WHS + Intel Atom

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Just curious whos running this combo. I would like any feedback you have on it. I am thinking of trying this myself, because the Athlon 64 I am using now (on a mobo with a dedicated vid card, no onboard, was an old gaming pc) is killing me in electricity.


I was thinking an intel atom based mobo, 2 gigs of ram, the 8 port sata card thats recommended here ( supermicron I believe) would suit me good. I rarely use my server, but still prefer it be on 24/7 . Any input is greatly appreciated.
 
yeah it works well, i have used an Acer WHS once that a friend purchased. nice little unit.

http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2009/05...399-1tb-aspire-easystore-windows-home-server/

its works fine for all normal WHS activity. if you want it to transcode content to an xbox360 or anther media device.

I wouldn't do it, because i like having the option of using my WHS for more than just a WHS. I have mine transcode videos from DVD rips and blu-ray rips.

my 775 celeron 430 does very well and my 10 drive system used 230w at normal use according to my UPS and Kil-a-Watt
 
I ran WHS on a PIII 733mhz for about a year without issue.
 
An Atom will do fine. Most OEM WHS boxes are either running single or dual core Atoms.

One nice board to start with is this one.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/945/X7SLA.cfm?typ=H

It has the fastest dual core Atom avalible plus (2)PCI-E X4 slots so that you can throw in two SM 8 port cards!

If you want to do more than just serving up files you might want to look into a more powerful CPU. A more powerful CPU will also make the OS feel a bit more responsive.

I'm looking into a WHS box as well. It's basically between the SM board I posted above or a AMD 235e when they are released.
 
Thanks guys. I may try installing it on one of these older machines I have laying around too then. I have about 3 in the 600-8-- Mhz range.( Xp Pro sp3 on a 250 Mhz PC was a fun one I did just for sheets and giggles) I looked at WHS task manager last night and am so used to seeing a list a mile long on most of my XP Pro boxes and was pleasantly surprised. ( I suppose Windows server 2003 is a lot leaner judging from the processes that were running)Was thinking the Atom would be good on power ( Im sure it would be better than anything I am running) Like I said initially I am just kind of looking to get out of using the Athlon 64 ( plus I just came across a H2O kit for that cpu that I am looking foward to playing with, never used watercooling)
 
Adidas4275 said:
my 775 celeron 430 does very well and my 10 drive system used 230w at normal use according to my UPS and Kil-a-Watt
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Not to hi-jack the OP's thread or anything, but how did you manage to consume so much power with the Celeron 430? My WHS Celeron 430 with Intel G31 chipset motherboard only consumes 50w with 2 drives.
 
He does have more hards drives than you and he says that the server was actually being used when it was measured.

Then again, UPS and Kill-A-Watt are pretty damn inaccurate.
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How is the experience with media streaming versus file storage ? Any hiccups ?

Ben
 
dydx said:
Not to hi-jack the OP's thread or anything, but how did you manage to consume so much power with the Celeron 430? My WHS Celeron 430 with Intel G31 chipset motherboard only consumes 50w with 2 drives.
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I am guessing the 6 fans, backplanes of the Norco 4020, the 2 RAID controller cards, 10HDD (non-GP) and it running around 65% load all the time... oh and i do have a 650W PSU incase I want to fill that norco with 20 drives

but both could be innacurate, your number could be low and mine could be high... since UPS and Kil-a-watts have been known to be foolded
 
As long as you don't have 20 users all steaming content at the same time, why wouldn't it work?
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Because of demigrator issues? This is hardly a server system.
 
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