Cheapest home server ever
Hardware CASE: window sill
PSU: noname 350W MB: ASUS P8B75-M
CPU: Celeron G550
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1600 OCZ Titanium
HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3
Software and Configuration:
My home server is running Ubuntu Server 13.04 32-bit, SAMBA, NginX with PHP-FPM, MySQL, Memcache, SVN server.
Usage: I use it to back up my main pc and laptop and develop some web projects. In future I plan to set up Air video server to watch tv shows on ipad.
Backup: Most stuff on this server are backups, the rest is backed up on my main PC.
Additional info:
This is sunday-hangover project and cost me nothing. :D All parts are leftovers from earlier upgrades and all software are open source.
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