- #Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 upgrade#
- #Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 full#
- #Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 software#
Old servers are fun and great for some things. The other servers mentioned aren't exactly quiet machines either. Plus my fiance got tired of the noise - it sounds like the parking lot of an airport when on. well, actually that's off right now because of the power requirements (40 Xeon cores, 96 gigs of old DDR2 FB RAM and 16 SAS disks sort of does that). I use an old Cisco C210 for some development work, a pair of HP G6 servers for test and experiments, and an old BladeCenter 3000 for.
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I have three such systems at home, so I am not totally ignorant on the subject. Reliability is in question because of the systems age, and the power requirements are through the roof. Seriously: the kind of server you're talking about is fun to play with, use as a lab-machine, or for homebrew development projects. Yeah, and best of all? It doubles as a heater during the winter. Warranty? LOLZ, another bare server for $99 and you are still $10 under, 3x the storage space. Infinitely more useful with plugins like Backups, torrents, media servers, etc. Then it's silly to go through all that for only 2TB of space, so pick up 4 WD 2TB NAS drives at $80ish each.įreeNAS is Free. $20 for another 4GB (Really, usually less.) $99 Server with two Four Core Xeons at 2.4 GHZ/4GB Ram, No Drives There are literally PALLETS of old servers laying around, you can pick up a dual Quad X3220 with 4gb memory for $99 with space for 4 drives. I've made a lot of things from re-purposed servers (FreeNAS FTP/Backup Server, PFSense firewalls, 40TB SANS). It lacks the Windows-client for backup though. Less features than Windows (unless you're a real Linux buff) but solid and more polished than I had expected.
#Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 software#
I gave it a spin recently, and for a piece of free software the feature set is really good. Throw me a PM if you need more, I don't want to turn this thread into a Windows sales-pitch.Īlso: Consider FreeNAS. Just like Home Server, just less restricted and with more "Enterprise" features. The clients have an agent for backup, and the server has a control-panel that gives you the most common options in an easy-to-understand format.
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#Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 full#
You get full AD, Backup, server-based File History ("Time machine for Windows"), and all the other good stuff that comes with a "real" server. If you're not going with a cheaper Linux option, I can definitely recommend the Foundation or Essential versions of Windows Server. The media services are a free addon-package that you need to download and install, but it is easy and has no funky requirements.
#Lsi equivalent dell perc h200 upgrade#
You can get an original retail license (Foundation) on eBay for around 140 USD on a good day, and it is a massive upgrade over Home Server 2011. There is a 15-user limit on the Foundation version but I assume that is not an issue since you're on Home Server anyway (limits at 10 doesn't it?). Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, or Windows Server Foundation 2012 R2 has that feature, and includes Storages Spaces and the reFS file system. I'm still using WHS 2011, because I haven't found anything else that handles automatic full backups from all the other computers in the house.