On 05/16/2014 10:28 AM, Dave Stevens wrote:
Quoting Joseph Hesse joehesse@gmail.com:
Hello,
I want to build a lightweight server and install centos. Does anyone have a recommendation for a suitable motherboard?
Thank you, Joe
there are lots of motherboards that might do; in my experience make sure it has lots of top end for memory, 32 gigs is not hard to find. you also need to consider how many cpus cores drives other peripherals. really it's a large topic. check ebay too, I found a nice supermicro two cpu opteron board with 8 cores and 16G ram for $250.
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Thank you for your reply.
I am currently using, as a server, a workstation computer. It was built with a gigabyte motherboard and has 8G ram and a 1000G Sata 3 drive.
It is accessed with ssh and runs an ftp server, a web server and a samba server so my wife can back up her pc to it. It is running behind a router.
This computer more than meets my needs as a lightweight server except the hardware is dying and I want to replace it.
The question in my mind is: should I just buy another workstation class motherboard and duplicate what I already have or buy a motherboard which is intended to be used as a server?
Thank you, Joe