I'm torn between going with Microsoft 2008 r2 or Essentials 2012 installation on a server that i have sitting at home.
Supermicro
i3 Intel
16gigs expanding to 24gigs
2-250gig 2.5 sata drives installed in a internal icy dock bay providing raid(currently has windows 2011 home server)
2-1TB sata drive
1-1TB sata drive
1 External USB seagate 4 TB for backup
1. I know everyone's touting vmware as a must so that plays into the decision
2. This would also allow me to setup a lab for testing
any thoughts feedback/welcome