how to choose server hardware?
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I'm looking for server hardware. I'll probably choose from an old netbook at home, or one of my friends' old desktop PCs, or buy something from a used computer store.
What should I think about, when choosing hardware to run an email server? Maybe I'll run other server applications later too.
Does processor speed matter much? If it does, in what situation would I need a more powerful processor? Is GPU ever important? Any comments on electricity consumption? Do netbooks make good servers, or are desktop PCs better -- and why?
Michal's post is blank on the forum again
A fellow member linked me to his post on a different page once before. How do I find his post myself?
http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2013-December/030567.html
Found it via thread archives linked from
http://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/. I don't
understand what exact patterns cause it to be rendered blank.
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It's because the thinks it is 1998 and won't use the forums on the Trisquel site.
>Any comments on electricity consumption?
Well, higher power usage means it will
*cost more
*get hotter
*get louder if it has a fan
Depending on the usage of the server, you might be more interested in either power usage when idle or power usage when operating at maximum speed.
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Well, just a mailserver should be able to run on basically everything. Now making it keep up with spam is of course another matter entirely. =p
GPU doesn't matter at all for a server, normally you'd want it headless and just manage via SSH or something.
(Unless there was some kind of server application that could utilize OpenCL or whatever.. But somehow I doubt that's relevant for an email server.)
I use an older laptop to do SSH and a Minecraft server, it seems to work just fine really. In terms of power consumption I'd recommend enabling the CPU frequency scaling and whatever other power saving you can. 90% of the time a home server isn't doing much, might as well keep it cool. =p
Netbooks make excellent servers, unless you're running something heavy.
Thanks guys. I hope you don't mind; I copied/pasted some of your responses for the documentation. I put some of your info in my own words also.
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/choose-right-computer-use-server
I would not recommend a desktop computer - it would use up a huge amount of electricity. A netbook, or a minipc would be a better idea.
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