I have assembled several 1U servers in recent years. In the past few years, the prices of memory and hard disks were relatively high. At that time, the comprehensive price of assembling a server and hosting it was indeed relatively high. However, starting from 2008, memory and hard disks have become cheap. , let’s now take a look at the general cost of assembling a practical 1U server.
Selection of 1U server motherboard: According to my experience, generally everyone uses the 945GC board. Since many motherboard manufacturers have stopped producing boards with this chip since the end of last year, it may be difficult to buy them on the market. If you really need this kind of board, you can buy it. Find one on Taobao. The advantage of the 945GC board is that the graphics card and network card are integrated, and the drivers support the 2003 system and LinUx system, and the cost is relatively low. There is also a board using the G31 chip. This board is a fully integrated motherboard that has been used more frequently since the 945GC was discontinued. The drivers also support 2003 and LinUx. However, when installing in 2003, you need to right-click on the installer and select properties. It can be installed only in XP-compatible mode. At present, the quotations of these two boards are around 350. You can choose some big brands. We recommend MSI and Gigabyte. It is best not to use Asus. The workmanship and materials of Asus boards are not as good as other boards of the same model. That is, the brand Good points (purely personal opinion).
For CPU, we can choose an ordinary dual-core one, such as PE 2160 or 2200. We have also used PD915 before. PD915 is more powerful than PE2200, but it has a disadvantage, that is, it generates more heat. In the past, when 2160 did not come out, we had to choose 915, now it is still recommended to use PE2200 or PE2160, the price is about 380.
For hard drives, we generally use Seagate's 250G or 500G. The price is not much different. It depends on personal needs. I personally feel that 250G is enough. I have used my 250G for several years and less than half of it is used. What do you think? Want to see how many things can be stored in a 250G web? Unless you are doing downloading. The current price of 250G Seagate is about 280.
The three major items are all complete, and the total cost is about 1,000 yuan.
Some people may say that since it is a server, why does it need an independent network card? Let me tell you this, you don’t need to get an independent network card. People who need to assemble a 1U server are the kind of people who can afford to buy an independent network card. Do you enjoy bandwidth above 10M? The cheapest shared 2M network in Beijing costs about 3,000 a year, and the exclusive 10M network in other places costs about 4,000. The dual line costs about 5,000. This is still a small city, and big cities are probably not much different from Beijing.
The next step is to choose the chassis and power supply. The price of an ordinary 1U chassis with fan and power supply is about 500, and a better one is 700 to 800. There are many brands and a wide range of choices. You can just look at your needs. Some have higher requirements for power, a good-looking chassis, etc.
In this way, an assembled 1U server is ready. The overall price is currently between 1500-2000. Currently, Electrical China has been running servers with this configuration for several months without any crashes, pauses, carding or other instability. Phenomenon.
After the assembly is completed, it is the turn of hosting. For the convenience of maintenance, some people will choose places closer to the city for hosting. However, the price will be much more expensive or even doubled. In fact, the computer room in the suburbs is also very convenient to maintain, even if the server is All you need to do is make a phone call. The probability of this happening to my server is less than 5 times a year. Normally, if the database is not large, the data can be transmitted directly over the network, and there is no need to go to the computer room at all. The price of sharing 2M in a dual-line computer room in Beijing is about 3,000-5,000.
In this way, the first-year cost is only about 5,000 yuan. If you have server maintenance skills, would you still choose to rent a server for about 1,000 yuan per month? Moreover, the servers rented by some unscrupulous IDCs to you are scrap machines assembled with configurations that have been eliminated by others. The price is definitely less than 1,000 yuan, and they say that the type of machine that comes with the property rights is definitely this kind of machine. If you are an IDC, don't make excuses. This is the fact. I used to rent it from a company. Later, when something went wrong, I went to the computer room for maintenance. It was that kind of machine.
At this point, an ordinary and practical server has been assembled.