Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:18:03 -0700 From: Matt Crossley <moose@freebsdfreaks.net> To: Ben Siemon <ben.siemon@gmail.com> Cc: free bsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions for server hardware sub 800 dollars Message-ID: <43595B0B.8060006@freebsdfreaks.net> In-Reply-To: <a8b370910510211321u1e07f547l28ee50b16be4a98b@mail.gmail.com> References: <a8b370910510211321u1e07f547l28ee50b16be4a98b@mail.gmail.com>
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Ben Siemon wrote: >I need to make a server box that will serve web pages ( light ), do >light file storage for my home network and allow me ssh access when I >am away from the apartment. I have read a great deal about this on the >site and looked at the manufactures sites. I see a great deal of >potential there but I have more fun building it up myself. I would be >glad for any suggestions any of you have. >-- >cheers > >Ben Siemon > >254 723 6937 > >cs.baylor.edu/~siemon >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I've found that if it's not really all that heavy a load, machines at Dell that regularly come up are worth it. The latest one that I saw in a Dell flyer (in Canada), was a Celeron 2.9, 512MB, 80 or 60GB, etc, etc for $349 CAD. Can beat it, in many ways! If you want to build it yourself, then maybe you can build yourself a little mini-ATX machine, one that's small and out of the way? Cheers, Matt ------------ http://www.freebsdfreaks.net/ ------------
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