I want to build a home server, of course with FreeBSD. It's supposed to be as cheap and small as possible. I have basically two options:
I'd prefer the first option, since rack servers have power consumption like 600W, while thin clients 30W, but will FreeBSD be able to work on such a computer (I will be adding additional HDD for data anyway)? Buying tower PC is out of question, it's too large. Or is getting a rack server not so bad after all? Note, that I don't want the whole rack, just a one server.
It's supposed to be a router, mail server and a data backup.
- Thin client, such as HP T5720.
- Old rack server, like HP DL380.
I'd prefer the first option, since rack servers have power consumption like 600W, while thin clients 30W, but will FreeBSD be able to work on such a computer (I will be adding additional HDD for data anyway)? Buying tower PC is out of question, it's too large. Or is getting a rack server not so bad after all? Note, that I don't want the whole rack, just a one server.
It's supposed to be a router, mail server and a data backup.