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Good morning/evening everyone,

 

I had this old server that I was running Plex server, for network file sharing, hosting some websites and stuff like this but now that I got a quite powerful laptop I do not need my old PC and I was thinking of making 2 servers in a Rack.

I want now with this upgrade to have Docker containers too, so I was thinking to make the old server with Linux running the websites and all the containers that I want, as for the other server to make it with Windows server to handle the file sharing stuff.

 

So I would like to give me your opinions, suggestions and ideas, how should I do it, is it a good idea?

  • Software suggestion/opinions
  • Hardware server backplates/PSU/UPS suggestion
  • Networking cables/switches/routers
  • Suggestion about the Rack and server cases (with hot swap preferably)
  • Budget: Medium

 

Specs:

  •  Huawei HG8546M Modem from ISP with the Fiber connected 
    • Connected on modem -> Router TL-WR1043N v5.0 / Wired Connections: Server PC / Old PC / Brother PC
      • Connected on router -> Cisco Switch SF100D-05 v2 / Wired Connections: Raspberry Pi (PiHole AdBlocker) / New Laptop / 1 Empty slot
        • Connected on switch -> Router Xiaomi Mi Router 4A / Wired Connection: 2nd Brother PC
    • WiFi Connections: Cannon Printer / 5 Mobiles / 1 Xiaomi TV Box / 1 Tablet / 1 Yeelight
  • Internet connection: 250 down / 250 up mpb/s
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  • Server CPU: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz
  • Server RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
  • Server Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. H61N-D2V
  • Server GPU: None
  • 55GB KINGSTON SV300S37A60G ATA Device (SATA-2 (SSD))    31 °C
    1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 ATA Device (SATA )    32 °C
    1863GB Seagate ST2000DM008-2FR102 ATA Device (SATA (SSD))    34 °C
    3691GB Microsoft Storage Space Device (TMax (SSD))     (Note: Server hard drives are in a pool with an SSD so I can have small fast cache, as I have read from the internet after search)
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  • Old PC CPU: AMD FX-8320E
  • Old PC RAM: 16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
  • Old PC Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF
  • Old PC GPU: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (Gigabyte)
  • 931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 (SATA )    38 °C
    931GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 (SATA )    42 °C
    232GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB (Unknown (SSD))
    221GB Microsoft Storage Space Device (SATA (SSD))     (Note: these are 2 120 GB SSD's that I had for games they are not of any use anymore) 
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ure old pc has a better gpu than my new  gaming pc

CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 3400G @ 3.1 GHZ, RAM: Teamgroup elite 12gb DDR4 @3200mhz, MOBO: GA-A320M-S2H v1, GPU: Gigabyte Rtx 3060 OC 12 GB, CASE: Old Antec one i found, PSU: CV750 Corsair

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Personally i would sell the old hardware and just use 1 server saving on power costs.
But if you dont pay for power ignore this. 😄

 

 

Make the slow PC a NAS, with all the disks in it.

Then fast(er) PC use for everything else, just 1 SSD in.
If it needs data it can take from NAS pc.

When i ask for more specs, don't expect me to know the answer!
I'm just helping YOU to help YOURSELF!
(The more info you give the easier it is for others to help you out!)

Not willing to capitulate to the ignorance of the masses!

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==moved to server+ NAS==

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

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19 hours ago, HanZie82 said:

Personally i would sell the old hardware and just use 1 server saving on power costs.
But if you dont pay for power ignore this. 😄

 

 

Make the slow PC a NAS, with all the disks in it.

Then fast(er) PC use for everything else, just 1 SSD in.
If it needs data it can take from NAS pc.

Well it's true that I don't think about the electricity since either way I used to have 2 PC all the time open so not much will change there 😛

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Any ideas I want to buy some new 6TB drives so I can raid them with my existing ones and use SSDs as cache .

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