Also, what kind of a server system works best with this?
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I believe the ONLY server systems this works with are in the product description - HP Proliant ML350G5, ML370G5, & DL380G5, setup for use with redundant power supplies. These are Windows Server 2003-era machines...
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You must have a PC or server to utilize it. It is a 0-client, meaning there are no moving parts in this. If you have windows 7, you can install their software to use this unit or if you have enough licensing from MS you can put one in use with this using your windows server.
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I have found that my two drobos work very well for my needs. The one thing I would like to see work better, but I think it is a limitation of Windows not Drobo, is to report the current size of the mass of drives not some specific value like 16TB when you only have 5TB total space. I've installed Plex Server on my Drobo5n and it's been working great even without a mSSD that can improve performance. I don't know or really care about the processor or other specs as long as it works well and performs well.
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Few servers come with an OS out of the box. Win Server 2011 is fifty bucks here. You'll also be smart to throw in more RAM. If you are not used to tearing apart PC's or working with routers and switches, this machine is on the end of the tech cycle and probably not the best toy for you, unless you want to learn a LOT.
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You can use any brand computer , the soft ware most of us use , ie: Serrato DJ, works best with a minimum of dual core processor.
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The only thing you will need is an operating system such as Windows Server or a Linux based server OS. We even include a power cord and a 1 year warranty. Make sure you purchase from us and not another seller as we offer the unique 1 year ServerMonkey warranty which covers any component or system failure.
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Enterprise would certainly work. They are designed for thousands of hour with out failure. (MTBF) But this one os designed for surveillance WD30PURX
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Yes it will work fine for that. Any server that spans the width of the rack works.
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I'm running about 15 servers off two ESXi hosts with it right now. All my apps are pretty snappy, login times, bootup times, all good. I'm not doing any production with it, but I'm fairly sure this could handle a small business without any problems. It does both NFS and iSCSI, so I have both set up. It can do jumbo frames, vlan tagging, iSNS, thin provisioned luns, lun snapshots. You won't regret this purchase for your lab.
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This has an ARM processor; the official pfSense distros are only available for x86. If you're good with a compiler, you could probably make it go - but that would be far more effort that I'd care to expend.
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I built servers with the 2 boards i bought. They are rock stable with 8350's in them running vm's, with 32gb's ram in each. I am using on board video
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I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 Server (so no graphics tested) as a web/file server. No issues.
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You can control the device with a Logitech Squeezebox controller as well as other devices. If your server is also configured for DLNA or PLEX you have a variety of options for controlling the server. But the server is most easily and comprehensively controlled through a web browser on a computer. Advantages of having a dedicated server include (1) much lower power consumption than a desktop computer, (2) auto-ripping CDs onto the server's hard disk, (3) because of (1) you leave the server on all the time and it can serve up media to a variety of devices.
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I have only used XEON processors on these systems. I wish I could be helpful, but I'm about as useful as.... Well, you know the saying! :)
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Not really sure what do you mean by home server. I use it with Windows 7 x64 and it does not need any 3rd party drivers. The OS recognizes the device automatically, hope it helps
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I haven't used it that way. I was just interested in getting a really big disk drive. But it does come with server software, which is initially disabled. In theory you can stream media to DLNA or iTunes enabled devices. I just checked the manuals and found very little clear info. I can't say for sure what formats the server supports.
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I'm using it as a server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, text mode. Works excellent. Apache, PHP 5 and MySQL.