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Homelab server: a quiet, efficient server for home
MicroServer, tower or rack? How to find a used server that is quiet enough for a study, light on power and still has room for VMs and drives.
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Tower Servers
Tower servers are the right choice when there is no server cabinet: they sit in an office, a utility room or under a desk and run much quieter than rack servers. Models such as the Dell PowerEdge T440 and T640, HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 or Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 are well suited to file servers, Active Directory, ERP, backup and smaller virtualization hosts with Proxmox or Hyper-V. Larger towers can later be converted for rack mounting with a kit. When choosing, look at the number and size of drive bays (2.5 or 3.5 inch), free PCIe slots and redundant power supplies if uptime matters. We configure every refurbished tower server to your specification, load-test it and ship it with current firmware and 12 to 36 months warranty. Businesses can buy on invoice.
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Buying a tower server: the right server for office and home
A tower server doesn't need a server cabinet: it sits in the office, a storeroom or under a desk. Our range runs from the compact HPE MicroServer Gen10 Plus to dual-socket systems with eight 3.5-inch bays. Here's how the machines differ and which server suits an office or a home setup.
Tower servers compared: MicroServer, T440, T630 and ML350
| Model | Platform | Drives | Memory | Power supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPE MicroServer Gen10 Plus | 1× Xeon E-2224, 4 cores | 4× 3.5-inch, not hot-plug | 2 slots, max. 32 GB | 180 W, external |
| Dell PowerEdge T440 | 2× 1st/2nd gen Xeon Scalable | 8× 3.5-inch, hot-plug | 16 slots | 2× 495 or 750 W, redundant |
| Dell PowerEdge T630 | 2× Xeon E5 v3/v4 | 8× 3.5-inch, hot-plug | 24 slots, max. 1.5 TB | 2× 750 W, redundant |
| HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 | 2× 1st/2nd gen Xeon Scalable | 8× 2.5-inch, expandable to 24 | 24 slots, max. 3 TB | 2× 500 to 1600 W, redundant |
Questions about Tower Servers
Answers to the questions we hear most often before a first order.
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