I am looking for a decent server to use at home for running game servers, a web server, developing on and running some VMs on. Experimenting with servers and virtual machines would also be fun. I was looking at some older Dell Poweredge servers and they seem quite good value for money.
I have a budget of about £200, but also have some questions.
Thanks
I have a budget of about £200, but also have some questions.
- What is a good processor setup for a server doing these tasks? 2 x Quad core for example.
- AMD or Intel for the processor?
- How much RAM is recommended, given I will want to use a few VMs?
- Is it best to run esxi on the server and make virtual machines within that, or is there a better option?
- SAS, SATA or SCSI for the hard drives?
Thanks