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Building a new Hybrid server..

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Oranuro

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About to build a new server that will mainly be used for backup for a few pcs. Will serve as a fileserver and media streamer for the LAN and some sort of web server to access files from my mobile when away from home(may use WHS for this function). This machine will be a Linux host for virtual guests for each of the jobs I have in mind.

I would like to know if anyone have experience with such a server on a dual-core chip. Will a quad-core chip be better?, would like to have a really low power consuming box and I know quads sip a bit more juice even at idle.

Up 365 a year with maybe 3 virtual machines on top of a Linux distro(thinking Mint) being accessed via RDP.

I would like some thoughts and input on such a build.

Thanks all.
 
I have a 4 VMs plus services in the host OS running on a E8400 with 8 gigs of ram.


I use Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V i have the following VMs

WHS 1 Core 2 gig of ram
Win7 1 Core 1 gig of ram acts as RDP gateway + downloads
Ubuntu Server 1 core 1 gig of ram
Server 2008 32 bit 1 Core 2 gig of ram

Runs pretty good. I use every once of ram in the box but it still runs surprisingly well. I would like a quad core for my box but if yours isn't going to see heavy usage you will probably be ok.
 
I hae a phenom triple core at 2.1 Ghz and 8 Gb of RAM hosting the following on 2k8 R2 Enterprise using Hyper-V:

WHS 1 core, 1 GB of RAM
2k8 R2 DC, 1 core 820 MB of RAM
2k3 Exchange 2003, 720 MB of RAM (used to run with 820 MB of RAM and 2 cores when it was my web server as well)
2k8 R2, VPN, Echoware, RDP Gateway box, 1 core 820 MB of RAM
2k8 R2 Exchange 2010/Web Server (OWA, 6 other sites, ftp), 2 cores 2 GB of RAM

Soon as I move the last of my POP only users mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to the Exchange 2010 server, I'll be shutting it down.

My only real speed restriction is that all my virtual disks, except for my WHS (which has 4 direct mapped disks), are located on a single spindle, but my load is light enough that that only comes into play after I've restarted my host. I have to space out my automatic boots after a restart a bit or I'd have a lot of disk queueing as they all start up.
 
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Think I'll try the dual-core chip since I have it already, if the chip can't handle all of the tasks I'll buy a quad I suppose.
 
With lots of ram and a fast disk you should be fine with a dual core. You don't put alot of load on a home server.
 
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