Recommend me a server?

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Hi, last November I purchased a Lenovo TS140 to act as my home media (And now visualization server). However recently when playing around with Server 2012 I found it has no S3/4 states so I can put it into sleep or hibernate to save power.

So, does anyone have any ideas for a replacement as I do like the server but I also need to be able to put it into hibernate and then wake it up using WOL.

As always any help is appreciated :)
 
I had the same problem, I eventually got a Raspberry Pi and relay board (£5) and switch the power on/off on my servers.

You have to set your servers to boot on power restore.

There are plenty of websites and YouTube videos on how to set it up.

I created a simple web page to control the power from my smart phone, very simple I can post the code if required?

My Pi also doubles up as my VPN server too.
 
ASE001 said:
I had the same problem, I eventually got a Raspberry Pi and relay board (£5) and switch the power on/off on my servers.
You have to set your servers to boot on power restore.
There are plenty of websites and YouTube videos on how to set it up.
I created a simple web page to control the power from my smart phone, very simple I can post the code if required?
My Pi also doubles up as my VPN server too.
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That seems like a pretty good setup but ideally I could use a server with the functionality built in so I don't have to worry about configuring the Pi on the network if the server gets moved
 
You'll struggle as you're trying to make a server do something it's not designed for :)

Maybe as workstation of some kind?
 
You can get a USB to GPIO adapter. Something like a '8 Channel USB GPIO Module With Analog Inputs', google it and you will find it for around £15. Connect it to your PC and you can control a relay board as with the Raspberry Pi.
 
ASE001 said:
You can get a USB to GPIO adapter. Something like a '8 Channel USB GPIO Module With Analog Inputs', google it and you will find it for around £15. Connect it to your PC and you can control a relay board as with the Raspberry Pi.
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So the Raspberry Pi would not be necesary with the USB GPIO module? If so how would that work when the PC is turned off :confused:
 
Have you looked at Lenovos AMT management. I'm not familiary with it, but it should let you turn it on remotely.

EDIT: Nevermind I think I'm talking rubbish. HP servers have a doofer called iLO which would do what you want, but it seems Lenovo's equivalent isn't fitted to your server.
 
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Carbon Copied said:
Would replacing the mainboard with a more feature packed server board not be an option?
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Sure but some of the servers appear to be as cheap as a mainboard and CPU :eek:

K.C. Leblanc said:
Have you looked at Lenovos AMT management. I'm not familiary with it, but it should let you turn it on remotely.
EDIT: Nevermind I think I'm talking rubbish. HP servers have a doofer called iLO which would do what you want, but it seems Lenovo's equivalent isn't fitted to your server.
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I know, the AMT management allows you to remote into the PC BIOS when running but unfortunately wont allow me to turn it on :(
 
Quick update, does anyone know what the Dell T20 Pentium version is like as I've spotted it is £70 at the moment. Would this be better than a N40/54/70 microserver and does it have WOL?
 
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