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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 05:13:10PM +0100, macgyver wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 12:06 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 09:34:25AM -0000, Angus MacGyver wrote:
> 
> Me for example ran one as a webserver with no graphics card - just
> serial line access (the jails were each DNS/IRC/Mail/Http for isolation)
> 
> 
> I also ran another virtually identical (+gfx card) machine as a desktop
> (tell you what - I *knew* when I had that thing turned on - I didn't
> need to have the heating on upstairs!!!)
> 
> Completely different uses will radically alter what ports are required.

sure, and different energy concerns. I've several ds10l in an air-con
server room far away.

-- 
Anton Shterenlikht
Room 2.6, Queen's Building
Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 
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