Re: Mobo Recommendations

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bit late to the thread I know. I may have written about this before
but I have two computers one small a frugal (Mini-ITX 1.5GHz using 27W) and
a second monster (Abit IX48 GT3, Intel Core2 Quad 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM DDR3,
LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP with 4 x 1TB WD Green HDD in a RAID 5 set)
downside is it consumes around 120-150W.

Now I know the monster may not meet the requirements of inexpensive but it
possibly gives a different view. The Mini is on 24x7 whilst the Monster is
setup for WoL and is mainly controlled through Squeezecenter plugin
SVRPowerControl which means I can turn it on and off through the Squeezebox
remotes or iPeng Add-in on my iPod Touch.

The monster is in a very short 3U rackmount case that fits in my wall
cabinet. I also bought an Icy Dock to host 3 drives and hard fixed another
two in the chasis (one is the final disk in the RAID-5 the other runs the
OS). The OS is Vista Ultimate 64bit and I've also installed VMWare Server
(which is free) and have a Windows XP client (mainly for work RAS access)
and a Windows 2008 domain controller that replicates with my Mini server
and provides DR.

I'm now turning my attention back to my Mini as I'd like to upgrade it to a
64bit OS and run Exchange 2007 as my mail server. At the moment I'm
thinking about a Via Nano processor and a power efficient Adaptec RAID
controller that allows disk spindown and replace my current QNAP NAS device
for 24x7 homeshare access, i.e:

Jetway JNF77 VIA NANO 1GHz Mini-ITX Mainboard - Fanless
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12407

Travla TB-1160
http://www.travla.com/product_d.php?id=0000000022

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Let me know if you do, - I'm currently struggling with the same
dilemma,
> - I *like* Geovision, but it's the *only* thing that prevents me from
> fully virtualising my main server. *IF* I replace it, it has to be
with
> something at least as good...
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of David Balharrie
> > Sent: 10 April 2009 12:54
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Mobo Recommendations
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> > I went down the route of having a Core 2 Duo running VMware
server.  I
> > have 3 VM servers currently running on here. A 2003 Domain
controller,
> > Exchange 2007 & a XP Pro VM.   The only thing I can't do with
this
> > setup is Geovision due to the need for its PCI card.  I'm hoping
to
> > find a good alternative IP security camera solution so I can move
to
> > having one server.
> >
> > David
> >
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Mark McCall
> > Sent: 09 April 2009 14:47
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Mobo Recommendations
> > >
> > > E7200 is supposed to be quite frugal isn't it? Bit old now
though,
> > > perhaps...
> > > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-e7200-g31,2039.html
> > >
> > > Might be easier to decide on a power budget first and then
see which
> > > class of device (ie Server/Desktop/Mobile-on-
> > desktop/netbook/embedded)
> > > that restricts you to...?
> > >
> > > Also:
> > > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Athlon-Atom-Nano-power,2036.html
> > >
> > >
> > Thanks Jim.
> >
> > I may be better with a Core 2 Duo machine doing several tasks and
> > retiring
> > one of the older PCs.
> >
> > Will take a look at those links.
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
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