A Linux Server on a Clone Computer

IT professionals like to call a manually assembled computer with different parts from different component manufacturers as "clone computer".

When I started working on my current employer, I noticed that all of the computers being used are "clones".

Clone computers are way much cheaper than buying a branded desktop computer from HP, Acer, and Lenovo.

I also noticed that they are using a Windows computer server on a clone computer.

That was 10 years ago.

Within that 10 years a need to setup a Linux server arises because of the viruses that we encounter on using a Windows server.

At first, and to be honest, I did not like the idea of using a clone computer as a Linux server.

But the project did push through in using a clone computer because, again, a clone computer is cheaper.

Fast forward today, I noticed that a clone computer with a Linux server can last up to more than 7-10 years.

That's an impressive lifetime. Considering the server is serving about 20 computers with an app that uses persistent connection that connects to the server from 8:00 am and only disconnects until the user shut their computer down at 5:00 pm. The server also acts as a backup storage for accounting department's spreadsheet files.

I must admit, I am impressed.

But before you mimic what I have done I would like you to know that I did not setup the cheapest clone computer that I could get.

Instead, I settled into using a mid-level clone computer. I used an Intel processor, a Seagate hard drive, a Kingston memory, an ASUS motherboard. The rest of the components will be of your choosing.