From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 18:05:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DE38E2D for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x22d.google.com (mail-pd0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17398687 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:05:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f173.google.com with SMTP id v10so8315902pde.32 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:05:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ZS5VMY1RAY6cw7PltXewXxlLmHU4doqM72xnwecnxEk=; b=qfzKz0tAJC4yF1J7/glAAXQ1Y2ynH+tHA8/n09WqXVdT+JCwdQJlvDIhhzs0TcQz8n IKDIMDbhlGanUovwaQ2Wj9u4cIBHucRdn4KQE2WsXHhxDcr6x5J7rhOKV1TqWIGu9em5 OjBdzi4ghznyyhTBKSv+4D2kXG587EXHI40yDKi1GxW05jyFAY7JYFfi8EQO60eoZFVd dx69UZQqzgEInzSP68rRMIYlBYlB/kjK2knQCucBocR/qr+sSeNs7pU6Lv4KhKtr/aIT ia9sA0ridke2U8dksj7Vj1G31qxjCIAyz83Bo9MrTfGNSYl4+RGQ0FSfTtaM8EKQeUIo uJiw== X-Received: by 10.70.38.134 with SMTP id g6mr34330740pdk.124.1415642742546; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:05:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ws1 (ip68-2-82-38.ph.ph.cox.net. [68.2.82.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id vz8sm8003954pac.1.2014.11.10.10.05.40 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:05:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:05:38 -0700 From: Colin Barnabas To: Chris Maness Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: <20141110180538.GC25482@ws1> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:05:43 -0000 The Raspberry Pi B+ would be hard to beat in terms of power consumption (500 mAh). Could comfortably run a web or file server (512 MB RAM) for a home business. Not sure on the state of FBSD ARM though, if you're intent on running FBSD on the thing. http://www.adafruit.com/product/1914 On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 09:57:02AM -0800, Chris Maness 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. > > Thanks, > Chris Maness > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Colin Barnabas