how would you spend $1000 on a server?

[Digimer]

On 10-07-09 01:40 PM, Matt Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have about $1000 budgeted for a box that will mostly host a bunch of
> probably-low traffic websites, based on wordpress or maybe sometimes drupal,
> and some mailing lists.  I'm just wondering what sort of features I should
> aim for in such a box, if I want the hardware to last a couple of years:  is
> onboard RAID important?  Is a Xeon processor a big plus, or DDR3 memory?
> Should I be building the box myself&  handpicking the hard drives etc., or
> are there particular manufacturers/retail outlets I swhould just trust?
>
> if i can come in somewhat under $1000, that gives me a little extra money
> for a backup system and/or UPS, which I might or might not have to purchase
> out of this budget.
>
> Appreciate all the help, as always.
> Matt

Pedestal or Rack?
What Linux distro/ver?
How much anticipated storage space do you need?
I/O intensive (sounds like no)?
etc.

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