Heck I guess I'm nuts, but when I wanted a strong linux server, I went to Ebay and bought a *server*. I got a Compaq 1850R with 2 9.1 10k Wide Ultra2 drives, hardware RAID 5 with write acceleration, 500 mZ PIII CPU, and 128mB ECC RAM. I paid $565 + freight for it. I bought 2 more matching drives for a hundred bucks apiece on Ebay, matched RAM from Crucial for $55./256mB, a redundant power supply on Ebay for $37.50, and a Compaq 15/30 DLT internal tape drive for $85 (Ebay again).
Then I downloaded and installed all the Compaq agents and got it reporting out on port 2301 and alerting via snmp traps. So I have about a grand in this machine and it's the real deal, and I'll never have to worry about flaky drivers, incompatabilities, or component failure. It runs my web, DNS, ftp, internet connection, everything needed to provide domain services for incoming and it's my proxy server for getting out from my internal network. I have nothing against workstations. I have a half-dozen here at home and I use them ruthlessly, but as workstations. When I need a server, I buy a server. Just my two cents. Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shannon Neumann > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Personal Server Specification Recommendations > > > My Redhat8.0 Server is an old Compaq Presario 5660. It has a > PentiumII > 450MHz processor, 192MB RAM, and a 12GB hard drive. I added a Linksys > LNE100TX network card, adn swapped tghe original DVD-ROM drive for a > standard CD-ROM. This machine is my production server which > I to host my > website, email, etc., and is more than powerful enough to > handle the load > I throw at it. I have also used it as a file server, ftp, > ssh, dns, and > dhcp without any trouble at all. And while it is my > "business" server, it > also happens to be in my home. > > Also, having said all of that, for quite a while, I was > accomplishing all > of those same tasks with a 200MHz Pentium with 96MB RAM and a 4GB hard > drive. > > Shannon Neumann > Neumannweb Computers > www.neumannweb.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
