Re: [LUG] Searching for spares

[Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like the Synology, Seems to do everything that I wanted to do with a home server. although I would prefer to build one myself. I haveÂcancelledÂmy eBay orders for the Xeon stuff, it was crazy & cool but not practical.Â

Now i'm torn between owning a Synology, Building a cheep Sempron type PC or a budget AMD F1ÂbasedÂPC for backup and file storage filled with Linux goodness. =)

Daniel

On 1 April 2013 14:16, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ÂOn 01/04/2013 12:41, Daniel Robinson wrote:

Dear lug.

I have decided to build my own home server and it would seem that I have already gone over the top with the hardware specifications.
Some how I've ended up impulse buying 2 Xeon processors and a compatable dual xeon motherboard and ECC ram.
I'm having trouble sourcing reasonably priced CPU coolers and was wondering if anyone on the list knows any good UK suppliers for low cost server kit. The socket type i'm using is socket 604.

I'm hoping to build this server so it costs about the same as a off the shelf dual bay NAS box.

kind regards


Daniel

That last part's a tall order depending on the NAS in question. ÂMy Synology DS212j cost Â160 from Ebuyer, admittedly without drives though, but 2 x 1Tb drives cost around Â50 a piece so that's Â260 in total.

Julian

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