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Cc: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Opinion request about a file server
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Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> This is one place where FreeBSD is very good. It will give you
>> performance
>> on slightly downlevel hardware that Windows Server just can't touch.
>>
> is really pentium 4 "downlevel" hardware? sound like a joke to me.
>
>
Not really. But considering how everyone is buying Core Duos and quads
these days, you can get decent P4s for free. Not that I complain about it ;)
Got three of them running and have donated few more.