[colug-432] wanted: silent PC for ownCloud hosting

[FiL Farris]

I am going to have to put in a word in for the HP Proliant MicroServer as
well.  Its not very often I am TRULY impressed with a pre-built computer of
any kind but I could ramble on for hours on the merits of what these little
boxes can do.

A N40L (Gen 7 that I believe was 150.00 new) runs my home network(most
things Roberto listed), NAS, Media Server, and lets me play with a couple
light KVM's.  Even after maxing out the RAM with 16 GB ECC & a used RAC/ILO
card for it I think it is probably the best 300.00 I have EVER spent on
hardware.   There is a fan in them so as far as being specific they do not
fall under the silent PC heading but two Gen 7's are a two feet away and I
can't hear them.

The Gen 8's do add a few great things  the nicest  being the ability to
toss XEON CPU's in the socket.   Deals can be found OFTEN on the gen 7 &
8's if you have a little time to watch & wait.





Unix is basically a simple operating system.  But you have to be a genius
to understand the simplicity.  D.R.


On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Christopher Cavello <cavello.1 at osu.edu>wrote:

> I would get any small form factor PC that has an external (laptop style)
> power supply.  Order it with an SSD so the only moving part you have is a
> CPU fan. Then dunk the whole thing in mineral oil. You'll never hear it.
> On Mar 30, 2014 3:51 PM, "Scott Merrill" <skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
>
>>  As I mentioned at last week's COLUG meeting, I currently have two
>> instances of ownCloud running: one at Digital Ocean, and one at home on
>> a PogoPlug.
>>
>> The Digital Ocean instance works great, but it still means that all my
>> data is "out there" in the cloud, which rather undermines one of the
>> major benefits of ownCloud.
>>
>> My PogoPlug is great in terms of size, power consumption, and noise.
>> Unfortunately, it sucks in terms of performance.  The single CPU in
>> there lacks the oomph to provide ownCloud with any kind of
>> responsiveness.
>>
>> It's been ages since I've built my own PC, let alone looked at hardware
>> in any meaningful way.  What options exist today for silent computing
>> without breaking the bank?
>>
>> I don't need a powerhouse machine.  Size and noise are my two main
>> priorities, with power consumption being third.  Something I can attach
>> to my UPS and forget about is ideal. Ideally SSD for storage, and
>> something that doesn't require fans, if that's at all possible.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Scott
>>
>>
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