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21. April 2008, 22:21

Das Serverchen

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Da mein Serverchen nun schon seit ein paar Jahren klaglos und ohne Mucken läuft, habe ich mich dazu entschlossen, den Original-Artikel zum Aufbau wieder zu veröffentlichen - Allerdings ganz originol in Englisch:

My little MINI-ITX Server

My little home server is based on the popular VIA Mini-ITX[english] platform.

This platform was chosen to provide a small, low noise, low temperatur system mainly used as firewall and router for my new inode internet connection[german]. Regarding the Epia Power Simulator[english] the system does have an overall power consumption of approximate 35W.

Components

These components were used to build up the system:

VIA Epia CL6000 Motherboard[english]
Infineon 256MB DDR-RAM
Samsung SV1604N HDD[english]
Morex[english] Cubid 2699 case
Noiseblocker[german] Ultra Silent Fan S1 (8cm)

All components were buyed from a specialized vendor in northern germany: HRT Informationstechnik[german].

Temperatures

After replacing the internal fans, the average system temperatures are reading as follows:

HDD 39°C
CPU 37°C to 42°C
Case 22°C to 24°C with about 21°C ambient temperature

The CPU temperatur rises to about 57°C to 60°C under full system load (100% CPU load using SiSoft Sandra[english] burn in test). All temperatures were measured using Motherboard Monitor 5.3.5.1[english] which now supports VIA Epia Boards.

OS

I can assure that the following systems are running fine on the hardware:

WinXP Home Edition (install SP1 before the VIA 4-in-1 driver)
WinXP Prof. (install SP1 before the VIA 4-in-1 driver)
WinXP Server 2003 Enterprise Version

Buildup gallery

	This is all the stuff right out of the box (Without fan: i ordered it some days later). bigger image
	With just 17 by 17cm, the VIA-motherboard is _very_ small. Onboard: VIA Eden CPU, 600MHz, passive cooled VIA CastleRock? AGP graphics two-channel AC’97 sound 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 RJ-45 LAN ports (10/100 MBit?) FIR Connector bigger image
	The morex cubid 2699 all alone. The case is equipped with two 4cm-fans which do produce quite a noise. bigger image
	All components assembled. It’s quite tight inside although this is not one of the smaller cases around. bigger image
	Setup of the system with connected CDROM. Since there was no other power supply available at that time my pc at work had to give a helping hand ;-) Notice the external power supply for the case. bigger image
	To reduce the overall noise level, i applied a hole to the case to be able to mount an ultra silent 8cm fan. The system is hardly mentionable now and can be heard only in very silent surroundings. bigger image
	The 4 additional holes where drilled for nothing - i mounted the fan without screws to reduce the ammount of vibrations carried out to the case. bigger image
	As you may see on the bigger version of this image - the fan was mounted right above the passive cooler (CPU, Onboard graphics card, south-bridge). The fan was mounted to blow air into the case. bigger image
	The fan readout potentiometer was mounted in the back of the system. The internal two 4cm fans to the right were turned off. You can see the two LAN-Interfaces in this image very well. bigger image
	The “final destination” behind my main pc. bigger image
	2004-08-08: i finally managed to decouple the fan from the case so that no vibrations are passed by. From now on, the server isn’t noticeable any more - I have to get my ear to a short distance to notice the air stream of the regulated fan or the writing noice of the hdd. bigger image
	I used thick rubber bands normaly used to seal of self made jam jar’s. The distance from the case doesn’t seem to affect the cooling performance - The server is as cool as before bigger image
	The rubber bands are attached to the body by knots on the backside bigger image