zottelsheep

I do have some spare parts. Software is also not that big of a problem. My concern is what I do about the gmod/ts3 servers + various virtual maschines? I looked a bit around found these parts: 2x Intel XEON X5667 Quad-Core 4x 3,06GHz Sockel LGA 1366 SLBVA | eBay SuperMicro X8DTL-3F rev2.01 Motherboard server board Dual LGA 1366 Sockets DDR3 672042046355 | eBay 4x 8GB 32GB RDIMM ECC REG DDR3 1333 MHz kompat. IBM FRU 49Y1415 47J0136 49Y1436 | eBay LSI 3ware 9750-8i SATA / SAS Controller RAID 5 6 6G PCIe x8 LSISAS2108 Ram and Raid card are fully optional. I think that this system is a bit overkill, isn't it?

thx for the reply. Well, most of the things I want to run on the server are only used locally. I have a 1MB/s Up and 5MB/s Down. I don't know if thats good enough for ts3 and GM server. In therms of power usage, It shouldn't draw that much if not under load. It would be good if the file/media server only used like 120W max. but again I dont know much about hardware, so I cant tell if thats way to much or to less.

Thanks for helping I'm planning to use Plex Media server. I think that it needs to do some transcoding but I'm not sure. I plan on using a 10GbE Nic at a later date. So you suggest to use Raid 5 over 10 or did I missunderstand you there. If so what would be the benefits. To be honest, I dont really understand Raid 5 yet. It should lower the cost but also the speeds, but not redundency, right? To the Backup and Game server thing: The Game and ts3 server is for a few friends of mine. So yes it is my hobby. Also we dont want to pay for a server. One of my main concers is the minecraft server. We wont play often on it but some mods are quite Cpu intensive. The Backup system is mostly for the buisness of my father. Currently, our data is not that well stored and I want to change that. The server will be running in our house.

Hello out there I need help with the selection of parts for a server. What it should do on a daily basis: The server should host a file server(smb) for basic files probably using Debian with samba. (Main use is for document share and backup important documents for a small buisness) Storage: I thought about 4TB in Raid 10 A media server which can stream 1920x1080 to for about 4 Users. A Ts3 server for about 10 Users Optional or not always running: A garrys mod server for about 10 Users Maybe a heavily modded minecraft server (about 200Mods) = more RAM Some viedeo encoding and redering I am not that experienced when it comes to selecting hardware. Above is just a possible setup. I just want to get a basic idea. Also Id like to keep it under 600€ if possible. Help would be much appreciated zottel