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I got like 4 1.5tb hard drives laying around, there external usb 2.0. I want to build a cheap server just to stream music, use as a share drive to download torrents to and stream video over my network. Im not sure what the requiremnts to do this online. Im just kinda hopeing to find a cheap computer i can isntall linux too and use it for this.


found just on geeks

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=X306-P430-R&cat=SYS

would this work at all? or what are the minium requiremtns I need to do this?

THANKS
 
Should work although I should mention that 1u servers tend to be loud.
 
I read it was louid, I ws gonna replace the cpu fan and just keep the cover off
 
Look on craigslist for something cheap. Although I think $80 would be hard to beat.
 
Don't waste your money on it. You can't make the power supply quieter anyway (without risking damaging it). Get yourself an Atom board if you want quiet and inexpensive.
 
I would agree with Blue Fox for your application. A Pentium 4 = lots of heat = lots of noise in a 1U + lots of power consumption. Plus, speed wise I doubt it would be much better than a dual core Atom.
 
As said by others, that IBM 1U server will work just fine for the needs/wants you've described. However as also noted by everyone else, no matter what you do, that 1U server is gonna be LOUD. In addition, it only has two HDD bays so you can't use all four of your 1.5TB drives.

Minimum requirements can be just about any CPU released in the last 5 years. Hell even a Pentium 4 setup would be enough for the tasks you described. However do make sure that you have a mostly all gigabit network to avoid potential network bottlenecks.
 
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