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Quiet/fanless computer
The more powerfull (TDP (thermal dissipation power) in watt) the computer, the more you need to cool it down. You can combine one or several of these:
You can pick low energy components (CPUs). You ...
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Difference between 3.5" and 2.5" SAS for home office server
Its extremely unlikely that a NAS or home server's going to be faster than local storage. You're better off getting fast local storage first if external disks are slowing you down. Your file server ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
TL;DR: An Inwin IW-MS04, Fractal Design Node 304, or Silverstone DS380.
For the purpose of this, I'll be pretty much sticking to 3.5" HDDs–both since that's in the question, and since 3.5" HDDs still ...
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Mini-ITX case with 10 SATA hot swap bays
TL;DR: Get an R510 instead of a case. If you already own a motherboard or need to buy new, get an RPC-4116 (if you need to buy new or prefer a cleaner solution) or a DAS and an LSI 9200-8e.
Finding ...
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How can I power SATA HDDs given this motherboard?
You're fine with your current hardware, just put the 520i into JBOD mode
When Unraid says they don't support hardware RAID controllers, what they're saying is that they don't want you running RAID on ...
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Low-Power Home Server
Your requirements sound similar to my home server, except that I went with an internal RAID-6 array -- so that's $400 in hot-swap bays, cases, and controller cards you won't need to spend.
At the ...
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Ethernet to HDMI output
After some consideration I am going with Plex layered on top of FreeNAS, and using a Chromecast for the HDMI head end and using the Plex/Chromcast App on my tablet to perform the control.
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How can I create a rack with PCs
https://thehomeserverblog.com/home-servers/diy-19-server-rack-for-home-servers-and-or-esxi-vmware-lab/
Material List for D.I.Y. Server Rack
2 Pair of 20U Space Rack Rails — $45 (eBay)
4 2x4s – $10....
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What is a price efficient parallel number crunching server?
You're not going to do that much better just due to updated models of hardware. For instance, current RAM will probably be 2400 rather than 2133, and current Xeon/Epyc chips will offer more banks (6-...
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Xeon 2011-3 motherboards that support *unbuffered* (non-registered) ECC RAM?
It's not a board from a traditional server-focused manufacturer, but the Asus X99-WS/IPMI appears to meet your requirements:
Single LGA 2011v3 socket supporting Xeon E5-16xx CPUs (you may need a BIOS ...
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Webcam which can upload to (or be accessed from) a private remote server without involving any proprietary cloud servers or a computer?
A webcam is not what you should look for. Webcams are simple devices, with a digital camera sensor and basic electronics for USB interface. They don't push anything anywhere. Instead, they allow a PC ...
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Reading and activate/disable power of specific outlets
The terms you are looking for are outlet switching and outlet metering. Some PDUs do have this feature; many don't.
For instance, Eaton PDUs contain six categories: basic, in-line metered, metered ...
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Cheap PC with 8GB of RAM
If you are looking just for a PC without a monitor,speakers, keyboard...(considering you have those). Budget might go bit over the 270$ limit. This would be a perfect PC. You can also buy these parts ...
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Need desktop LGA1151 motherboard w/ Windows Server Access Control Service, VT-d, & APICv
A. Gigabyte Tech Support asks you to contact them to obtain the Z390AORUSPROGA9.zip BIOS and apply it to your existing motherboard. See https://pastebin.com/uqYt3rmx for details of their response. I ...
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What should I buy as a personal server?
Raspberry pi is an option, but what I prefer is building a desktop pc, because its way faster and upgradable. If you don't need much power, you can get an athlon 3000G, a B450/A520 motherboard, and ...
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How can I power SATA HDDs given this motherboard?
The breakout cables are directional.
If you choose to bypass the backplane, the forward breakout cable is what you need. You can search for the SFF-8643 (Host) to 4X SATA (Target) or forward breakout ...
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How to make a small server at home with a power edge M360
As it is mentioned in the first lines of the document you link you need:
PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure
W/o enclosure you will have no power supply, no networking and no management interface (and ...
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I need recommendation for small server
If it's only for personal use then you don't really care about performance, a Raspberry Pi 3 would be enough (but beware filesystem errors).
Otherwise get something cheap in the cloud. Hosting ...
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Android Phone capable of running Ubuntu (or any Linux)?
UBports makes a mobile version of Ubuntu for some select older phones.
The current version is Ubuntu 16.04, released on Oct. 23rd of 2019.
From the officially supported devices - for which they ...
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HP ProLiant DL380 Gen 9
According to the manual (PDF), page 5:
The 128GB LRDIMM may not be mixed with other DIMM capacities/types.
Same on page 26:
NOTE: Mixing the 128GB LRDIMM with other capacities is not supported.
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Suggestions for storage pc
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) is something you may be interested in. There are several plug and play products available from companies such as Synology, Western Digital, etc. As well, there are a ...
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TS140 Lenovo ThinkServer i3-4150 CPU upgrade LGA 1150 i3-4150 to e3-1276v3 or e3-1226v3?
The e3-1276v3 processor is significantly faster. Here is link to openbenchmark of the i3-4150v3 and e3-1276v3 processors running pts/multicore benchmark http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1707040-KH-...
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System requirements for e-mail server processing 100 to 200 GB of e-mail per month
If you are going for cloud solution, processing power is the main concern, as opposed to the network bandwidth - which would be primary concern if you'd be buying server yourself. The throughput you ...
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Small bussines Server
Not sure how opposed to used things you are and/or where you live. I've taken the liberty of converting 1500 euros to 1750 USD. If you're willing to manually instal the requisite software and don't ...
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Small bussines Server
I will offer you to check those devices: Synology DiskStation DS918+, Qnap TS-453A-4G. They support all you want. If you have bigger needs for disk space you can check next models Qnap TS-653A-4G, ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
A nas is not much different from a media server. It uses all the same parts. I haven't built many myself, so take this advice with a grain of salt. Other users will be more informed.
What you want is ...
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Smallest PC that can store 3.5-inch HDDs?
5 TB you can get in 2.5". Like this one: http://amzn.to/2ArkWGg. And then you can use any of the mini-PC line.
As for your question, there are some ASUS VivoMini PCs that support a 3.5" HDD.
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PCIe SSD, SATA SSD or Hard disk drives for a 10-workers server?
First of all, impression as if stored on their own desktop is not something you will be able to get, unless files are very small. Accessing files via network is, of course, noticeably slower. Not much,...
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Dial-up hardware for server side
You don't want to break an E1 (or T1) into individual lines because you will loose the ability to negotiate speed above 33.6k. Make sure the device you get handles analog connections.
USR gear did ...
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Recommended Computer/ Server for Statistician (budget $10000-15000)
This question was bumped by the Community user a couple of hours ago. Presumably user "gem" has either purchased a computer or is willing to wait. I'll try to provide a leading edge suggestion that ...
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