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So, i just bought my new server (E3-1246-v3 on gigabyte board with dual ethernet and 8gb ram), what operating system should i use. Im not able to use what i intended to, so here are my requirements, maybo somone here has tried the same.

 

I want it to work as a fileserver, so freenas would be the optimal. But i also want it to host different type of webservices and primarily windows SQL databases... Now freenas isn't that interesting anymore. Windows server? But i also want it to be able to connect to my TV, and function as a media center. And not just Plex or any other streaming thing. I have some webapps that require a browser, so the system should be able to function as a normal windows machine, connected to my tv too..

 

Is it just windows 10 i need? Maybe with some virtual instances of windows server?

 

From my university i have free access to all windows server editions and all other windows applications..

 

What would you do?

 

Thanks..

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So, i just bought my new server (E3-1246-v3 on gigabyte board with dual ethernet and 8gb ram), what operating system should i use. Im not able to use what i intended to, so here are my requirements, maybo somone here has tried the same.

 

I want it to work as a fileserver, so freenas would be the optimal. But i also want it to host different type of webservices and primarily windows SQL databases... Now freenas isn't that interesting anymore. Windows server? But i also want it to be able to connect to my TV, and function as a media center. And not just Plex or any other streaming thing. I have some webapps that require a browser, so the system should be able to function as a normal windows machine, connected to my tv too..

 

Is it just windows 10 i need? Maybe with some virtual instances of windows server?

 

From my university i have free access to all windows server editions and all other windows applications..

 

What would you do?

 

Thanks..

I would personally use ESXi or another hypervisor of your choice and run VM of each thing that you need.

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So, i just bought my new server (E3-1246-v3 on gigabyte board with dual ethernet and 8gb ram), what operating system should i use. Im not able to use what i intended to, so here are my requirements, maybo somone here has tried the same.

 

I want it to work as a fileserver, so freenas would be the optimal. But i also want it to host different type of webservices and primarily windows SQL databases... Now freenas isn't that interesting anymore. Windows server? But i also want it to be able to connect to my TV, and function as a media center. And not just Plex or any other streaming thing. I have some webapps that require a browser, so the system should be able to function as a normal windows machine, connected to my tv too..

 

Is it just windows 10 i need? Maybe with some virtual instances of windows server?

 

From my university i have free access to all windows server editions and all other windows applications..

 

What would you do?

 

Thanks..

You could run a VM software on it and run CentOS (free version of red hat) and a version of Win10 and that should do it for you.

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Latets ubuntu distros actually have way better performance, because of the newer kernel.

It was more of a suggestion. I know that later distros have better performance, but this was server and easy to set up.

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Do you get free access through Dreamspark? I'd get Windows Server 2012 tbh

 

 

Latets ubuntu distros actually have way better performance, because of the newer kernel.

 

 

Do you get free access through Dreamspark? I'd get Windows Server 2012 tbh

 

 

You could run a VM software on it and run CentOS (free version of red hat) and a version of Win10 and that should do it for you.

 

 

I would personally use ESXi or another hypervisor of your choice and run VM of each thing that you need.

 

Through Dreamspark Premium we get Windows Server 2012 R2 :)

 

So virtualization/hypervisor is the thing? Is it possible to run the virtual machine from the server then, and use this as my "media center" and have a windows server or freenas distro in the background?

 

What OS would you then use? Ubuntu, ESXi is suggested? What about Hyper-V? Can this do the same? We have access to this too?

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Ubuntu is also very easy to set up. with 1 command you get the desktop, so that not everything is CLI. (or you could just install the desktop version and then add in the server packages, but all of the documentation recommends installing the server OS if that's what you're using it for)

 

Ubuntu will be able to solve all of these issues WITHOUT needing VMs. It will be much simpler to install and maintain, plus the support community is second to none (lets not start an argument on that, it was just an expression implying there is lots of documentation and help online).

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All these great suggestions, like ESXi, CentOS eg. are they just "regular" OS' like Ubuntu, windows eg. with a virtual machine on top, like parallels or virtual box, or is there any os, that lets you boot into the virtual machine? Like unRaid, which linus covered. This is not possible for me, as i dont have 3 GPUs in my rack..

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Ubuntu is also very easy to set up. with 1 command you get the desktop, so that not everything is CLI. (or you could just install the desktop version and then add in the server packages, but all of the documentation recommends installing the server OS if that's what you're using it for)

 

Ubuntu will be able to solve all of these issues WITHOUT needing VMs. It will be much simpler to install and maintain, plus the support community is second to none (lets not start an argument on that, it was just an expression implying there is lots of documentation and help online).

 

But how would you host a Microsoft SQL database and running C# webservices?

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no, they are not regular OSs. they are more extensive. they also require your CPU to support virtualization technology

 

 

what do you need a SQL server for...? unfortunately it's proprietary to MS, so you'd have to install WinServ

 

The CPU is a Xeon E3-1246-v3 and does support all kind of virtualization..

 

I need a SQL server for some school projects and other stuff..

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what do you need a SQL server for...? unfortunately it's proprietary to MS, so you'd have to install WinServ

 

Most database work would require SQL... which is not at all proprietary to MS... MS' implementation is, but you can run an SQL server on linux easily, using solutions like MySQL, postgres, or any of the other hundered or so SQL implementations out there.

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if you NEED SQL Server, then yes, you will NEED WinServ in some fashion or another. 

I am not sure how well 8GB of RAM will do running all of these things as VMs though...

I know.. And currently I do need this. But I think we are getting there.. I think I need some way to run win server and win 10 side by side.. And win 10 should be able to run locally on the server and function as the media center with the onboard gpu.. So what kind of hyper os would you use? Exsi? Can hyperv do this? Maybe I will put 16 og 32gb ram in it :)

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I know.. And currently I do need this. But I think we are getting there.. I think I need some way to run win server and win 10 side by side.. And win 10 should be able to run locally on the server and function as the media center with the onboard gpu.. So what kind of hyper os would you use? Exsi? Can hyperv do this? Maybe I will put 16 og 32gb ram in it :)

16 is plenty and you can just do win10 to run it and Windows server in vm

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