Dell PowerEdge T20 Mini Tower Server - Owner Thread

StevenG · 10 Dec 2015 at 12:54

I've just bought one of these to replace my micoserver due to the current cashback offer and needing some extra speed.

Went for the basic spec one as it's only used for RSS downloading and storage and streaming.

I'll be looking to mod mine to take more drives as I don't want to upgrade my storage drives just yet to save some money.

The current plan is to have 1 ssd for OS and a further 4-6 3.5" drives for storage.

Any of you guys have one?, Pics, specs, experiences, problems etc share it all here!

StevenG · 10 Dec 2015 at 17:56

I'm yet to take delivery of mine but i'm coming from a N36L

mega old so should see a massive improvement in performance.

I'm running win7 on my n36l but may try something different on the new one, basically use RSS downloader in uTorrent, mySQL and SMB file sharing at the moment.

StevenG · 16 Dec 2015 at 13:40

-TA- said:
No Gigabit Ethernet?! Guess you can add a card in?

Need to update our server+NAS to deal with many TB of photos!

Reviews say it comes with gigabit Ethernet, I would highly doubt it wouldn't.

StevenG · 28 Dec 2015 at 11:50

Well I've got mine setup, just basic running Win7 for file share and RSS downloading.

Much faster than my age old N36L.

My plan is to add more drives, I have 1x250gb ssd for OS and swap, 1x 3tb and 2x 2tb.

I'm going to add another cage for 3 3.5" hdd's and use a power cable extension and raid card to add the sata ports.

Should be doing this within the next month or so as I need more storage.

**Dell PowerEdge T20 Mini Tower Server - Owner Thread**

Dell PowerEdge T20 Mini Tower Server - Owner Thread