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atencorps   08-13-2007 at 09:41:16 PM

My appologies if this is in the wrong forum or has been asked before.

Im looking at building a server, thus I have built PC's in the past I have never built a server.

Can anyone tell me what components I require in order to build a server ? , also if you can suggest any stores or places to get good deals on components then let me know. I know of newegg and tigersdirect .

The server will be used to host websites and small IT projects. It will be located in a data centre near me.

Thanks in advance

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jtt283   08-13-2007 at 10:46:51 PM
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Rackmount or freestanding? How critical are the systems on it? How will it be monitored? What kind of web sites? Just text, images, and links, or full scale e-commerce? ftp?
If I were building a server I'd use a dedicated RAID adapter and do RAID-5 on it, maybe with a hot spare.
Does the datacenter have a UPS?

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valis   08-13-2007 at 11:44:09 PM
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what are you going to do with it?

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CompTIA_Rep   08-14-2007 at 12:34:37 AM
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If it is rack mount, 1U,2U... let us know.

Assuming it is a regular system:
1.) you can run linux server if your IT projects allow it.
2.) you can run windows server with IIS (for website hosting).

General server equipment consists of RAID 1 (or 0+1) and reliable equipment (aka, no skimping).


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