I'm thinking of upgrading my ghetto headless server... here's what I have:
-Dell Dimension 4100 case (old ATX)
-enlight 230W PSU
-Intel VC820 Mobo
-Slot 1 PIII Coppermine 800MHZ
-512mb RAMBUS
-Ati RAGE XL server GPU
-3ware 7006 2 port ATA RAID card (RAID 1)
-2x 320gb ATA WD Caviar blue (one is probably dead, it's trying to rebuild and failing)
-USB 2.0 card (for printer)
-3com 10/100 card
-52x CD-ROM
It runs debian wheezy w/o a GUI... I maintain it over SSL. It does the following:
-File server (Samba NAS)
-Print server (also through samba)
-WINS server (samba again)
-F@H (slow as balls though, my only F@H client still in service)
The reasons I want to upgrade are:
-Bulky. this midtower case is compact for a midtower but it's overkill... A smaller system would make more sense.
-No gigabit. I don't have gigabit yet but I may down the road... yes, I still use 10/100... "you in the back, quit snickering!" While I do have a gigabit PCI card, it (like all I've seen) uses PCI-X... which tells me I'll have bandwidth issues over plain PCI (why else would they go to the effort of making a PCI-X card for a single port)
-No DVD drive. this is an easy fix, but my supply of IDE DVD drives is dwindling... and while a CD is fine for most things, I use CD-R's so seldomly that I don't really buy them any more
-No USB booting. this would fix ^ but being a PIII with USB 1.1, no shit it doesn't USB boot
-Noisy. even with the rear exhaust fan run on 7V (between the 12V and 5V rails)
- Old. Like 14+ years old. While parts can be found, since when I eventually move out after getting my degree, my parents will still be using it. I want something that will be relatively maintenance free for the long term.
I also don't have a lot of spare change to work with...
I do plan to, if possible, move over the HDDs and controller, so I don't need to reinstall debian (lots of config to bitch about) and move files. Even if it was some temporary setup so I could do a partition to partition copy with a gparted live disc...
I was thinking of either using an ITX board I have (Intel D210GLY) or one of my old AGP-less micro P4 ATX junkers... but none have gigabit LAN... and my only ones that do also have AGP and hotter running p4's...
None of the thrift stores around here ever have anything either... no complete systems (although one had a DFI 939 board for $35, not a score IMHO).
If I thought I could get a new enough ITX board to have gigabit and a case/PSU for cheap, I'd do that (I have a 1GB PC6400u DDR2 module for the other I could reuse)... but last I checked ITX cases weren't cheap and finding them used was impossible (I may check ebay again).
By cheap, I mean as cheap as possible... this is by no means a "required" thing (other than replacing the bad HDD if it is bad).
So, anybody have some hardware suggestions, general or specific?
-Dell Dimension 4100 case (old ATX)
-enlight 230W PSU
-Intel VC820 Mobo
-Slot 1 PIII Coppermine 800MHZ
-512mb RAMBUS
-Ati RAGE XL server GPU
-3ware 7006 2 port ATA RAID card (RAID 1)
-2x 320gb ATA WD Caviar blue (one is probably dead, it's trying to rebuild and failing)
-USB 2.0 card (for printer)
-3com 10/100 card
-52x CD-ROM
It runs debian wheezy w/o a GUI... I maintain it over SSL. It does the following:
-File server (Samba NAS)
-Print server (also through samba)
-WINS server (samba again)
-F@H (slow as balls though, my only F@H client still in service)
The reasons I want to upgrade are:
-Bulky. this midtower case is compact for a midtower but it's overkill... A smaller system would make more sense.
-No gigabit. I don't have gigabit yet but I may down the road... yes, I still use 10/100... "you in the back, quit snickering!" While I do have a gigabit PCI card, it (like all I've seen) uses PCI-X... which tells me I'll have bandwidth issues over plain PCI (why else would they go to the effort of making a PCI-X card for a single port)
-No DVD drive. this is an easy fix, but my supply of IDE DVD drives is dwindling... and while a CD is fine for most things, I use CD-R's so seldomly that I don't really buy them any more
-No USB booting. this would fix ^ but being a PIII with USB 1.1, no shit it doesn't USB boot
-Noisy. even with the rear exhaust fan run on 7V (between the 12V and 5V rails)
- Old. Like 14+ years old. While parts can be found, since when I eventually move out after getting my degree, my parents will still be using it. I want something that will be relatively maintenance free for the long term.
I also don't have a lot of spare change to work with...
I do plan to, if possible, move over the HDDs and controller, so I don't need to reinstall debian (lots of config to bitch about) and move files. Even if it was some temporary setup so I could do a partition to partition copy with a gparted live disc...
I was thinking of either using an ITX board I have (Intel D210GLY) or one of my old AGP-less micro P4 ATX junkers... but none have gigabit LAN... and my only ones that do also have AGP and hotter running p4's...
None of the thrift stores around here ever have anything either... no complete systems (although one had a DFI 939 board for $35, not a score IMHO).
If I thought I could get a new enough ITX board to have gigabit and a case/PSU for cheap, I'd do that (I have a 1GB PC6400u DDR2 module for the other I could reuse)... but last I checked ITX cases weren't cheap and finding them used was impossible (I may check ebay again).
By cheap, I mean as cheap as possible... this is by no means a "required" thing (other than replacing the bad HDD if it is bad).
So, anybody have some hardware suggestions, general or specific?
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