On 05/16/2014 10:28 AM, Dave Stevens wrote: > Quoting Joseph Hesse <joehesse at 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. > > D > >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > 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