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Ronn Hanley | 42 pages | 10 May 2016 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | 9781726434546 | English | none

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Server Components Explained - Hypertec Direct

If you pull all this data into a nice Grafana dashboard you will get some great insights. I also use my home server to monitor my car battery level, consumption, location and report it all back, including the weather, to ABRP. Having your own server is a great way to learn new IT skills. You can use a hypervisor, like Vmware or HyperV to easily deploy servers and create a small network to play with. There are a couple of options when it comes to building your own home server.

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You could buy an old enterprise-grade server on eBay, like this Hp DL The downside of these servers is that they make a lot of noise and use a significant amount of power. You can however replace the fans with quiet models, like these from Noctua. But for most home server

configurations, these kinds of models are a bit overrated. An old laptop or desktop, however, are a great way to get started. If you want to build your own home server then there are a couple of things that you need to consider:. I have put together a part list to build your own low power home server. In idle it should consume around 10 watts and with a couple of servers running around 20 watts. Hard drivers consume the most power, so the more you add the higher the consumption. Choosing the right motherboard can really help in lowering the power consumption of your server. The downside of this motherboard is that they are hard to find and quite expensive.

I have listed the W version, but the 90 watt version should also be enough with the I SSDs are really great to use as a boot disk and to install your servers and applications on. I have listed a GB version, which should be more than enough to run your servers. For the storage, we use normal spindle disks. The advantage of the 2. For example, the Intel NUC is a great little, but powerful machine to get started.

You can also start with a Raspberry Pi 4. Those are really affordable and are great little machines to run small programma or services on. Another popular choice for a home server is a Synology NAS. Although they are basically a NAS, network-attached storage device, they also great devices to run your home server on. There is a big community behind Synology with a lot of cool and useful apps that you can easily install on your Synology. Make sure you check if the model that you want to buy supports running docker images. But if you are not into building your own server then these are great options. Having a home server is a great oppurtinity to learn new IT Skills and to extend your home network. You will probably notice that once you have a server, that you will find more usecases for it then you planned.

When using the server for central storage, make sure that you create proper, and regular, backups of the data. Make sure you check out this list! I hope that this article helped you to get started with your own server, if you have any questions, just drop a comment below. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Table Of Contents. In this article, I will talk about how you can build a server at home. I will explain what components to buy and what things you should be careful on when picking up parts for your home server. Both of these companies make great processors. Then pick a motherboard. Because, Intel and AMD has different sockets for each of their processors.

Your motherboard must have a matching socket. Intel i9, i7, i5 series 8 th , 9 th generation processors need LGA socket on the motherboard.

You should also take a look at the chipset of the motherboard before buying it. Not every processor is supported on every chipset. Also, make sure your processor supports the RAM type of your mother and it has enough slots in your motherboard to put in the amount of RAM that you need. You can buy any brand of RAM you want. Some of the popular brands are G. The most important property of a RAM is its capacity and type. Most of the processors these days supports dual channel memory.

So, you should use RAM sticks of the same capacity and brand in pairs for better performance. HDD is the traditional storage technology. The latest storage technology is SSD. It will improve performance of your server. You can pick any depending on your need. Buying a good power supply is essential for servers. Notably the server distro FreeNAS runs very well, and virtual machines handle well with the Supermicro. However reviewers did note that documentation is pretty barebones. If you're familiar with computers, you should be fine. But poor documentation might present a challenge for novices. As an alternative, check out this eight-core gaming PC build. It's affordable and uses a server board. ASRock is known for its quality components like motherboards.

Although ASRock dominates with gaming caliber motherboards, its server motherboards are exceptional as well. For the motherboard, it's a socket LGA It's a dual socket motherboard. That's because you'll need not one but two CPUs. But you'll have to multiply that by two.

Nevertheless, the ASRock board offers a solid combination of reliability, expandability, and price.

Although it's an enterprise-level motherboard, it's also available for homelabbers. You can skimp in some areas like RAM, case, and hard drive to make this a slightly more affordable build. CPUs are motherboard dependent. You don't necessarily need to have the latest CPU as it's typically easy to upgrade. But, if possible, try to snag a motherboard and CPU that are fairly new so that your socket doesn't immediately become obsolete. That way you have a clear upgrade path. It's compatible with Z87 and Z97 motherboards. Although the is an LGA , not an or , it's a rock solid processor. The i3 is suitable for entry-level servers. It's Sandy Bridge, but you can always upgrade to a Kaby Lake i5 or i7 in the future.

The Xeon E v3 is a beast of a processor. It's a Haswell chip that's compatible with LGA sockets. The Xeon server CPU has a 3. However, as powerful as the Xeon is, it's only on socket LGA If you're running an LGA socket motherboard, the six-core Ev3 is a great mid-range selection.

If you can afford it, the Intel Xeon E sports stellar specifications. It's among the latest processors as a Sandy Bridge. The E features eight threads and keeps power consumption low. But the extra cost yields additional data reliability. Yet the E is pretty expensive. What RAM you use is dictated by your motherboard. TechTarget outlines the basics of server memory selection in an excellent post. Usually, with RAM it's best to avoid off-brand memory. Reviewers noted that the Crucial kit uses slightly less power than traditional DDR3.

This is a major plus for servers. When you're running an always-on system, decreasing power draw maintains an energy efficient server. Users commented on wide-ranging software and hardware compatibility. It works on systems that don't support Registered ECC. Additionally, as often holds true you'll pay a slight premium for a name brand in Crucial as opposed to an off brand. It's an excellent part for building a server. Kingston is one of the most recognized names in computer components. Again, you'll pay extra for both ECC and a name brand. However, the slight price jump is worth the premium for the reliability. However, the Night Hawk faltered with overclocking. This may be a plus for more flashy servers, a minus for those seeking a muted server, or a non-issue depending on your case.

Overall, whichever RAM you select for your server depends on motherboard compatibility. Selecting a case for your server requires a lot of thought. Many metrics narrow down which cases are the best parts for building a server. Specifications, such as the number of hard drive bays, motherboard form factor, and optical drives all shape the case. A lot of this comes down to use. If you're building a server for enterprise or small business use, that likely differs from home use. Consider these specs when buying a server case:. The form factor is conducive to stacking so you can make your own makeshift server rack.

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Home Server Components - A Quick Overview (Paperback) | Eight Cousins Books, Falmouth, MA All programs in the computer are executed in memory, so the performance of the memory has a great impact on the computer. ECC has the capability of automatic correction. ECC can tolerate errors in the memory, and can correct errors, so that the system can continue normal operation without interruption due to errors. If the server is the core of network data, the server Hard Disk is the core data warehouse, where all software and user data are stored. The Hard Disk data stored on the server is the most precious, so the reliability of the Hard Disk is very important. SATA hard disk is the current mainstream interface type, mechanical hard disk is basically this interface.

The M. The solid state drive of this interface is very small, less than 5mm thick, so it takes up very little space and is very suitable for thin and light books. It is the same as the current popular SATA hard disk, which uses serial technology to obtain higher transmission speed. It also configures a large generally 1MBMB secondary cache; the average access time is relatively short; the external transfer rate and internal transfer rate are higher, and the data transfer rate per second can reach 40MB, 80MB, MB, MB. Because the server hard disk is running almost 24 hours a day, it is under huge workload. It can be said that if there is a problem with the hard disk, the consequences can be disastrous. Therefore, the current hard drives have adopted S. T technology self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology , and hard drive manufacturers have adopted their own unique advanced technology to ensure data security.

Hot Swap is a hard disk installation method supported by some servers. You can unplug or insert a hard disk without stopping the server. The operating system automatically recognizes the hard disk changes. This technology is very necessary for a server that runs 24 hours a day. RAID is a redundant array of independent disks, or disk array for short. Simply put, RAID is a technology that combines multiple independent hard disks physical hard disks in different ways to form a hard disk group logical hard disk , thereby providing higher storage performance and data redundancy than a single hard disk. RAID cards allow many disk drives to transfer data at the same time, and can provide fault tolerance. This is the second important function of RAID cards. Now we have known 4 key components of a server, we can select servers according to our needs.

Reviewers noted that the Crucial kit uses slightly less power than traditional DDR3. This is a major plus for servers.

When you're running an always-on system, decreasing power draw maintains an energy efficient server. Users commented on wide-ranging software and hardware compatibility. It works on systems that don't support Registered ECC. Additionally, as often holds true you'll pay a slight premium for a name brand in Crucial as opposed to an off brand. It's an excellent part for building a server. Kingston is one of the most recognized names in computer components. Again, you'll pay extra for both ECC and a name brand. However, the slight price jump is worth the premium for the reliability. However, the Night Hawk faltered with overclocking.

This may be a plus for more flashy servers, a minus for those seeking a muted server, or a non-issue depending on your case. Overall, whichever RAM you select for your server depends on motherboard compatibility. Selecting a case for your server requires a lot of thought. Many metrics narrow down which cases are the best parts for building a server. Specifications, such as the number of hard drive bays, motherboard form factor, and optical drives all shape the case. A lot of this comes down to use. If you're building a server for enterprise or small business use, that likely differs from home use. Consider these specs when buying a server case:. The form factor is conducive to stacking so you can make your own makeshift server rack. If you plan to create a media server or gaming PC server build, the Grandia looks at home in an entertainment center.

Drive cages feature mounts that do away with the need for adapters. It provides superb cooling and dust-prevention and supports cards up to If you need a GPU for graphics, processing, or both, the Grandia is a solid choice. Moreover, you can pack in 10 hard drives. The Fractal Design Node is a superb server case. Since it's a microATX cube case, the Node offers a space saving design. Lifehacker praised the Fractal Design Node 's small yet not too cramped dimensions. Additionally, Lifehacker found the Node similar but much cheaper than comparative server cases.

AnandTech added that thermal performance is spectacular, especially for a case of this size. But the Fractal Design Node lacks hot swappable features like "true" server cases.

Hard drives are admittedly difficult to access when compared to dedicated server cases. Additionally, there's no optical drive bay. It's a similar size and shape but adds optical drive bays. Lian-Li makes some of the most beautiful PC cases available. You'll find a whopping nine hard drive bays, an optical drive, and four front USB 3. This is a great touch which helps particularly when you've got your server on a carpeted surface.

Additionally, the plentiful hard drive bays and ample room for components makes the Lian Li an excellent server case.

But it's not cheap. It's best to stick with well-known brands. If you're running a headless server, a GPU is overkill. Clocking in at W, the SSR boasts incredibly high-efficiency and low-power draw. Tom's Hardware appreciated the efficiency and power. Also, the included cable ties, screws, and Velcro ties make the SSR a solid pick. However, cable lengths are lacking. Additionally, it's a bit expensive for the wattage. With PSUs, performance matters much more than cable lengths. There's everything from watts to watts. TechPowerUp awarded the Supernova a 9.

Under full load, the Supernova remained cool at 47 degrees Celsius.

It's efficient, silent, and sports Japanese capacitors. Still, the price is a bit high. Additionally, 5VSB efficiency suffers slightly. It's available in a range of watts to watts. Johnny Guru scored the XFX a nine out of 10 in its review. Yet the XFX was a bit loud and lacked modular cables. For hard drives, you'll want to maximize storage. Thus, skip SSDs except as a boot drive. It ranges from GB to 4 TB. Unfortunately, this isn't available for macOS or Linux however. Samsung EVO performance rivals that of the Pro which is a tier up. But the MX lowers the price and adds 3D flash memory. Thus, it's a solid budget-oriented SSD with premium specs. Yet Tom's Guide performance tests also concluded that, well, it's not the slowest. Since you'll likely be storing a lot of data on your server, I'd suggest a pretty sizeable hard drive.

Furthermore, it's a RPM spindle. Server gurus We Got Served recommend the Seagate Barracuda as a hard drive of choice in their guide to server storage. Along with Seagate, Western Digital leads in the storage space. You've got storage options from 1 TB to 5 TB. Especially if you've got several hard drive bays, you can create a beefy stack in your server. If you really value a low-power build or need ample storage, check out the WD Green line. These reduce power consumption up to 40 percent.

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There's also IntelliPower that balances aspects such as caching, transfer rate, and spin speed. IntelliSeek optimizes seek speeds. Still, if you need maximum performance and want to have a truly energy efficient server, opt for the WD Green. Although these are the best picks for a server build, there's no formula.

Just like building a desktop, lots of factors impact which server build is right for you. A great way to cobble together a fantastic server but save money is using standard desktop components rather than server parts. You'll still have a high performing machine, but without paying a premium for a server motherboard and CPU. Sure, there are drawbacks, but especially for a home server this is a viable solution and you likely won't notice a difference. Much of what dictates a server build is its purpose. If you're setting up a media server, your criteria differ from a web server set up.

You can even use an old PC if you've got low system requirements. If you can afford it, the ups graphics performance ante while keeping price pretty reasonable.

Home Server - Everything you want to Know! — LazyAdmin

The latest storage technology is SSD. It will improve performance of your server. You can pick any depending on your need. Buying a good power supply is essential for servers. Buy any good quality power supply from Corsair, Antec, Thermaltek and many other vendors. Power supplies have watt ratings. The more the watt ratings, the more components you can connect on your server. I recommend you get a power supply of at least or watt. UPS is used to protect your server from damage if the power goes out unexpectedly. An UPS will keep the server running for a while if the power goes out. You will have enough time to gracefully shutdown your server in that time. There are many casing on the market. You can use any casing for your server. I suggest you buy a good quality ATX casing that has good airflow system. For initial setup of your server, you will need a monitor.

You can buy any monitor for that purpose. Buy a cheap one if you intend to use it only for setting up your server. Once you buy all the components, read the manual of each component to learn how to properly use them. Now you should be able to turn on your server and install your favorite operating system. Thanks for reading this article. I was born in Bangladesh. But most of the time these are really costly to buy. It may be a problem for you. It will do what you want it to do, but the cost of building such a server would be low. If any component stops working, then you will have to buy a new one or send it on warranty if it does have. Things You Need: To build a server at home, you need the following components: Processor. Memory RAM. Graphics Card. Power Supply and UPS. The higher the core on your processor, the better the multitasking performance will be.

Cost will also increase. There are a couple of advantages when it comes to running a local file server compare to using a cloud solution:. There are different solutions available for storing data centrally. If you are using a Synology NAS then you can use the built-in features to make network shares and access your data remotely. Other good options to make a home cloud server are:. The most common use case for a home server is to use it for streaming media. With a home media server, you can watch movies directly on your Smart TV, mobile phone, or computer from your own library.

Besides movies, you can also stream music from your home media server. There are different solutions for creating your own home media server, but the popular onces are:. Getting started with your Home Media Server is really simple. Install the software of your choice and add your library with movies to it. Plex made it really easy to stream media, they have apps available for pretty much every device on the market, inc Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV, etc. Making frequent backups of your files is important.

Hard drives may fail, files can get accidentally deleted, or ransomware can encrypt all your files. They are all common things that can happen to anybody. Making backups should not be a manual task. If you have a home server then you can automate the backup of your computers. This way you are assured that your data is safely backed up on a regular basis. Again, there are different solutions available, but a couple of good ones are:. I love creating a smart home, I have written a lot about it, including this list with smart home ideas. When you want to create a smart home you will need a central place to manage your smart home devices.

You could buy a dedicated smart home hub, like a Homey , which may have some advantages. But if you have a server available then you can also install your own Home Automation Platform. A good solution is for example Home Assistant. Other home automation solutions that you can take a look at are:. Besides home automation, we also have home security. Network cameras are really affordable these days and offer good recording quality. Making them perfect to secure your home and keep an eye out on your driveway for example. Now I am a big fan of Ubiquiti, so personally, I have a full Unifi Protect system, which you can read more about here. But for your home server, there are a couple of different options available.

Among does is Blue Iris, which is really a great product still want to incorporate it into my network as well. Blue Iris supports motion and audio triggering and can be used to extend easily with add-ons like license plate recognizing for example. The only way to do this is by using a password manager. Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that you can install on your own server at home using a Docker container. You can find the complete install guide here. You can also use your server to host your own blog or website. Keep in mind that you will need a decent internet connection. Mainly the upload speed of your internet connection is import to run a website. For example Nginx in a Docker container or Xampp are great ways to get started. Online games are popular and some games allow you to host your own gaming server. Running the gaming server on your home server will increase performance and stability. It also allows you to customize the gameplay.

When you are hosting your own game then the upload speed of your internet connection is important. Make sure you have enough bandwidth available. If have writting an extensive article about monitoring your home network which you can find here. Besides your home network, you can also use the server the monitor your house. Most Smart Home sensors can monitor things like temperature, humidity, power consumption, etc. If you pull all this data into a nice Grafana dashboard you will get some great insights. I also use my home server to monitor my car battery level, consumption, location and report it all back, including the weather, to ABRP. Having your own server is a great way to learn new IT skills. You

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can use a hypervisor, like Vmware or HyperV to easily deploy servers and create a small network to play with.

There are a couple of options when it comes to building your own home server. You could buy an old enterprise-grade server on eBay, like this Hp DL The downside of these servers is that they make a lot of noise and use a significant amount of power. You can however replace the fans with quiet models, like these from Noctua. But for most home server configurations, these kinds of models are a bit overrated. An old laptop or desktop, however, are a great way to get started.

How to Build a Server at Home

It will improve performance of your server. You can pick any depending on your need. Buying a good power supply is essential for servers. Buy any good quality power supply from Corsair, Antec, Thermaltek and many other vendors. Power supplies have watt ratings. The more the watt ratings, the more components you can connect on your server.

I recommend you get a power supply of at least or watt. UPS is used to protect your server from damage if the power goes out unexpectedly. An UPS will keep the server running for a while if the power goes out. You will have enough time to gracefully shutdown your server in that time.

There are many casing on the market. You can use any casing for your server. I suggest you buy a good quality ATX casing that has good airflow system. For initial setup of your server, you will need a monitor. You can buy any monitor for that purpose. Buy a cheap one if you intend to use it only for setting up your server. Once you buy all the components, read the manual of each component to learn how to properly use them. Now you should be able to turn on your server and install your favorite operating system.

Thanks for reading this article. I was born in Bangladesh. But most of the time these are really costly to buy. It may be a problem for you. It will do what you want it to do, but the cost of building such a server would be low. If any component stops working, then you will have to buy a new one or send it on warranty if it does have. Things You Need: To build a server at home, you need the following components: Processor. Memory RAM. Graphics Card. Power Supply and UPS.

The higher the core on your processor, the better the multitasking performance will be. Cost will also increase. Clock Speed: Every core of a processor runs at a certain clock frequency. Memory is one of the important components in a server, and it is a bridge to communicate with the CPU. All programs in the computer are executed in memory, so the performance of the memory has a great impact on the computer. ECC has the capability of automatic correction. ECC can tolerate errors in the memory, and can correct errors, so that the system can continue normal operation without interruption due to errors. If the server is the core of network data, the server Hard Disk is the core data warehouse, where all software and user data are stored. The Hard Disk data stored on the server is the most precious, so the reliability of the Hard Disk is very important.

SATA hard disk is the current mainstream interface type, mechanical hard disk is basically this interface. The M. The solid state drive of this interface is very small, less than 5mm thick, so it takes up very little space and is very suitable for thin and light books. It is the same as the current popular SATA hard disk, which uses serial technology to obtain higher transmission speed. It also configures a large generally 1MBMB secondary cache; the average access time is relatively short; the external transfer rate and internal transfer rate are higher, and the data transfer rate per second can reach 40MB, 80MB, MB, MB.

Because the server hard disk is running almost 24 hours a day, it is under huge workload. It can be said that if there is a problem with the hard disk, the consequences can be disastrous. Therefore, the current hard drives have adopted S. T technology self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology , and hard drive manufacturers have adopted their own unique advanced technology to ensure data security. Hot Swap is a hard disk installation method supported by some servers. You can unplug or insert a hard disk without stopping the server. The operating system

automatically recognizes the hard disk changes. This technology is very necessary for a server that runs 24 hours a day.

RAID is a redundant array of independent disks, or disk array for short. Simply put, RAID is a technology that combines multiple independent hard disks physical hard disks in different ways to form a hard disk group logical hard disk , thereby providing higher storage performance and data redundancy than a single hard disk. RAID cards allow many disk drives to transfer data at the same time, and can provide fault tolerance.

This is the second important function of RAID cards.

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