Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:14:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> Cc: Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What server hardware are you buying from the big companies these days? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906091210340.5689@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090609074823.GA70621@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20090609024340.5F7AABED8@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906090835530.4571@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090609074823.GA70621@ei.bzerk.org>
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>> task that even Pentium 100 will do. > > I'm hosting websites on 5-10 years old SUN hardware. V100/120 with ultrasparc II > 400-650 Mhz. Just put in some new disks and memory, no sweat. They allmost normal. 400MHz SUNs are available here for 100$ or less. they usually have quite a lot of RAM even 512MB, but in case i need more - can it be added with standard SDRAM DIMMs, or superexpensive SUN memory only? how about disks? usually one don't need terabyte disk, and 18-36GB SCSI drives are really cheap used. But do SUNs accept normal SCSI drives or SUN-only? ;) What you say about reliability of SUN hardware - fully agree. > never break down. And I like the openboot and LOM facilities. A simple serial > connection is all you need. which is really important, and all super-excellent-modern PCs don't have. I have to put some display card just to be able to configure things.
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