From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Apr 9 08:50:50 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 54D1CB09E43 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 08:50:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shamim.shahriar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22d.google.com (mail-lf0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC2CC1336 for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 08:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shamim.shahriar@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id j11so102562629lfb.1 for ; Sat, 09 Apr 2016 01:50:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=C8SnyGdCBc5rthIWvhu/gEoop9tVVek5VYsM3Jgm3x0=; b=CITz0Hrq/dBbbCc0+gSKiQ9ZTxNBvH5SjoLZv002tFnBFdt0F7LMtp+3Hoh8kudKgh nlgEs4dXIzCPiTg7a3vUi0zSRX6yD/fDESS01PuLofeHDJ5pUd2e9buFq5k/8fYw16QB ZDGp2Kggj+M+sPBHr/PNzBTJ0wbRKmurIyBvDct4P+n1wXqreuhomMJZ/Gqf28IHNijR bfXsSuIHgzB9auiBE6L1DlFCrWjsRJbG+QZrdPHb3bsboWK8fDVACThlIm9vhhnaw6Iu euspASGKHfqh35XKqqgXoI1h/mk2snOc01v+eh3otK3AP+j2me/wZTbU56yxj36hzuHE AOJg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=C8SnyGdCBc5rthIWvhu/gEoop9tVVek5VYsM3Jgm3x0=; b=VFAuj5TEYG+1ZOdvXJj0KlSq/8mdGBiBlvvaGtgOLn8UTmRW4qw5Ha9qVoQTPZJUoS voh+l9fx9+jLCmUYMz0b1zSl5PWtlQu6oO+OXTXvSj5tjVzM3R0QcuNxboI7ChjrSTdZ ibV3dzAJbcTd1PcRTlQjD9e+bE+DolIYrZEYHo4pTsWVoObSACCCXwqhy6TycfdlC/YL fMNrQY+3EfB/v8DeO+Zv6SFb7CXmrUcdYIaef5xK/pPEDWo2aBbRcQkdbftkyFIY5y7e bmBAz0OIkvEprmY6X9wzP5WAKciCWTuighmizfHU1gSCqDVpIT8MumZnrxp9QSkL00R/ x45Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJ1pMWmmMNfVFRTx7zUXuKkL+bWzhF1QQd5SRgZjk2fCzo8EYN606K3GyROtYfAninFW4O4SDmWWz0lXg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.25.205.146 with SMTP id d140mr5253360lfg.109.1460191846832; Sat, 09 Apr 2016 01:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.40.134 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 01:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.40.134 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Apr 2016 01:50:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5707C0B3.5080506@cloudzeeland.nl> <5708AD42.1040305@cloudzeeland.nl> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 09:50:46 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: BSD Hardware From: Shamim Shahriar To: JosC Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 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 08:50:50 -0000 On 9 Apr 2016 08:20, "JosC" wrote: > > > 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 Hello With that kind of requirement you might as well look into the pcEngines APU boards. With 4gb ram and space to fit in a 2.5inch sata, it happens to be one of the lowest power consuming device i have come across. For completeness, i should also point to certain thin clients with sufficient ram that are quite capable, depending on your load requirement. You mentioned usb is not an option, and that is a pity. I'm currently building a raspberry pi with an external 2.5 inch usb portable drive, that will do mail, web and local shares for my home (very little to no load for most of the time). It is a work in progress due to time constraints. But so far it looks very promising indeed. I'm sure there are others who has similar setup either for fun or for "production" use at noon trivial usage. Hope this helps. All the best.