recycling a ATX mobo into a server...

[Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO]

 Depends if you already have the drives and other hardware.  A 1U or 2U
case can cost from $250-500.  In a 1U, you may need to get low-profile
RAM or CPU heatsink/fan to gain enough space to fit everything in the
case.  Those are really the only specialty parts in a 1U.  You may want
to add more case fans, depending on what comes with your case and the
open fan slots available.  As you add more drives, you need more air
flow.

That said, hear this.  I would not necessarily run most business
critical functions off something like this.  For personal use it's cool,
but you don't want to have heat-related lockups in a business because
you went cheap.  There is such a thing as server-class motherboards.
They are built a bit tougher and with better components, but they cost
about 2-3x your average motherboard.

Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of hanasaki

Thinking of recycling a socket A ATX mobo into a 1U server.  Any
thoughts
on this?  Is it possible?  Will it end up costing more than just buying
a 1U server?  What hardware would it take and cost to do this and have
three HD in it.
	=== Drives
	1. boot and the OS
	2,3 Linux Software mirrored - hot swap

Thanks