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Intel NUC as my replacement server

Hi all, (Tl;DR located at the bottom)

 

For about a year now i've been running a small laptop (NB300, details below) as a samba and basic website host.

its been running, but only just, sometimes disconnecting from the network and fan noises usually maxed.

 

i've been looking into upgrading and expanding into virtual machines (for easier backup and more services),

I am hoping to run the following

 - OwnCloud

 - Gitlab

 - Samba (6TB, if it can handle)

 - Web server

 - daily backup to external drive (have not looked into this yet)

 

I would like something small and low power, so i have been looking into intel NUC's.

I would like to spend as little as possible however i don't want this to hinder future expansions (building programs with friends to try and start a business)

 

My options for NUC's are listed below.

 

Questions:

Have i missed something glaringly obvious (e.g a NUC is not a computer its a type of cheese)

Should i save up for a NUC that can support more max RAM?

Is there another range of low power, low profile computers i should consider?

 

Thanks all

 

Second hand NUC.

Intel N2830

   Cores: 2,

  Threads 2

  2.16Ghz  to 2.41Ghz

  Released 2014

8GB ram max (comes with 4)

Windows 10 pre-installed

$100

From my research this should be enough, limitation though might be RAM

 

Pentium NUC

Intel N3700

  Core: 4

  Thread: 4

  1.6 GHz to 2.4GHz

  Released 2015

8GB Max Ram (non included)

$200

 

i3 NUC

... just removed from where i was looking

Core: ??? i3

max ram 16GB

$400 (would like to avoid spending that amount)

 

NB 300 The laptop mentioned before

Intel Atom N450 (32-bit)

  Cores 1

  Threads 2

  1.6GHz

  released 2010

 

2GB ram (max)

120GB HDD (slow)

Ubuntu server

was running:

 - lamp

 - samba (6TB from usb external)

 - worked well with some problems

 

TL;DR:

i want to upgrade my current server setup, looking into NUC's for low power and low profile.

What should i get (would like to avoid spending too much)

 

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15 minutes ago, uzarnom said:

Hi all, (Tl;DR located at the bottom)

 

For about a year now i've been running a small laptop (NB300, details below) as a samba and basic website host.

its been running, but only just, sometimes disconnecting from the network and fan noises usually maxed.

 

i've been looking into upgrading and expanding into virtual machines (for easier backup and more services),

I am hoping to run the following

 - OwnCloud

 - Gitlab

 - Samba (6TB, if it can handle)

 - Web server

 - daily backup to external drive (have not looked into this yet)

 

I would like something small and low power, so i have been looking into intel NUC's.

I would like to spend as little as possible however i don't want this to hinder future expansions (building programs with friends to try and start a business)

 

My options for NUC's are listed below.

 

Questions:

Have i missed something glaringly obvious (e.g a NUC is not a computer its a type of cheese)

Should i save up for a NUC that can support more max RAM?

Is there another range of low power, low profile computers i should consider?

 

Thanks all

 

Second hand NUC.

Intel N2830

   Cores: 2,

  Threads 2

  2.16Ghz  to 2.41Ghz

  Released 2014

8GB ram max (comes with 4)

Windows 10 pre-installed

$100

From my research this should be enough, limitation though might be RAM

 

Pentium NUC

Intel N3700

  Core: 4

  Thread: 4

  1.6 GHz to 2.4GHz

  Released 2015

8GB Max Ram (non included)

$200

 

i3 NUC

... just removed from where i was looking

Core: ??? i3

max ram 16GB

$400 (would like to avoid spending that amount)

 

NB 300 The laptop mentioned before

Intel Atom N450 (32-bit)

  Cores 1

  Threads 2

  1.6GHz

  released 2010

 

2GB ram (max)

120GB HDD (slow)

Ubuntu server

was running:

 - lamp

 - samba (6TB from usb external)

 - worked well with some problems

 

TL;DR:

i want to upgrade my current server setup, looking into NUC's for low power and low profile.

What should i get (would like to avoid spending too much)

 

gigabyte brix are a good option, good performance and low power draw, VESA mountable and has the I/O u need.

 

i'd recommend the bxi5-4200 gigabyte brix

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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Since you have external storage, it should be just fine and you don't really need much internal storage in the NUC.

 

Slap an SSD into it, max it out on ram and you should be golden. I'd also go for the Pentium NUC

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2 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

i'd recommend the bxi5-4200 gigabyte brix

From my quick search, more then i'm willing to pay. But it does seem a good option. i'll have to search more.
Thanks :D

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1 minute ago, uzarnom said:

From my quick search, more then i'm willing to pay. But it does seem a good option. i'll have to search more.
Thanks :D

fair dooes, i think they have a range of i3 models if they are any cheaper, but i've used a bunch of different SFF PC's before and never liked any of them except the brix.

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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3 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Slap an SSD into it, max it out on ram and you should be golden. I'd also go for the Pentium NUC

Sweet, Thanks.

I was scared Ram would be an issue, i've never had a server with more then 2GB

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1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

fair dooes, i think they have a range of i3 models if they are any cheaper, but i've used a bunch of different SFF PC's before and never liked any of them except the brix.

Ahh awesome Thanks. and thanks for quality opinion.

i've never had good luck with quality (i am cheap though ;P)

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1 minute ago, uzarnom said:

Sweet, Thanks.

I was scared Ram would be an issue, i've never had a server with more then 2GB

my HAS (Home Automation Server) is currently running on 2 gigs of DDR1 and it has never logged anything past 1.1gb used ram. Hell, the log file gets bigger than that every month, even with 10-minute polling intervals

Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. - Adam Savage

 

PHOΞNIX Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.75GHz | Corsair LPX 16Gb DDR4 @ 2933 | MSI B350 Tomahawk | Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 8Gb | Intel 535 120Gb | Western Digital WD5000AAKS x2 | Cooler Master HAF XB Evo | Corsair H80 + Corsair SP120 | Cooler Master 120mm AF | Corsair SP120 | Icy Box IB-172SK-B | OCZ CX500W | Acer GF246 24" + AOC <some model> 21.5" | Steelseries Apex 350 | Steelseries Diablo 3 | Steelseries Syberia RAW Prism | Corsair HS-1 | Akai AM-A1

D.VA coming soon™ xoxo

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gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04

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2 minutes ago, uzarnom said:

Ahh awesome Thanks. and thanks for quality opinion.

i've never had good luck with quality (i am cheap though ;P)

if you want a really cheap option to run super stripped back linux, ive used these things before

 

http://g2digital.co.uk/products/rack-pc/1u-nuc/

 

they are very weak though, my NAS here in my office has a better Atom in it. It took me literally 8 hours to install windows 10 on this thing but im sure it would be fine running a super basic linux distro just to handle your SMB

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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2 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

 

lol, and DDR 1 awesome. oldest i've worked with is DDR 2. though i did find a Pentium 2 during one of my road side scavenges

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2 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

http://g2digital.co.uk/products/rack-pc/1u-nuc/

 

they are very weak though, my NAS here in my office has a better Atom in it. It took me literally 8 hours to install windows 10 on this thing but im sure it would be fine running a super basic linux distro just to handle your SMB

This actually looks really cool,

i'll have to keep an eye on this one.

 

oh lord 8 hours.

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2 minutes ago, uzarnom said:

This actually looks really cool,

i'll have to keep an eye on this one.

 

oh lord 8 hours.

yeah the benefit is that it has all the components included, the intel and gigabyte PC's are all barebones kits right ? they can end up being pretty expensive if you go ham with spec

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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1 minute ago, uzarnom said:

lol, and DDR 1 awesome. oldest i've worked with is DDR 2. though i did find a Pentium 2 during one of my road side scavenges

It's a battered SFF Dell box of evil that I had gathering dust in a closet. It's currently controlling about 6 main systems (about 24 sub-systems) running on a chopped together Ubuntu 9.04 Server

Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down. - Adam Savage

 

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Vault Tec Celeron 420 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | Storage pending | Open Media Vault

gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04

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4 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

yeah the benefit is that it has all the components included, the intel and gigabyte PC's are all barebones kits right ? they can end up being pretty expensive if you go ham with spec

Very True, i do have most of it laying around. but upgrades and tweaks do cost.

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4 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

It's a battered SFF Dell box of evil that I had gathering dust in a closet. It's currently controlling about 6 main systems (about 24 sub-systems) running on a chopped together Ubuntu 9.04 Server

Sounds like my first server, found from old parts off the side of roads (usually wet with rain)

When i finally massed a collection of compatible parts power bill went up $300.

 

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1 minute ago, uzarnom said:

Sounds like my first server, found from old parts off the side of roads (usually wet with rain)

When i finally massed a collection of compatible parts power bill went up $300.

 

That box is pretty low power, 150W full load, maybe.

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D.VA coming soon™ xoxo

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Vault Tec Celeron 420 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | Storage pending | Open Media Vault

gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04

Diskord Apple MacBook A1181 Mid-2007 Core2Duo T7400 @2.16GHz | 4Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Pro x32

Firebird//Phoeniix FX-4320 | Gigabyte 990X-Gaming SLI | Asus GTS 450 | 16Gb DDR3-1600 | 2x Intel 535 250Gb | 4x 10Tb Western Digital Red | 600W Segotep custom refurb unit | Windows 10 Pro x64 // offisite backup and dad's PC

 

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4 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

That box is pretty low power, 150W full load, maybe.

Nice, so long as its not guzzling away (we are still far from a Mr Fusion)

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1 minute ago, uzarnom said:

Nice, so long as its not guzzling away (we are still far from a Mr Fusion)

by "we" you mean everyone except me, right?

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D.VA coming soon™ xoxo

Sapphire Acer Aspire 1410 Celeron 743 | 3Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Home x32

Vault Tec Celeron 420 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | Storage pending | Open Media Vault

gh0st Asus K50IJ T3100 | 2Gb DDR2-667 | 40Gb HDD | Ubuntu 17.04

Diskord Apple MacBook A1181 Mid-2007 Core2Duo T7400 @2.16GHz | 4Gb DDR2-667 | 120Gb HDD | Windows 10 Pro x32

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If you use your computer a majority of the day, I would say it's cheaper to just share files off your personal desktop and leave it on for the remainder of the day. I suspect the difference of cost from leaving it on would be less than buying a new device + leaving it on as well as your desktop, is negligible. 

 

Your desktop idle probably sits anywhere from 50-60watts so long as it was made in the last 4-6 years. Taking the higher 60watts, that's about 18kw extra a month to leave your PC on. I don't know where you live, and I understand most countries outside the U.S. charge a lot of money for electricity.. but 18kw is almost nothing. NAS operations are not going to take your PC out of idle.

 

Where I live (.09/kw) that's about $1.62/month, assuming it's about .20/kw for you that's $3.60/m. If the NUC cost you $100 then that $100 could be spent over 2 years tin run your PC.

 

 

 

You could take it to the extreme, and have it turn itself on and off during certain times of the day to further reduce the $5/m it would probably cost you.

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6 minutes ago, Mikensan said:

If you use your computer a majority of the day, I would say it's cheaper to just share files off your personal desktop and leave it on for the remainder of the day. I suspect the difference of cost from leaving it on would be less than buying a new device + leaving it on as well as your desktop, is negligible. 

 

Your desktop idle probably sits anywhere from 50-60watts so long as it was made in the last 4-6 years. Taking the higher 60watts, that's about 18kw extra a month to leave your PC on. I don't know where you live, and I understand most countries outside the U.S. charge a lot of money for electricity.. but 18kw is almost nothing. NAS operations are not going to take your PC out of idle.

 

Where I live (.09/kw) that's about $1.62/month so if your NUC cost you $100 it would take about 5 years if you don't include the electricity to recoup the money

If we bump it up to .20/kw that's $3.60 and so that's about 2 years to recoup the nuc's cost.

 

 

 

You could take it to the extreme, and have it turn itself on and off during certain times of the day to further reduce the $5/m it would probably cost you.

Yeah you might be right, This could just be an unnecessary expense.

 

although i do work on my main rig a lot, i have worked off my laptop around the house. while i'm traveling.  I would like to be able to not have it on all the time.

 

I kinda want to expose the NUC to the outside world so when me and my "team" meet we can work in the library, back alley and things, and i'm scared about security.

 

What i have been doing sometimes when the laptop server refuses to work, is setup some VM's on my main rig.

 

And lol i have considered setting up a raspberry pi to when receiving requests turns on / off a computer (because whats a magic packet ;P)

 

Thanks, Definitely something to consider (don't waste the money)

 

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8 hours ago, uzarnom said:

 - OwnCloud

 - Gitlab

 - Samba (6TB, if it can handle)

 - Web server

 - daily backup to external drive (have not looked into this yet)

umm, you do know that NUC's aren't designed for this?

it wouldn't be powerful enough to handle what you want to do with it.

they ate meant for simple low-powered word processing in a office environment, that's what Intel market them for!

not for servers!

just get a modern(within 1-3 years if possible, older systems can still handle those work loads) computer off ebay or the like and use that as your server, it prob will do better and it prob be cheeper!

but something like a daily backup can be done with a command (all operating system) or simple program (some operating systems):

https://www.sevenforums.com/backup-restore/196310-automatic-sync-when-external-hard-drive-plugged.html\

 

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2 hours ago, samiscool51 said:

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Thanks for the link, i was planning on using a .sh script i just have not looked into it yet.

 

As for the NUC, yeah thats fair.

my main issue with desktop computers is power draw, i had an old pentium 4 as my initial server and my power bill went up $300.

I then moved onto a second hand laptop (the NB300) it worked but it was slow and loud.

 

All the second hand laptops in my area, that i can find fan information on is $400 +. (most laptops in my area $250 second hand)

so i was looking for a small light desktop that doesn't draw too much. having run a few of these services on a raspberry pi 2 i was hoping a small bump would be enough, and i've heard of people running 10 VM's but on the i5 models (i only need 2-3)

 

i'll probably do more research on if it is powerful enough before i buy though,

Thanks :D

 

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15 minutes ago, uzarnom said:

i'll probably do more research on if it is powerful enough before i buy though,

..............

even tho i just told you it would not be powerful enough for your needs

this is my personal server:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bZMkjc

all it does it transcode video in plex and stores my files...

thats it, it could easily process your needs without a problem

yes it's overpowered for my needs but thats because most of the parts i had were laying around

for your needs i would build this:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qLPHr7

simple, low powered (for the processing power you get) and has quite a lot of storage and a external back device

that should do you for some time

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2 minutes ago, samiscool51 said:

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even tho i just told you it would not be powerful enough for your needs

Sorry, my research points toward being able to handle my tasks.

 

As for the parts list taking out the items i already have (and adjusting for australian prices) around the $400 mark,

It might be an idea to just wait and see what other second hand items come around closer to this spec, and maybe something fanless.

 

For your server, Hey transcoding can produce a heavy load, and it'll mean you won't have to upgrade for a while, a little off topic but what do you use for transcoding and do you have a script for automation?

 

Thanks, again :D

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7 minutes ago, uzarnom said:

For your server, Hey transcoding can produce a heavy load, and it'll mean you won't have to upgrade for a while, a little off topic but what do you use for transcoding and do you have a script for automation?

plex is what i use to transcode videos to other devices on my house and outside my network

and i don't have auto scripts running because i don't need them (and windows server is annoying to automate)

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