I need  a XenServer at home to work on some project for my company (Activlan), I don't want a real server because it would be too noisy in my apartment :) So I'm looking for a silent computer and I think I made it with the element bellow :

• Case : Lian Li PC-V351B
• Power Supply : Silverstone Nightjar ST45NF – 450W
• MotherBoard : Asus Maximus II Gene
• Cpu : Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550
• Ram : G.Skill Extreme Series MQ 4x4096Mo PC6400 Dual Channel CAS6
• Video : PNY Quadro NVS 295 PCI-E 16x (for another workstation #XD4)
• Hard Drive : Seagate Barracuda ES.2 S-ATA – 1000 Go – 32 Mo (x2)

I think it should work fine, just some question remains : The network adapter on the Asus motherboard might not be compatible with XenServer and I choose two hard drive to build a RAID 1 but I'm affraid XenServer won't be able to recognize the sata RAID controller. So we'll see… If anyone have an experience with this material, please let me know !

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