
I know the Z97 does not support ECC, but it should be enough to serve as a hom server-platform. I'd add memory to it (now it has 8 GB, can go up to 32 GB), install proxmox and then have VMs to play with. The main reason not use the dual Xeon any more is the noise (ok, mainly from the SCSI disks, so they could be disconnected; but also cpu coolers) and lack of support for most of its hardware: keeping the data is too critical for me to leave to a badly supported system - I don't want to tinker at that level any more.
But it is nice if you can tinker with something that is not immediately critical, so first I'll have to upgrade the z97 to free up a system to play with.
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