Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:34:12 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: <20141114193412.GA48837@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <CANnsUMFp%2BrQkQbd7j8DPBSFqyB75SAQ_brp8g-NH14Q=RhK=YQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANnsUMFp%2BrQkQbd7j8DPBSFqyB75SAQ_brp8g-NH14Q=RhK=YQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon 2014-11-10 09:57:02 UTC-0800, Chris Maness (chris@chrismaness.com) wrote: > I am looking to replace a huge noisy old server that I have used for > years for my home business. Looking for something inexpensive and > relatively small to replace it with. Any recommendations guys/gals? > I was even thinking of buying a used laptop to run FreeBSD on and set > it and forget it. Not sure what options are out there as I have not > put together a server in many years. HP Microservers are very popular for home servers. They are also almost completely silent and have low power consumption. A laptop might work but you may be looking at heat issues running it 24/7, and also have problems later down the track if you want to add more memory or additional hard drives. Regards Andrew
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