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    I was curious about the motherboard for future CPU upgrades. Plus I would like to know if Lenovo used a cheap mobo or not.
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    Must be nice! Use all the electricity you can in one day! haha :)
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    Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 Tower Server System Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz 4GB 70A4000HUX -$199 after rebate. Tempting for PLEX server. I wish I knew what motherboard was in this.
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    Intel is releasing i7 versions of the NUC this year. I am curious how much more expensive it will be over the i5. Based on the prices I was able to find online, the NUCs have a similar cost to building a Mini-ITX PC, and use less than half of the power. I am definitely going to keep this on...
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    @peanuthead - thanks for explanation and information about RAID. I was not aware of pass through and the ability it allows the VM to use. I have a feeling I keep getting both RAID and backups intertwined together (as you and netwerkz101 pointed out the differences). So, since I keep...
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    The more reading up on FreeNAS I do, the more I keep hearing "DONT RUN FREENAS IN A VM!!" From what I am gathering, one of the main reason people choose FreeNAS (besides it being free) is for ZFS RAID. ZFS protects all data with 64-bit checksums that detect and correct silent data corruption...
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    Good point about the pre-built NAS units; makes absolute sense. Thanks for all the advice. I will continue researching boards and CPU's to see what would best fit the needs. I will post back when I find something.
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    Thanks for the recommendations. I having been looking up some server boards on line and found this: Mobo: Supermicro Only has 6 SATA ports, but takes 2 processors. CPU: Xeon x5650 Six core server processor (Only 95watts) What do you think? What did you mean by "second (dedicated)...
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    LOL, thanks more choices! :D The 4U chassis is nice. I thought it would be more efficient to take the $102 and put it towards a production server. What what others recommend, it would be way overkill, loud, and drain too much power to run 24/7. I guess I will scrap the production servers...
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    Interesting...I have never heard/seen Intel NUC drives. I will have to look more into it. You are running a PLEX server and VM's on your i3!? How many drives are you using? The specs of the Intel NUC on Newegg only has 1 SATA and 1eSATA. Any way to use 4-5 drives? Does WHS use less power...
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    LOL, yes, it seems crazy! Reason why I was looking at the Mini-ITX was of the sleeknees of the size/case (BitFenix). The only thing that the Mini-ITX cases and boards lack is SATA Ports. http://www.amazon.com/BitFenix-Mini-ITX-Without-Midnight-BFC-PRO-300-KKXSK-RP/dp/B008RJQ0LE I have...
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    It really doesn't matter. I thought about making an Mini-ITX, but the HDD space is not there. I don't want a huge full tower either! That is why I was looking at a rack mount system (smaller with HDD bays). I plan on purchasing a half rack server case down the road for my switches and was...
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    Hello Community, I apologize in advance if I am not in the right sub section; if not mods please move to the correct section. I am interested in building a couple of servers for home use. One is a storage server for backing up my home PC's. The other is a PLEX media server. I have pretty...
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