Home Server

tomasesp · April 19, 2014

i want to build a small linux home server
i would like to spend max of $600 U.S Dollars on it

I'm just looking for some ideas on like mother board, cpu , and raid card i can use.

I'm not planing on building it anytime soon. I'm just looking into some ideas and other people opinions.

MegaDave91 · April 19, 2014

My suggestion is to start looking at what you want part wise when you're ready to build it.

MrBucket101 · April 19, 2014

The beauty of linux, is that it can run on just about anything. Ask around and see if you can have someones old machine, and repurpose it. Up until 3 years ago, I was using an HP a1110n as my storage server.

You might even be able to purchase one of the big box retailers sunday specials for $300 or so. Put 1 or 2 more drives in them, and you can use mdam to setup a software RAID.

With a budget like that, building a powerful server can be a bit challenging, especially given the cost of decent RAID cards and drives.