Home server hardware for Ubuntu 14.04?

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Henry Gessau <henry.gessau at acm.org> writes:
>
> I want to set up a server at home for a bunch of projects and experiments.
>
> I need to use Ubuntu 14.04 server for the OS, and an Intel (not AMD) CPU.
>
> Canonical's certified list[1] is not very helpful. I assume 14.04 will install
> just fine on many systems, but I would prefer to have confirmation from
> someone/somewhere before buying something.
>
> Requirements:
> - Reasonably quiet. It's going to reside near me in my home office.
> - Intel VT-x support.
> - Four cores. More would be nice.
> - Must support at least 32GB RAM.
> - Preferably under $800 for chassis + PS + CPU.
>
> I assume it would need to be some Core i3/i5 variant. I don't need raw speed,
> so i7 is probably overkill, and I would prefer to keep the power low. I admit
> I don't understand the Xeon family at all.
>
> I was thinking something along the lines of an HP ProLiant MicroServer, or a
> Lenovo ThinkServer TS140? But I would be happy to assemble from parts.

If you need more than 32 GB RAM, it doesn't look like you want
either of those machines: the Levno TS140 appears to max out at 32 GB RAM,
and the HP Proliant MicroServers appear to max out at 16 GB.

Have you looked at ZaReason <http://www.zareason.com/>,
or maybe System76 <http://www.system76.com/>?

I have experience with one of these:

    http://zareason.com/shop/Breeze-Server-5880s.html

It's very quiet and seems to meet _almost_ all of your requirements...
except for the ">= 32 GB RAM" req, which actually seems to be a little
exotic for this class of machines.

(I've also had positive experience with a number of other
models from ZaReason, though not anything that meets your
requirements)

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