Building a file server for home

[Dan Langille]

On Thu, February 11, 2010 10:24 am, patpro wrote:
>
> by the way, more things to say:
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:30:41 -0500, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>
>>> I would probably go for a SuperWorkstation (www.supermicro.com), like
>>> this one for example:
>>> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-6.cfm
>>>
>>> It's more expensive, for sure, than a combo of Athena case / MSI board,
>
>>> but it surely rocks.
>>
>>  From Newegg, it's $900 :
>> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101241
>
> that's not the same. NewEgg's one is the 7046A-T
> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-T.cfm
>
>
>>> As a cheaper alternative, you might want to consider buying a
> SuperMicro
>>> (or Tyan) motherboard to put into your Athena case.
>>
>> That may be an option, but if I did that, I don't think I'd be buying
>> the above board.
>
> and going for the athena case allows you to chose a quiet PSU... I've no
> idea about the real noise produced by SuperMicro workstation. I just know
> you surely don't want one of their 1U superserver in your house.

Definitely not! Even though it'll be in the basement, it would still be
heard on the ground floor.

FWIW, Supermicro markets this the SYS-5046A-XB as "Whisper Quiet
Workstation (27dB) with nVidia® SLI™ and ATI® CrossfireX ™ Technology
Support"


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