Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:48:23 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What server hardware are you buying from the big companies these days? Message-ID: <20090609074823.GA70621@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906090835530.4571@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20090609024340.5F7AABED8@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906090835530.4571@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 08:43:08AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar typed: > > Buy second hand branded hardware from ebay (allegro in poland). It's > usually hardware that was used in offices and replaced by more "modern" > ones. It's already tested!!! > > You could get high-end PIII with 512MB RAM for $30 at most, the only thing > you may need to add is larger drives, but 20GB isn't uncommon. P4 with 1GB > RAM and 40GB drive is for 60-70$ here. > > All this branded second-hand hardware have nice and small desktop cases, > are usually quite silent and just works out of the box. > > For good software like FreeBSD, PIII/1000 is already lightning-fast. > > And from what i read on that list, 90% of your servers run quite simple > task that even Pentium 100 will do. I'm hosting websites on 5-10 years old SUN hardware. V100/120 with ultrasparc II 400-650 Mhz. Just put in some new disks and memory, no sweat. They allmost never break down. And I like the openboot and LOM facilities. A simple serial connection is all you need. What do you use for remote management of those desktop cases? Ruben
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