Replacing a Personal Rack-Mounted Server?

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 15, 2008 @04:40AM from the microsourcing dept.

Starky writes "Many moons ago, I cobbled together a 1U rack mount from parts which has since been diligently serving up my homepage and web sites for family and friends. It's a truly "Mom and Pop Shop" setup, running on a rack secluded in a closet at home over a DSL line. At the time, I was able to piggyback my order on a large order placed by a company for which I was working, allowing me to get a substantial discount. Now, the time has come to consider a replacement. However, I no longer work at a company that orders chassis and chips by the dozen. I would like to get a rack-mountable chassis, but don't know where to go as a lowly individual consumer looking for a box with minimal specifications (1 processor, dual drives, and 1G RAM is about all I need) at a reasonable price. Any recommendation from Slashdotters who maintain their own rigs?"

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Why use 1U? Use a Mac mini by pugdk · 2008-05-15 06:51 · Score: 3, Insightful

Seriously, I had the exact same concerns recently, however I refuse to listen to the insane noise usually coming from an 1U rack..

I bought a cheap mac mini (intel core solo) on ebay, gutted it, replaced the CPU, added 2 GB RAM and a 250 GB drive.. I then put an external 250 GB drive on top of it. Alternatively buy a brand new Mac mini with the specs you need.

There you go - $600 or so and you have a totally silent "home server".