From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 9 07:20:36 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB0EDB084A8 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 07:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl) Received: from ceto.cloudzeeland.nl (cloudzeeland.xs4all.nl [83.161.133.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "cloudzeeland.nl", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1EE7115A for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 07:20:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsduser@cloudzeeland.nl) Received: from ceto.cloudzeeland.nl (ceto.cloudzeeland.nl [10.10.10.30]) by ceto.cloudzeeland.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B421A47B780C for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 09:20:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.10.10.34] (aegis.cloudzeeland.nl [82.176.127.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ceto.cloudzeeland.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 85D4B47B77AD for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 09:20:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: BSD Hardware To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" References: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> From: JosC Message-ID: <5708AD42.1040305@cloudzeeland.nl> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 09:20:34 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP on ceto.cloudzeeland.nl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2016 07:20:37 -0000 Thank you all for the suggested links and responses- it's really an eye opener. My current server is average with no specific purpose other than website, mail and ftp service. In that respect I am in favor of 1TB minimum disk capacity. No USB required. Indeed, I am running Dell for more than 15 years now and it never let me down, but I wondered if there are new possibilities with mini's (of other brands). Ran into Brix and Intel NUC5i3RYK alikes but I am not familiar with these brands (the should be reliable and keep up for minimal three years without any hardware failures). ZFS/SSD is not in the limelight currently - with 3,5" proven to be reliable and prices for WD Red 1TB+ being very acceptable, I think I stick to these for the moment. In een bericht van 8-4-2016 16:31: > I am looking for a reliable replacement of my current BSD server. > Could someone tell me which mini business pc would fit? NoSSD, but > plain vanilla SATA 2,5 or 3,5 WD Red. > Will let you know my final choice once being made. Best regards, Jos Chrispijn