Cheap Server (VPN/NAS/...)

[Akadis]

I have some questions on home Servers an I have in plan to use it for:

1. VPN (access files from outside + avoid the restrictions from our school)
2. NAS (I have lots of HHDs)
3. 1 or 2 Websites
4. (MC Server?)

The questions:

1. Cheapest possible setup to get 1-3 (no game server)? ~100€
2. recommended money (in EUR) to spend on a decent server (also only point 1-3)? ~150€
3. even if it wasn't intended to, could i run a small game server (MC) on the build from 1. or 2. (for 2-3 Persons)? Yes
4. What do I have to spend that I could run 1-4 (everything) without a problem? ~150€
5. recommended finished builds or links to finished projects?
6. Anything important I need to consider about servers?

As soon as one of those questions gets answered i will update it here with color so it is visible what isn't answered yet

 

Thanks

[themctipers]

How many hard drives?
 

How many plugins/version/players do you intend to be using on the minecraft server?

 

you can do a VPN, NAS and a webserver on any box. although if you're running a minecraft server on top its better to get a better single preforming cpu (minecraft servers are single threaded) 

[Akadis]

Just now, themctipers said:

How many hard drives?
 

How many plugins/version/players do you intend to be using on the minecraft server?

 

you can do a VPN, NAS and a webserver on any box. although if you're running a minecraft server on top its better to get a better single preforming cpu (minecraft servers are single threaded) 

8x 500GB (they are old so i will run a raid to get like 1TB because they will fail at some point)

vanilla MC 2-3 Players the newest version

[themctipers]

Just now, Akadis said:

8x 500GB (they are old so i will run a raid to get like 1TB because they will fail at some point)

vanilla MC 2-3 Players the newest version

no bukkit/spigot with plugins? pratically any cpu from 2010+ can do that.  

 

do you need all 8 drives or is ~4-6 ok with you? raid card? What raid are you planning to do?

 

how much traffic are you getting on the website? 

are you trying to start your own minecraft server to gain money?

[Akadis]

Just now, themctipers said:

no bukkit/spigot with plugins? pratically any cpu from 2010+ can do that.  

 

do you need all 8 drives or is ~4-6 ok with you? raid card? What raid are you planning to do?

 

how much traffic are you getting on the website? 

are you trying to start your own minecraft server to gain money?

nope pure vanilla MC

yes less drives would be ok it's just that i have enough backup that if 2 fail my data is still there

not much just a little personal website and to test stuff out

[themctipers]

21 minutes ago, Akadis said:

 

1. Cheapest possible setup to get 1-3 (no game server)?
2. recommended money (in EUR) to spend on a decent server (also only point 1-3)?
3. even if it wasn't intended to, could i run a small game server (MC) on the build from 1. or 2. (for 2-3 Persons)?
4. What do I have to spend that I could run 1-4 (everything) without a problem?
5. recommended finished builds or links to finished projects?
6. Anything important I need to consider about servers?

1. ~100ish for a used xeon iirc

2. ~150? gotta consider the ram. 

3. You can run all 4 on a dual core without that big of a preformance hit

4. ~150ish?

5. Used xeon, usually comes with a case, CPU, cooler and the motherboard

6. What os? windows server? linux? what distro? do you need GUI?

 

also, do you need a raidcard?

[Akadis]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

1. ~100ish for a used xeon iirc

2. ~150? gotta consider the ram. 

3. You can run all 4 on a dual core without that big of a preformance hit

4. ~150ish?

5. Used xeon, usually comes with a case, CPU, cooler and the motherboard

6. What os? windows server? linux? what distro? do you need GUI?

 

also, do you need a raidcard?

6. linux so many people recommended it and i am in a software/electronics school so that shouldn't be a problem

 

also, do you need a raidcard? i guess so yes?

[themctipers]

Just now, Akadis said:

6. linux so many people recommended it and i am in a software/electronics school so that shouldn't be a problem

 

also, do you need a raidcard? i guess so yes?

which distro? if you need a gui i recommend lubuntu (as it uses less resources)

command line only? centos is good from what i've heard.

[Akadis]

Just now, themctipers said:

which distro? if you need a gui i recommend lubuntu (as it uses less resources)

command line only? centos is good from what i've heard.

i don't really care I want the best performance if thats command line i am fine with it

[themctipers]

Just now, Akadis said:

i don't really care I want the best performance if thats command line i am fine with it

well just some starter software (to help you out)

LAMP is great. (Linux, apacahe, mySQL, php)

I know you can run a nas using Simba 

i dont know about the vpn

 

honestly, im not great at building. for now you should wait for a new response with a build, or go check our your local listings for used server hardware (usually 2010+ hardware still preforms decently and an i5 760 can run a 1.10 server with no problems)

 

also, you might want to post this when its prime time (~3pm UTC -6) for most NA people, for more viability. 

 

 

good luck  

[Akadis]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

well just some starter software (to help you out)

LAMP is great. (Linux, apacahe, mySQL, php)

I know you can run a nas using Simba 

i dont know about the vpn

 

honestly, im not great at building. for now you should wait for a new response with a build, or go check our your local listings for used server hardware (usually 2010+ hardware still preforms decently and an i5 760 can run a 1.10 server with no problems)

 

also, you might want to post this when its prime time (~3pm UTC -6) for most NA people, for more viability. 

 

 

good luck  

thanks a lot  i'll try that

[themctipers]

Just now, Akadis said:

thanks a lot  i'll try that

you also can run a virtual machine to try out different linux distros

will help if you already know how to set it up than to do it clueless