Home Server Build - Somewhat Energy Efficient

Posted on the December 21st, 2007 under Interesting, Linux, house, server by John Burmeister

This is the new server I am putting together, it will control do the following:

Security Server (Video Camera’s with motion detection / recording) - Going to run ZoneMinder
Media / File Server - 1TB of storage w/rsync of important files to backup offsite.
Home Automation Server - Lighting / Temp control
Web Server - light duty / intranet
DB Server - very light / dev work
Backup Server - backup for some production sites
Vmware Server - Running 2 VM’s - Light duty (Win XP and a Linux Distro)
Dev Server - For testing some apps

Sounds like a lot, but its all light duty and this server should be plenty for it. And with the HD choice and the energy efficent options with the Core 2 I should be able keep the energy consumption down.

The server will be running Debian GNU/Linux of course.

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX
Case: COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-V LGA 775 Intel G33 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB)
HD: Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

Once the stuff starts rolling in, I’ll take some shots. I did receive the case last night, this thing weighs a ton, but it looks pretty solid. It should really keep the noise down and be near silent.

Some Linux Tutorials and How To Links

Posted on the December 25th, 2006 under Linux, Tutorials by John Burmeister