From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 21 22:57:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D41316A41F for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:57:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from moose@freebsdfreaks.net) Received: from mail.paystone.com (yvr-n-01.paystone.com [209.53.184.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2CD43D45 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:57:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from moose@freebsdfreaks.net) Received: by mail.paystone.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 777921DDD1; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.paystone.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB391DD90; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.paystone.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.paystone.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70075-10; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:57:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.3.91] (unknown [192.168.2.253]) by mail.paystone.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2EB71DD7C; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:57:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <435971FA.8040202@freebsdfreaks.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:55:54 -0700 From: Matt Crossley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051003) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric F Crist References: <43595B0B.8060006@freebsdfreaks.net> <9D6602AB-FF53-4453-A9D5-206EA55DA053@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <9D6602AB-FF53-4453-A9D5-206EA55DA053@secure-computing.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: at paystone.com Cc: Ben Siemon , free bsd questions Subject: Re: Suggestions for server hardware sub 800 dollars X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:57:21 -0000 Eric F Crist wrote: > On Oct 21, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Matt Crossley wrote: > >> 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 > > > > Speaking of Dell... I know that I have seen some pretty nifty 1u rack > servers for as little as $450. > You don't to build it, but not a bad deal IMHO. > hmmm, Do you have any links for that? I'd be interested, even if it is US Dollars! Matt ------------ http://www.freebsdfreaks.net/ ------------