Is it worth building a server?

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I'm currently looking at setting up a server in our home office. It's main purpose will be file sharing and backing up our web server via FTP.

I have been looking around and on auction sites I could pick up an older xeon server for not very much but these have scsi hard drives, whereas SATA capable ones are a bit more expensive.

However, I'm wondering whether it'd be better building up a cheap C2D system instead. Presumably, this option would be quieter and cheaper to run.

Which option would you guys go for?
 
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I'd grab an ML110 if the cashback offer has gone, unless power consumption is a big concern.

A G6 with the G6950 CPU can be had for a little over £200.

If you're willing to go second hand, even a G3 would do the job and you can pick them up for under £100. I bought mine for £100 with a Win2k3 licence (used elsewhere).
 
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You don't need Xeons for backing up and file sharing, any NAS box will do or the microserver above which I'd agree would be ideal, the load is on the disks not the CPU.
 
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