Thin Clients

[jhstuckey]

I'm looking for a thin client to use as a server at home. I have not been able to find one that comes with more than a little flash (32gb or 64gb) hard drive. I'm looking for one that has perhaps a laptop hard drive, something with more storage space (~250gb or more).

It would perhaps be possible to remove the flash drive and insert a laptop drive, but I'm not sure how to determine this.

Otherwise my only requirements are that it have a decent a processor (preferably the AMD geode NX 1.0Ghz or below), 256MB or so of RAM, and an ethernet adapter.

Many Thanks

 

[jhstuckey]

Nobody?

 

[Canon]

Thin clients IMHO are not a server solution. They almost all come with very slow processors (at least all the ones I've worked with) and they run a special version of Windows (XP embeded for example) and not everything is compatible and can require hacking etc. to make even simple things like Antivirus work. Just speaking from experience.

If you want something that's fairly headache free and is pre-built, you probably can't go wrong with the HP MediaSmart servers. They are compact, come with a fair bit of storage out of the box and are expandable with up to 4 removable HDDs. Also they come with a bunch of other goodies which you may find useful.

Here's HP promo site for these boxes.
http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/mediasmart-server/

 

[jhstuckey]

Thanks, but the slow processor won't be a problem for me.

I won't be using Windows with it.