. The whole thing, ...
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Which Dedicated Server for FFMPEG?
My website converts video to audio and video to video using FFMPEG (full Centos 64bit install). Mostly i got multiple conversions (10-20) real time. I use cache for already converted audios/videos. I ...
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Comparison Between Servers
The core process of the company is running on a 4 year old server, and at this point the I.T. Staff got the budget to buy a new server. The core process is a web app with intensive writing/reading ...
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Recommendation Between HDD and SSD for Web Server [closed]
As the new I.T. guy, the managment ask me for buying an new server for the core proccess application.
This is a web application, "hand made" for a courrier enterprise. As many standart web app, uses ...
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Low-Power Home Server
I need a home server for running couple of services, since my current hardware is aging. For example:
DHCP/DNS-Server
Mail-Server
File-Server (SMB, AFP, FTP)
CalDAV / CardDAV
ownCloud, maybe ...
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Ethernet to HDMI output
I have an HP proliant micro server sitting in my home office and I want to stream photos and videos off this device and display it on my TV in another room. The TV also sits next to an ethernet hub ...
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Computer for Home Business
I am looking at purchasing a new computer within the next few months, for use in work applications. I am an IT project manager (read groupie for programmers/DBAs/engineers), and have multiple clients ...
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Server for Parallel Programming [closed]
I have some parallelized codes. The codes on my machine Intel Xeon CPU E3-1270 v3 @ 3.5GHz, reduce from 9 hours when non parallelized to 1.37 hours when parallelized. This is a huge gain from a 4 ...
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upgrade old personal Server hardware
I have a little home-server that is now around 8 years old (I calculated the age wrong at first ...). It always did a great job and never let me down. But now it is time to eather upgrade the hardware,...
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Server case upgrade?
I am building a new server. The existing server has what I consider a very nice case (for my needs). It is 10 years old but in like-new condition.
I want some advice on keeping that case and PSU (...
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Dedicated Server for Multiple VMs
I currently utilize a single Amazon Web Services EC2 t2.micro server on Windows Server 2012 R2 for my multiplayer gaming services (providing server listings). Due to many reasons, I need to modify the ...
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Home budget GPU server for scientific calculations [closed]
I'd like to setup a home server with GPU capabilities. I want to run virtual servers on it that would allow my group members to connect to their virtual machines and run scientific calculations.
What ...
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Convert USB to WiFi Printer [closed]
I've tried to convert my USB ESC/POS printer to a network printer. I have tried print servers such as the TL-WPS510U, but it only supports PS and PCL. Is there a print server that supports ESC/POS?
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PC / server for running big data
For my work I use a lot of data. When trying to work with this data this is generally speaking loaded into the RAM.
I want to upgrade my current 64GB RAM desktop as it simply does not cut it anymore. ...
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Remote hard reboot
I am looking for a device that would allow me to remotely hard reboot my computer. The device could use either wired or wireless Internet connection. I just need to be able to remotely ask it to hard ...