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The Supermicro servers are really really great - one of the best investments I've done so far in 2012.

I bought mine (a Supermicro 2U Dual 3GHz Xeon 4GB 12 Bay Storage Server) for 400$ on eBay, with great service and terms. Recommended if you are ever in the need (or just want) a private server rack unit (1U, 2U or more).

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I'm a big fan of Supermicro systems. They are probably one of the best bang-for-the-buck out there, although one has to purchase them with the understanding of the potential 'risk' of not having a giant support department behind them like Dell/HP. That's not a knock against Supermicro, just a note for the PHB type view.

https://plus.google.com/u/1/108703267897818623506/posts/GK2A...

One of the rows in our data center, lots of Supermicro goodness. We use the 12 bay 'jupiter' chassis for 2x SSD and 10X 2TB spinning rust per server.

I've had a few supermicro systems, some rack-mounted servers and a two 4U workstation pedestals.

I have one bad thing to say...they are loud, really _loud_.

Several years ago I had a 1U SM server in a rack full of HP servers I could hear the supermicro over all off them.

The 4U pedestal I have at home as a file server is the "super-quiet" model with 8 3.5" bays in front and it is still insanely loud. I had to to rig up a fan controller just to keep it livable to have in the apartment as the motherboard couldn't slow the fans down enough.

Here's a new Supermicro form factor that I really like that wasn't mentioned in the post:

1U with 2 CPUs, 10 x 2.5" drive bays, redundant power

http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/1027/SYS-1027R-...

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