Spec me a LAMP web server

[Mort]

Hi guys

Our internal web server just died, need it replacing, not entirely sure what to go with as haven't built a rig lately and not up to speed.

The server acts as a dev LAMP environment for 4 devs, samba file shares, FTP / SSH / internal IRC server / GIT / SVN, etc. All our work is done on this directly, we don't have locally hosted code

Was thinking an i5, 8GB RAM, a couple of SSD's etc. Also any recommendations on UPS's? Budget not looking to spend loads (£5-600), but want it to be fairly decent and room for growth if we get any extra devs in.

Cheers

 

[dfarrall]

What's your budget?

 

[Mort]

dunno, 5-600 ish inc a UPS? I'll spend what I need really

 

[Deleted member 77746]

You can do LAMP on any old stuff doesn't really matter too much. If it's a dev server just use a desktop laying around somewhere.

 

[Mort]

You can do LAMP on any old stuff doesn't really matter too much. If it's a dev server just use a desktop laying around somewhere.

yeah thats what we had but we all rely on it to be able to work. it has dev copies of various active web projects on there that multiple devs are working from directly, staging areas for clients, deployment to live servers with version control, other various bits and bobs.

want something fairly sturdy, this server was the workhorse of our whole operation. we have externally hosted managed servers etc, but this is the test bed and origin for all our work

 

[Mort]

So far I have this. The CPU / Mobo / RAM all good? Also opinions on the SSD? Might get 2, and have a normal drive the OS can go on.

Also would be good for opinions on a UPS. Ideally something with auto power down (that works in linux), and auto boot up when AC goes live again. Only looking for 10-20 mins redundancy

£5.38 - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound for CPU and Chipset Coolers - 3.5 gram

£41.66 - 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.65V

£56.75 - Gigabyte GA-B75-D3V, Intel B75, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA)/ DVI-D, ATX

£125.15 - Intel Core i5 3470,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.2GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 6MB Smart Cache, 32x Ratio, 77W, Retail

£35.98 - Enermax ECA3253-White Ostrog USB 3.0 White Case with Black Trim ATX Midi Tower Case inc USB 3.0 Port

£49.60 - 600W Corsair CXM Builder series, Hybrid Modular, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Fan, ATX

£149.24 - 240GB OCZ Vertex 3.20, 2.5" SSD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, MLC-Flash, Read 550MB/s, Write 520MB/s, 90k IOPS Max.

TOTAL: £463.76

 

[visibleman]

want something fairly sturdy, this server was the workhorse of our whole operation.

If it's important to the company and operations, wouldn't it better to pay a bit more and get a server from a decent supplier with a warranty rather than going down the whitebox route?

 

[Frozennova]

A gen8 hp ML310e is well within budget and would be perfect for your needs.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

A gen8 hp ML310e is well within budget and would be perfect for your needs.

100% Agree.

 

[droyden]

buy a real server rather than running it from end user components

 

[dfarrall]

A gen8 hp ML310e is well within budget and would be perfect for your needs.

This for sure based on your budget, will last you a long time from your needs and comes with decent warranty.

 

[durbs]

buy a real server rather than running it from end user components

This.

Buy a proper warrantied server from HP or Dell if its an important bit of company kit. Shopping for bits and building a server is indeed tempting and fun but best kept for home, it's not really appropriate for corporate use and you'd have a hard time explaining why you chose a diy build to the powers that be if something goes horribly wrong in the future.

As said, HP offer some cracking boxes well within your budget.