Best server for Transporter

[pkfox]

Hi all, having just moved home I don't have a remote place to site my old ReadyNas NV box which runs Squeezecenter and feeds my TP ( or whatever it's called now ) which is necessary because of noise ( don't know if it's the fan or the drives ) I've just tried siting it under the stairs but I can still here it in the lounge. So I'm thinking it might be time to say goodbye to the old girl and buy something else. Anyone know of a reasonable priced quiet device that runs SC well ? preferably running Linux.

many thanks

[aubuti]

"reasonably priced" is a pretty vague term, but as we're in the Audiophiles forum I'll assume you mean "expensive" :-)

If you want quiet, capable, and convenient you probably can't do better than the Fit-PC line (www.fit-pc.com/web/). The Fit-PC computers are also ridiculously small. They take 2.5" hard drives, which are also a lot quieter than their 3.5" counterparts. Or if you have the budget, get an SSD. And in the grand scheme of things, the Fit-PC is not absurdly expensive. It's more than many other alternatives, but it is quite reasonable for what it is.

[audiomuze]

HP Microserver

[SuperQ]

I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs a number of VMs for testing some routing configurations.

My shopping list looked like this:

Lian-Li PC-Q08
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112265

Intel mini-itx mainboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121513
I would probably get this one now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121597

The only bad part of this board is that it only supports 4x SATA and I had to use the PCIe slot for a SATA board. If I didn't use it as a desktop, I would have probably gone with a supermicro Atom D525 server board because they support IPMI.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...PA-HF-D525.cfm

Whatever CPU and ram floats your boat, I went with 8G of ram and i5-2400S

I have 6x WD RE4-GP 2T server drives setup with Linux software raid. I have a small mirror setup for the root fs, 140G of space for the rest of the OS and 100G for /home. Then the rest of the space (7T) is a raid6 volume for backups (crashplan of my family's laptops) and other media.

I also have an external USB-3 drive or two that I offline backup the important stuff to, like my FLAC files.


Of course, none of this is audiophile related, except that I have my audio system (Transporter, Revel speakers, Musical Fidelity amp) networked to it.

[audiomuze]

That's way too much pc & cost if all you want is a quiet box on which to host LMS.

[pkfox]

"reasonably priced" is a pretty vague term, but as we're in the Audiophiles forum I'll assume you mean "expensive" :-)

If you want quiet, capable, and convenient you probably can't do better than the Fit-PC line (www.fit-pc.com/web/). The Fit-PC computers are also ridiculously small. They take 2.5" hard drives, which are also a lot quieter than their 3.5" counterparts. Or if you have the budget, get an SSD. And in the grand scheme of things, the Fit-PC is not absurdly expensive. It's more than many other alternatives, but it is quite reasonable for what it is.

Thanks I'll check it out.

[pkfox]

HP Microserver

Thanks I will have a look

[pkfox]

I built a nice custom linux server/desktop machine. It does a number of duties besides just LMS. It hosts files for my mac mini (still trying to decide if I like XBMC or Plex as a UI for that). I also use it as a primary desktop for browsing and photo editing. It also runs a number of VMs for testing some routing configurations.

My shopping list looked like this:

Lian-Li PC-Q08
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112265

Intel mini-itx mainboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121513
I would probably get this one now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121597

The only bad part of this board is that it only supports 4x SATA and I had to use the PCIe slot for a SATA board. If I didn't use it as a desktop, I would have probably gone with a supermicro Atom D525 server board because they support IPMI.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...PA-HF-D525.cfm

Whatever CPU and ram floats your boat, I went with 8G of ram and i5-2400S

I have 6x WD RE4-GP 2T server drives setup with Linux software raid. I have a small mirror setup for the root fs, 140G of space for the rest of the OS and 100G for /home. Then the rest of the space (7T) is a raid6 volume for backups (crashplan of my family's laptops) and other media.

I also have an external USB-3 drive or two that I offline backup the important stuff to, like my FLAC files.


Of course, none of this is audiophile related, except that I have my audio system (Transporter, Revel speakers, Musical Fidelity amp) networked to it.

Thanks but that's overkill for my needs, I just need a quieter version of what I have now. Thanks anyway.

[pkfox]

That's way too much pc & cost if all you want is a quiet box on which to host LMS.

Absolutely !!!

[pkfox]

"reasonably priced" is a pretty vague term, but as we're in the Audiophiles forum I'll assume you mean "expensive" :-)

If you want quiet, capable, and convenient you probably can't do better than the Fit-PC line (www.fit-pc.com/web/). The Fit-PC computers are also ridiculously small. They take 2.5" hard drives, which are also a lot quieter than their 3.5" counterparts. Or if you have the budget, get an SSD. And in the grand scheme of things, the Fit-PC is not absurdly expensive. It's more than many other alternatives, but it is quite reasonable for what it is.

Hi Aubuti, do you have one of these units ? They do look appealing but the graphics capability would be wasted with my setup.