What is the cheapest most powerfull small server out there?

mrblackmamba343

I'll looking to boost my home lab with a server. The problem is I'm really limited in my apartment as far as space is concerned, I was wondering if I could find a server which is basically small but still powerful enough to run multiple operating systems(linux) in a virtualized environment? Any ideas?

demonfurbie

cost range?

and what services do ya need to run

rwmidl

I'd check out the Dell PowerEdge T110. You can pick up one with a Quad Core Xeon processor, 250gb SATA drive and 2gb of RAM for $329. It looks like Dell also just released an update to the T110 (T110 II) for $445. It has a dual core i3 processor, and only 1gb of RAM.

mrblackmamba343

demonfurbie wrote: »

cost range?

and what services do ya need to run

I'm not going past $350

I need a lot of cpu power. Preferring cpu which supports virtualization

ConradJ

rwmidl wrote: »

I'd check out the Dell PowerEdge T110. You can pick up one with a Quad Core Xeon processor, 250gb SATA drive and 2gb of RAM for $329. It looks like Dell also just released an update to the T110 (T110 II) for $445. It has a dual core i3 processor, and only 1gb of RAM.

Just as an exercise, check out the price for the exact same thing on Dell Canada.

Welcome to how much we get ripped off on the same product!

demonfurbie

mrblackmamba343 wrote: »

I'm not going past $350

I need a lot of cpu power. Preferring cpu which supports virtualization

its hard to get small and that cheap

i did come up with one for about 360 with out shipping on newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108227
Newegg.com - ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe AM3 AMD 880G HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX AMD Motherboard
Newegg.com - AMD Sempron 140 Sargas 2.7GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 45W Single-Core Processor SDX140HBGQBOX
Newegg.com - PNY Optima 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model MN8192KD3-1066
Newegg.com - HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Writer - Bulk - LightScribe Support - CD / DVD Burners

the cpu/motherboard have unlocker so you can manually unlock a second core and it supports virtual that way as well

edit: you can save a little but if you dont need a dvd drive and you can look at other cases

Dakinggamer87

rwmidl wrote: »

I'd check out the Dell PowerEdge T110. You can pick up one with a Quad Core Xeon processor, 250gb SATA drive and 2gb of RAM for $329. It looks like Dell also just released an update to the T110 (T110 II) for $445. It has a dual core i3 processor, and only 1gb of RAM.

That's not a bad price point for the specs.

gateway

Dakinggamer87 wrote: »

That's not a bad price point for the specs.

Excellent price, but twice the price in the UK as usual

I have a HP Proliant ML115 - quad core opteron & still going strong. That cost me £300 here a year or two back, been superceeded now though.

pwjohnston

I run Fedora 14 at home. I just stacked my ram and installed virtualbox. I can run the host os, a couple instances of xp and a couple linux servers and haven't even broke 50% ram usage on 8gb DDR3. I also have a Phenom 1040T x6, but I barely go past 20% cpu on 4 cores.

If you want to have something powerful, cost effective, and small, I put together a home server for nas usage on about $400.

Mini ITX board
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/dq45ek/dq45ek-overview.htm
Chenbro case
http://www.amazon.com/CHENBRO-Chassis-Mini-ITX-4SATAII-Backplane/dp/B004TO4D4C

I have the cheapest dual core Celeron they made a year ago. I think it was $40 bucks and I run Server 2008 R2 on it. Do yourself a favor, get an i5 quad core and put Xenserver on it. You could do a lot with that.