Hello.
I have a little issue I hope somebody here on LET can help me with. My old backup server that I have off site (at my moms place) is toast. It was an old Intel Pentium T4300 (2.1 Ghz dual core) laptop with a 2 TB external drive to store my files on. The disk is intact, so I will use it on a new computer. But, this is only a backup server, has no other task then to store files on it. But since I wants the external disk to be encrypted (if there is a break in or something) I want to use Windows.
I'm looking at Intel NUC with Atom™ N2820 - 4 GB RAM - 120 GB SSD OS disk. (almost $300) But can this computer run Windows on it? I will use Windows Server 2012 R2 that is one of the fastest and smallest Windows os out their, that also is new, and gets all the security updates etc.
So, do anybody have a Atom™ N2820 computer with Windows Server 2012 R2 on it, so they can confirm it work? Or do anybody have a spare Atom™ N2820 computer they can install Windows Server 2012 R2 on, and let me test it via Remote Desktop? The best thing is if it has a SSD disk and 4 GB of RAM.
My second choice, is just renting a server in Sweden, paying around $25/month. I'm doing this just now, and it works great. And if I need my backup, I have tested and get full speed into my home from it. Still, it's more expensive to rent then to buy. Of course, the server I'm renting has two 3.5 Ghz cores, but, I really don't need anything powerfull just for FTP?