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depending on version of exchange will determine how much free space is needed for the installation. For day to day operations, starting with Exchange 2003 (I believe, could be 2007) you need to have at least 5% on all drives connected to the server regardless if the drive has anything to do with exc...

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I overclock my rig
to see what it can really do
and my cpu is toast

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basically all you need for this is an Intel S1200bts motherboard, an E3 1220 Xeon and some ECC memory and your set the on board raid (ESRT2) is better then RST/Matrix and they'll have room to grow. If its going to be used for server tasks and relied on as a server, use server parts.

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most good home routers come with a USB port for shared storage or printing over the network you can plug an external hard drive into the router and set the laptop's backup to the shared hard drive.

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Before you tank your credit with bankruptcy, try and refinance what you can to save on interest and what not. I just finished repairing my credit to buy a house and it was a lot work for just a few corrections, i'd hate to see what a bankruptcy would do it.

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they work good as door stops

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if there is a little bit of a budget on this build I'd recommend going with windows home server 2011 its $50 for the software and does automatic backups over the network. Plus it gives you a platform for centralized anti virus, file sharing, media streaming and secure remote web access. Its a great ...

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Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 essentials will do automatic back ups and give you some room to grow. it might be overkill for right now but you'll save money in the long run when your company grows

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Dude! you're getting a dell lol

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In my experience(this is suburb living FYI) the women that hop guy to guy watch a lot of reality TV and have an enlarged feeling of self right. This could be a mid 20's college student thing but at the time i had an ex that i should pay for EVERYTHING because i made 5k more then her a year. it was w...

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I love how no one is defending AMD lol But in all seriousness Intel is the way to go, and if you don't plan on overclocking save/better invest your money and use a an Intel motherboard DH67series rock stable or if you want the gaming chipset intel DZ68series. At work i have a scrap box that is fille...

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i say use a real raid card instead of matrix (i mean rapid storage technology RST) onboard raid is crap. just get something simple like an LSI 9240 and you'll be a lot happier

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if its a new SATA 3 controller on the motherboard then the driver won't be on the windows disc and you'll have to load it manually

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nice upgrade. its a server so the fans will be louder then a Desktop computer.

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i agree with everyone on this since its WHS there is no reason to block the internet from it. and if you don't want the remote access feature turned on do the following open the Dashboard > click Server Settings> Remote Access > click turn off if it says turn on then its already disabled. but if you...

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well since it doesn't sound like you need high end graphics i'd say go with the i3 or i5 because performance power wise they are better. the main thing to look out for though is Linux doesn't play consistently well with Realtek Nics so make sure there is an intel LAN port on the board or buy an add ...

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also since it seems like you're semi new to SBS always use the wizards/SBS management boxes doing things the manual way or normal 2008 r2 way can really screw up SBS

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SBS on Desktop hardware? horrible idea. end of subject. SBS is a system hog on any single CPU server and you want to put it on desktop hardware? Really bad idea.

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not surprised... its Gigabyte, i've never had a good experience with one of their motherboards

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dual CPU systems are for sissies...Quad CPU systems only. LOL just kidding. intel and supermicro make some workstation boards that are dual cpus and are a little bit cheaper then the server boards.

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haha i got one of those for free the other day from a co worker. it has a pentinum D in it so right now i'm using it as a ClearOS firewall router and it work perfectly fine for that.

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i'd go with the supermicro build the prebuilt system you have linked uses a jetway motherboard. i work at a system builder and when we're used them in the past we had a 70% failure rate of the box on Jetway products. Supermicro is rock soild we use their products for our High Performance Compute Clu...

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the game looks interesting i wish i could try it for free...

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small office and database.... go with the ECC memory. anyone that says you can get away with high end non ECC memory doesn't directly work with databases

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the easiest way in my opinion would be to set up a windows home server. there other linux options but some of the configuration to set up what you want to do takes a lot of effort

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Wow a lot of people like software raid. I'm not one of those people. As far as raid cards i suggest a LSI 9240 or if you can swing the extra 100 go with the 9260 they are true raid cards and work with windows, Freenas, and Openfiler. Also avoid Highpoint RocketRaid those cards are garbage. They are ...

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what hard drive raid controller are you using? most on board controllers can't keep up with fast sustained writes. i'd say invest in an LSI 9260 raid card and get 4 WD RE4 drives. the enterprise level drives from seagate and western digital will do 80 to 140mbs in a single drive set up. Since you're...

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chenbro makes a micro atx case that has a 4 bay hotswap. its not itx but at the same its not that big of a difference. and if you're going openfiler/linux route i'd avoid and motherboards with Realtek NICs since linux doesn't really play nice with realtek. So to solve that problem i say use a superm...

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select both connections on the netbook. right click > Bridge Connections done if your still having connection issues get a crossover cable for the link between the netbook and the PS2. but i do agree with the other people a wireless router would be a much better solution. Second thought what is the ...

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if you want more performance you can switch to Intel and get the Intel DX58SO2 motherboard includes a USB wireless N adapter and Bluetooth

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