Low Power Small form factor server help

[Joshosaurus]

Hi All,

 

I'm looking at putting together a extremely small and low power server for mumble. I feel that an Intel NUC will be overkill, but something like the HP stream or even the new raspberry pi be any more efficient. The server would only at max have around 50 people on it so does not need to be overly powerful.

 

Thanks if you can help.

 

JJHW149

 

EDIT: I'm looking at around $150 to $200 AUD

[Wauthar]

I think if you know how to work with it, the Pi (or any other in that category, if any) will be the best solution for small servers.

[mikat]

do not use laptops as servers, and use the raspberry pi 2, it has 1 gb of ram and a better processor than the first one

[surtursrevenge]

I used a Pi for a TeamSpeak Server and it worked out very well !

 

I would recomend to look arround Arm Servers.

Think about what performance you will need and how much you are willing to pay for this. Than choose one.

 

Here are some Idears what you can use

 

Banana PI

Raspberry PI

Cubie Truck ...

 

Check out this Test ! There you can see some ARM Boards there Performace, Price, Features and supported OSes

 

 

-- sorry for my crappy english