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.