[ale] Source for Inexpensive, Quiet, Low-Power, rackmount server?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

I'm looking to offload my MySQL server off my MythTV hardware and onto
its own server box.  This instance of MySQL handles not only MythTV data
but also my Maia Mailguard, Zarafa, Gallery, and possibly other
services.

I was considering an Atom-based 1U or 2U server.  Do you think this
would be "powerful enough" for this application?  I'm not really sure
how much CPU I would need, nor how well MySQL would run in this
environment.

I'd like something relatively quiet because it's living in my house, not
in some rackspace machine room. I'd prefer to have 8GB of ram but all
the Atom boxes I've found seem to max out at 4 (although I can aquire
one for about $450 with an D2500HN Atom Dual Core 1.86GHz/4GB/160GB 5400RPM).

Has anyone found any good sources for inexpensive servers?

I was also considering an SSD for this application.  Do you experts feel
that would help my application speeds?

Thanks,

-derek
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