[GRLUG] Home Server recomendations

[Lord Drachenblut]

Plex can be very CPU intensive if you are using transcoding
On Dec 2, 2013 10:34 AM, "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Dec 2013, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
>
> > Short Story:
> > Building a server for home and I am looking for a power efficient box.
> >
> > Is it possible to troubleshoot what I destroyed when the computer doesn't
> > power on at all, hitting the power button yields nothing.
> >
> That sounds like the power supply, .. a DMM could be useful to spot the
> exact problem, but finding a replacement power supply could be problematic
> depending on the HW age.
>
> My recommendation would be to consider better HW - we have had good luck
> with HP MicroServers. About $300 for the chassis, with four SATA drive
> slots, supports Linux just fine (we use SuSE).
>
> I do not know how the CPU would compare with your S/W requirements for
> media handling, however, ..
>
>         Good luck!
>
>         Lee
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