From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 14:34:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25842BEF for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2FA6E6A for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:34:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jfMRD5RYtz1F4 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:25:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:25:44 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:34:31 -0000 --As of November 10, 2014 9:57:02 AM -0800, Chris Maness is alleged to have said: > 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. --As for the rest, it is mine. The Netgate[^1] boxes are worth looking at. Various cost/capability points, depending on your use. The FW-7551 is especially interesting (I have it's predecessor, running OpenBSD, as my firewall - a more 'normal' use for it). SATA, a small footprint, and fairly low power, with a CPU capable of running a normal FreeBSD install. (Though you'll probably want a console of some sort.) Daniel T. Staal [1]: --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------