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Old Aug 7, 2016 | 3:04 am
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dajdavies
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Originally Posted by oneant
Planning to move from my old Server 2008 R2 & Exchange 2010 box at home to Server 2012 R2 & Exchange 2016. Current box will not support x64 architecture. I have typically salvaged my servers from retired boxes at work for low cost, but nothing right now that will meet my needs.

Looking for a box on the cheap--like pre-owned Dell or something--with small form factor to hide inside the media tower.

Minimum 16GB mem, but would prefer ability for 32GB. HDD can be 128GB (so SSD is ok). OS is irrelevant since I will wipe it clean and start over.

Any suggestions?
2012 i7 Mac Mini - can be had for reasonablish prices on eBay etc.?

I've got one running VMWare ESXi, needed something SFF and quiet to sit on the bookcase at home. Looked at using NUCs, building ITX box etc., but they were more expensive for what I needed.

If I had a bit more space might have got the HP Microserver route and upgraded the CPU

Andy
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