server

Hi all, I'm currently looking to consolidate a few of my Raspberry Pi's into one server specifically I'm looking to run a few docker containers such as a personal VPN, Pi-Hole and torrent box with the possibility of home automation in the future. I've been looking at HP & Lenovo USFF boxes...

Hi all, have you seen energy prices?! I need to reduce my server power consumption and was thinking of swapping out my CPU/motherboard, see my specs below. I want to downgrade, but I still need something that can transcode if needed, so I was thinking minimum 4/6 cores, a pentium or a pi isn't...

Hi all, I'm currently looking to buy a small form factor PC with the intention of being used as an Ubuntu server that will host the likes of Docker, Portainer etc. Whilst I've built systems in the past when it comes to ultra-small form factor I have no clue and given my budget of £150 (at a...

Hi I’ve noticed you can get old Xeon cpus on eBay very cheap I’m thinking of building a nas server with one useing truenas I think the software is called, what cpu would be cheap and don’t use too much power and good anuf to run a lot of drives in raid or I’m I dreaming to big lol

Hi all! Been out of the game for a while now. Was hoping i could some help with choosing parts to build a plex server. I'm not too worried about transcoding as i'll be trying to get everything to directplay to my devices. But, if i can get a cpu that can do a good job at transcoding, that's...

Hey, first forum post here. Looking to get a server case and the X-Case (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-professional-x-case-xk465f2-4u-rackmount-chassis-sa-02s-op.html) showed up in my searching. Unfortunately the product page is REALLY sparse in terms of internal structure. Ideally, I'd...

Hi All, I've been doing some research for the last few days and struggled to find a server colocation service that would be suitable for crypto mining. The problem is relatively low power availability for the price they offer. I found a place that provides it, but it's abroad - in Prague...

Hi All, I have had my tower server for a few years. I bought it without a boot drive. I bought a 256GB SSD and installed Windows 10 on it and added a couple drives to complete the 4 storage disks, then configured the RAID (forget which). I backed up all the information on an external drive...

So sometime in the future I’d like to build a server for my plex library, currently I’m using a synology ds918+ nas as my plex server and it’s fine but it’s not exactly great at having multiple remote streams. I’d like to build a somewhat small factor nas with the ability to hot swap drives like...

Hi, I want to improve my hone network latency, primarily for my network shares from UNRAID but also overall (a proper wired connection isnt possible without a huge amount of work). Currently I use a powerline connection from my unraid server to the router, this is pretty simple. But what I...

Since Google Play Music is being shut down and Youtube Music is a weak option (especially if you own your own library of music) I have looked in to various alternatives, and it seems Plex a good one. The bonus being I can serve my video content to my 4K tv better. I have been looking in to a...

In recent events - OcUK was down for over 24 hours in total over the last few days - nobody could chat about stuff. Both servers below are hosted external to OcUK and not affiliated with OcUK at all. Come chat about anything and everything. Cross compatible for all devices, works on mobile...

Hey folks, I have some work to do for a small business, with 3 clients who all work from a home office, based across the country. They will all need to access a program that can be held on a server / desktop PC in one of the clients offices, ideally to use file sharing etc What is the best...

Hey be great if you could help me ! I've bought a server a while ago to share files between a few computers in my house. On one computer it comes up as z:// another d:// and I can use the files as another hard disk. I can't access on two other computers I have unless I go through a laborious...

We're a small business and have been running SBS2011 for a few years now on what was a fairly over spec'd Dell server (from their 'outlet' and a bargain!). Most of the time about 7 or 8 users, plus a couple of 'consultants' who have email accounts they access remotely. We also hold just over...

Hi, I've recently moved my server to my under stair closet. I've been monitoring temps and at low usage, the two CPUs sit at around 45 degrees. However once starting to hit max load they start to hit around 80 degrees, still safe temps but the room becomes extremely hot, the server case hot to...

Been weighing up getting a Synology or similar, versus building my own NAS/home server. Decided to DIY it and be able to use some existing components that way. Got the server chassis first of all - important for me that I was able to use a spare SeaSonic ATX PSU I have, plus have plenty of...

Hi all, We're building a rig at work to handle generation of TV signals for testing. It's going to (eventually) decode 6-8 multiplexes from the broadcast feed, modify their contents and play them back out via a PCIe modulator card. The manufacturer of these cards has recommended as a guideline...

Got a HPE Gen 10 Microserver. (Amd R7 rubbish) If I boot the thing without any display, the only ''supported'' resolution is 640x480. When I connect to this server with Teamviewer, I can only work in 640x480. Catalyst is useless as it doesnt'allow adding custom resolutions, and there is NO...

Ok, I've finally got everything put together in a new server build....but when I press the power button, it doesn't turn on. Last time I built a system I seem to recall there was a jumper pin that essentially allowed the system to be turned on....but can I find this jumper pin...no. I've read...