Can a blade server run on its own without a rack?

I wouldn't waste money on a "server" computer. I have a regular 5 year old desktop computer running 10 personal website on Win2k Advanced Server with IIS 5.0 (the built in web server for Windows). What makes a server a server is running server software. The term server like the blade server is just a high end computer designed for extreme usage. If you're just running some personal sites, then just run it on your regular home computer. Well you said Linux, I'm sure you want to keep a Windows computer for general use. So, hit up craigslist.com and find you a 100.00 computer (1ghz and 512 Ram will be plenty) and call it a day. Unless you're going to be getting 100k hits a day, then it will handle it just fine.