- A generation 10 will work fine in a standard apartment so long as the power supplies installed take the same voltage as your mains. I can't speak about the fan noise much, but there may be ILO hacks to control that. Make sure you're running compatible hardware as HPE systems tend to run much louder otherwise.
- The power draw when idling greatly depends on the installed hardware. There is no definite answer until you can monitor its consumption from the wall.
- A gen9 is suitable for quite a while yet, and the prices are going way down for that generation. A generation 10 would be the better buy if you don't plan to upgrade again for a while, but parts are going to be more expensive.
- In terms of parts, Ebay is often one of the best places. Rather than looking up the machine generation/model, look up the part number which is on the component itself. It'll give you much better results not only on Ebay but Google as well.
mike7004
joined 1 year ago
If the price is right, and parts are easy to find while not being a rip off, they're OK. You just have to ensure the machines don't have design problems that will lead to quick failures such as poor thermal management.
Depends. I have my private mail system working and for the most part it works fine. However, its indeed a bitch to deal with blacklists and ISP policies. Took me two years to convince the ISP to give me a business line with two IP addresses and no port filtering. The mail system has to be configured correctly.
Knowing I have full control over everything is great, but its not for everybody.