Post Your Windows Home Server Specs

I just upgraded mine to include 4 500 gig drives so all told I have 4 1tb drives and 4 500 gb drives.. gotta love it!
 
Your gonna love this bit of sacrilege...

I was getting out using Macs, and building my first PC, and I wanted to put the iMac to good use. Specs are in my sig, and the pic pretty much speaks for itself.

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criccio said:
Your gonna love this bit of sacrilege...

I was getting out using Macs, and building my first PC, and I wanted to put the iMac to good use. Specs are in my sig, and the pic pretty much speaks for itself.

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That's too funny. You should post that in the show your mac forum
 
criccio said:
Your gonna love this bit of sacrilege...

I was getting out using Macs, and building my first PC, and I wanted to put the iMac to good use. Specs are in my sig, and the pic pretty much speaks for itself.

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im digging the tin foil signal boosters. does that really help???
 
They really do help. That WRT54G is running in wireless Ethernet bridge mode connected to another WRT54G (with matching boosters) in normal wireless router mode, and I get a 10dB increase in signal with them on. Both routers are running Tomato firmware, so I can accurately measure the signal. http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html

SC385 said:
That's too funny. You should post that in the show your mac forum
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I did awhile ago, thanks. They didn't like it to much... :D
 
I'm a mac guy too and that is way too expensive of a computer to be using for a simple file server. You should sell it and buy a reg. WHS box. But that's just me
 
itguru said:
Call me crazy, but I just picked up the HP Media smart 475 running WHS, today. I know I could have done it cheaper, but I really like the size and look of this case (It's only 9 inchs tall) and I like the expandable hot swap bays in the front of the case.

Specs:
2 500 gig hd's
AMD Sempron 1800 (64 bit)
512 megs ram

In the future, I may put a 2 gig stick of ram in it, but so far so good with a 512 mb stick. It's good to see that this OS was designed to run well on lower end hardware.

i think what youll find is once you start adding larger files on it or start streaming media that 512 is gonna hurt bigtime. same with that cpu. its designed to run on lowend hardware, but i wouldnt assume it will run well. honestly the first thing i would do right now is change up the ram to 1-2 gb. its pretty cheap now anyways.
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Finally have my server finished:

Hardware
  • AMD 4600 X2
  • 2 GB RAM
  • MATX gigabyte mobo with 6 SATA ports
  • Rackmount case with 5 hotswap bays
  • 2xPVR 150's
  • 80%+ PSU
  • 4x750 GB Samsung drives in the pool
  • 1x1TB not in the pool for SageTV + Torrents.

Functions
  • WHS backing up all machines and serving files
  • SageTV running to 1TB disk not in the pool
  • Running Torrents via service (very good guide on wegotserved) that are downloaded to the 1TB then moved to the pool when. Access via web

Power Consumptions
  • Normal/idle operation = 100 Watts (99% of the time)
  • During SageTV transcoding (only compression) = 140Watts

I was originally having a separate sage box @ ~100W idle and my main rig (doing 24/7 torrents) @ 150W idle. Considering that electricity in my area is $0.15/kWHr..that saves me ~$300/year.
 
I thought about beefing up my server's specs and using it as a BeyondTV server as well, but given that I don't have the hardware to upgrade it and don't wish do buy BTV-Link, I'll stick with my current NF7-S/ AthlonXP 1700+ setup for now.

Judging by this thread I must have the slowest WHS box here. The old hardware works great.
 
Celeron-M 410 1.46GHz
MSI Fuzzy 945GM1
1GB Corsair DDR2-800@533
2x500GB Maxtor SATA
240watt InWin/PowerMan mATX PSU
Custom aluminum case, pics here. Most of the text on there is pretty old, actual power usage hovers around 50 watts with the current hardware.

Also has a PCI SATA card with an eSATA port, plan on building an external case to hold another few drives using an eSATA expander.
 
WHS Spec:
Athlon x2 3600+
1 GB Ram
2x500 GB
3x1 TB
8800GTX (Temporary)
750 Watts PSU(Temporary)

Add VNC, Logmein, Enable Remote Desktop
 
P4 2.4ghz northwood
Asus P4C800-E deluxe
2gb PC3200
Voodoo 3
2 promise SATA controller cards, TX300 I think.

2x250gb
2x500gb
3x750gb
 
Archer75 said:
P4 2.4ghz northwood
Asus P4C800-E deluxe
2gb PC3200
Voodoo 3
2 promise SATA controller cards, TX300 I think.

2x250gb
2x500gb
3x750gb
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Now THATS what I'm talkin' bout. I'm surprised you even got the drivers to install. :p
 
Just using the default drivers that windows installs. I've had that card sitting in a plastic rubbermaid container for years with all kinds of other crap. Not even in a bag or anything. You just can't kill that card.
 
TheSmJ said:
Now THATS what I'm talkin' bout. I'm surprised you even got the drivers to install. :p
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If you look at the Front Page news on [H], some people recently made some new drivers for 2k/XP for the VooDoo 3 and onward.
 
Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H
Athlon X2 4850e
3 GB RAM
3x 1TB WD Caviar Green WD10EACS
Antec 480W (way overkill, not worth it to replace it though)

Besides acting as a file/backup server it's also hosting a website, vent server, FTP, running a couple of VMs and a DOTA server.

With the current configuration it's using around 60W at the wall, spikes up to around 80 with heavy CPU usage.
 
Dell SC440 with an Core 2 Duo E2160 in it - 2 gigs of ram and a 1 TB Seagate drive in it. Gonna go get (or order) a 1.5 TB drive for it this weekend...

WAY WAY overkill for WHS.

Now I just need to find something ELSE to use it for? Anybody have any ideas?
 
Bump...I'm thinking about buying/building one. I'm leaning toward the Acer model just because I want to spend as little as possible and have easy access to drives. So post more specs!
 
Jordan1 said:
So post more specs!
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Okay!

Windows Home Server "Galactica"

Specs:

  • NORCO RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Case w/ 20 Hotswap Bays
  • BFG EX-1000 Modular 1000w PSU (Best Buy Edition)
  • ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
  • AMD Phenom X4 9150e 1.8GHz 65w Quad Core (900MHz running w/ Cool n Quiet)
  • XIGMATEK HDT-SD964 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler w/ Dual Arctic Cooling 80mm Fans
  • 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 5-5-5-18 Kingston Value RAM (low profile) (WHS sees all 4GB, not bad for a 32bit OS!)
  • EVGA 7800GT 256MB
  • Slim DVD-RW
  • See drives below... *
  • Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 Eight Port SAS PCI-E 4x Controller
  • Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 Eight Port SATAII PCI-X Controller
  • 2xThermaltake PCI Slot Coolers
  • 1x120mm Lian Li Exhaust
  • 7x80mm Zalman Fans on ASUS Q Fan Motherboard Controllers
  • Windows Home Server X:\Files Edition running as a web server, proxy server, file & media server.

*Drives:

  • 1x320GB Maxtor IDE (Seagate 7200.10 rebrand) (system/data)
  • 1x2TB Western Digital Green (data)
  • 1x750GB Seagate 7200.12 (data)
  • 1x750GB Western Digital Black (data)
  • 4x750GB Hitachi (data)
  • 2x500GB Samsung F1 (data)
  • 2x500GB Seagate 7200.9 (data)
  • 1x400GB Seagate 7200.10 (data)
  • 1x400GB Seagate ES (data)
  • 1x320GB Seagate 5400.5 (data)
  • 2x320GB Seagate 7200.10 (non pool)

10580GB Advertised

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Antec 300
Antec Earthwats 430
AMD Athlon x2 4050e
Retail HSF
2GB RAM, don't recall the brand
Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2
2 x 640GB HD, don't recall the brand

Has been running like a champ!
 
CM Stacker 810 w/3 4-in-3 drive modules
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
AMD 5050e w/Arctic Cooling Alpine 7
4GB G-Skill RAM
Antec EarthWatts 650
WD Caviar Black 1TB (system drive)
Seagate 7200.10 750GBx4
Seagate 7200.11 1.5TBx4
WD Caviar Green 2TB
APC 1500VA UPS

Planning on upgrading the PSU and adding 2 more 2TB WD Green drives over the next month or two. After that I will gradually begin swapping out the 750GB drives for 2TB drives as needed. System has been rock solid since rebuilding it with the 5050e platform and WHS in early June.
 
Corsair CMPSU-520HX 520W
MSI P35 Neo Combo F
Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz (1.6 GHz idle with EIST)
EnzoTech Ultra-X + 120mm fan @ silent
2GB DDR2
MSI GeForce 7300LE (Fanless model and underclocked with RivaTuner)
1TB Hitachi 0A38016
1TB Hitachi 0A38016
DVD-RW
120mm fan exhaust
80mm fan intake on HDDs
Generic Black Case
 
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+
MB: Asus A8N-E
RAM: 1 GB DDR
VIDEO: Asus 8400GS
HD: 3 x Seagate 500GB
1x WD Green 1TB
CASE: Antec 300
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 380
 
Proudly Presenting: "HUB"
CASE: Antec SLK3800
MB: ECS AMD690GM-M2
PSU: Seasonic SS-301HT 300W
CPU: Athlon X2 4000+ (Brisbane) (1.0GHz @ .88v / 2.1Ghz @ 1.05v)
MEM: OCZ 2GB DDR2 400 (Single DIMM for less power consumption)
GPU: Onboard 690G chipset
Controller: Adaptec 2810SA 8 port SATA Controller
HDD: 5x1TB WD10EACS
NIC: Realtek Gigabit onboard
OS: Windows Home Server PP2

Tweaks: Cpu undervolted to .88v at 1.0ghz and 1.05v @ 2.1ghz, all motherboard components that arent used are disabled; fdd, parallel ports serial ports, etc., onboard gpu clock dropped down to 200 from 400.


Power Consumption:
Test 1 - Stock (Default Settings) - no HDDs installed @ idle: 63 watts
Test 2 - Tweaks/undervolting applied - no HDDs installed @ idle: 31 watts
Test 3 - Tweaks/undervolting applied - all 5 drives active: 72 watts
Test 4 - Tweaks/undervolting applied - all 5 drives idle: TBA... (still copying stuff over on this new build)

I was able to get very low power consumption out of this setup, considering I have an atom board that pulls 40 watts from the wall, at idle this setup even beat the atom board!

Future Storage Capacity:
The 2810SA is capable of 8 2TB drives + 4 onboard 2TB Sata = 24TB future capacity
However the case only holds 10 Drives using 5.25->3.5 adapters = 20TB future capacity
Not sure if the PSU could even handle that many HDDs though..

Issues: Home Server PP2 appears to be working great other than I am having problems when files larger than 1GB try to copy to the server; it slows to a crawl! I have duplication disabled right now, and no media sharing enabled, I have read all the forum posts I can find, with no answers.

Future Plans:
Have a 2TB WD20EADS coming today, which should be quicker as an OS drive than the 1TB Greenpower, and will allow the OS drive to be the largest drive while increasing my storage space, by next week I should have 1x2TB 5x1TB for 7TB total for movies, music recorded tv, and anime.
 
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MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L
PSU: Antec Green Power 380w
CPU: Intel E5300 @ 2.6Ghz
MEM: 4GB (2x2 Kingston HyperX @ 1066Mhz)
GPU: 9400GT
Controller: SiiG RAID
HDD: 11TB Total .........
...........2x500GB RAID 1 for WHS OS
...........4x1TB WD Green
...........4x1.5TB WD Green
NIC: Realtek 8111 Gigabit onboard
OS: Windows Home Server PP3

Pulls more power than your normal WHS setup.....but I use this system also for 24/7 downloads....tv recording.....torrents...storage for multiple computers in the home...PC backup...etc. Basically a backup workhorse. Pulls 120w load......100w idle. This is so system in sig below can power down to sleep which saves power compared to it running 24/7.
 
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MB: Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H
PSU: Seasonic S12 380w
CASE: Lian Li PC-A05
CPU: AMD X3 425
MEM: 4GB (2x2 G-Skill)
GPU: On-board
HDD: 500 GB OS drive (2x1.5 TB WD Green)
NIC: On-board
OS: Windows Home Server PP3
 
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