I recently had a single 478 motherboard die, and in the process of resolving the problem I ended up building an entire new gaming rig, and buying 2 extra 478 motherboards to re-use some 478 processors. After some research I decided I needed a home server, but I'm having trouble deciding on an OS.
The parts I have put together for the server are as follows
Case: Antec Sonata I with 380W quiet power supply
MB: ASRock P4i65GV 478 motherboard (Intel 865G chipset with integrated Intel graphics, the board has IDE and 2 SATA 1.5 ports, so I could potentially have 4 total HDDs)
CPU: Celeron 1.7 CPU, stock cooler
RAM: Mushkin DDR PC3500 512MB
DVD: old generic IDE drive for loading software
HDDs: 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB drives
As a student I was able to dowload a free copy of Windows Server 2008, but I have no experience with servers so it would probably save me many hours worth of time to just spend the $100 and purchase Windows Home Server. I already searched for techniques to set up Server 08 as if it were WHS, but I can't find anything. I know this isn't going to be the most energy efficient server build, but the only parts I had to buy so far were the motherboard for $50 and hard drives for $150. I don't want to spend any more money on RAM, a new CPU, or MB because if I end up spending $450 on parts I might as well save time and buy the HP Mediasmart EX475. If anyone has tried both server OS's I would appreciate your advice.
I will use the server for streaming music but mainly as back up for important school work and digital photos so it shouldn't need to be high performance. I also plan to buy an inexpensive UPS but have not started research yet.
The parts I have put together for the server are as follows
Case: Antec Sonata I with 380W quiet power supply
MB: ASRock P4i65GV 478 motherboard (Intel 865G chipset with integrated Intel graphics, the board has IDE and 2 SATA 1.5 ports, so I could potentially have 4 total HDDs)
CPU: Celeron 1.7 CPU, stock cooler
RAM: Mushkin DDR PC3500 512MB
DVD: old generic IDE drive for loading software
HDDs: 2 x Western Digital Caviar Green WD6400AACS 640GB drives
As a student I was able to dowload a free copy of Windows Server 2008, but I have no experience with servers so it would probably save me many hours worth of time to just spend the $100 and purchase Windows Home Server. I already searched for techniques to set up Server 08 as if it were WHS, but I can't find anything. I know this isn't going to be the most energy efficient server build, but the only parts I had to buy so far were the motherboard for $50 and hard drives for $150. I don't want to spend any more money on RAM, a new CPU, or MB because if I end up spending $450 on parts I might as well save time and buy the HP Mediasmart EX475. If anyone has tried both server OS's I would appreciate your advice.
I will use the server for streaming music but mainly as back up for important school work and digital photos so it shouldn't need to be high performance. I also plan to buy an inexpensive UPS but have not started research yet.
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