Is your Windows Home Server v1 getting a bit long in the tooth? Or have you just not gotten around to building your first WHS box?
Good news!
While doing some pricing research online today at the best online stores like shoppok, I saw that the components for my WHS 2011 box have dropped in price. If you’d like to build an identical system that’s super-green and has TONS of storage, here are the specs, prices, and URLs:
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Part # |
Description |
Price |
Shipping |
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Microsoft WHS 2011 OEM |
$119.99 |
$0.00 |
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HP ProLiant Microserver |
$279.99 |
$0.00 |
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Western Digital 2 TB Green HD |
$79.99 |
$0.00 |
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Western Digital 2 TB Green HD |
$79.99 |
$0.00 |
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Western Digital 2 TB Green HD |
$79.99 |
$0.00 |
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Western Digital 2 TB Green HD |
$79.99 |
$0.00 |
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Crucial 2 GB 240-Pin DDR3 RAM |
$28.99 |
$0.99 |
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SUBTOTALS |
$748.93 |
$0.99 |
Grand Total: $749.92 delivered from www.newegg.com as of 06/04/2011.
Proof (copy of the shopping cart):
To do the actual install you’ll need to plug in a keyboard, monitor, mouse, and network cable. You won’t need any of those after the configuration is done (except for the CAT5e cable) so I didn’t include them in the price since they’re only tools used temporarily.
To install the OS (which is on a DVD) I used my laptop to turn the DVD into an ISO (using IMGBurn), then burned that ISO (using the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool) onto a USB flash drive (another temporary tool).
When all is said and done, you’ll have the HP server sitting on a shelf somewhere with only a power cable and CAT5e cable plugged into it.
FINAL SPECS
64-bit processor / 3 GB RAM / 8 TB storage / gigabit / eSATA on the back, built-in video / 5.25” bay for adding an optical drive later / about 47 Watts of power. (That costs < $30 per year in my neck of the woods to leave running 24×7.)
Throw in a USB sound card and you can even do MagicJack for home phone. 