From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 15 17:58:35 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 7A5FFE3C for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 130AB287 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:58:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from arthur.home.qeng-ho.org (arthur.home.qeng-ho.org [172.23.1.2]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sAFHwVMJ028515; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:58:32 GMT (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <54679447.4070004@qeng-ho.org> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:58:31 +0000 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jungle Boogie Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:58:35 -0000 On 14/11/2014 21:33, jungle Boogie wrote: > Hello Chris, > On 10 November 2014 09:57, 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. >> > > 1. This was referenced on the BSD subreddit with openBSD as a firewall: > http://www.pcengines.ch/apu1d.htm > > I may consider purchasing this to try out pf and get more in depth > knowledge of openBSD. > > I haven't looked closely enough at it to make 100% certain it will run > freebsd but I don't see why not. I like that it has three gigabit > ports with console access, too. I've been running an Alix 2d13 (an earlier board) with pfSense as my router/firewall for years now. Absolutely no problems, very little power consumption, I only have to think about it when there's a software upgrade. I can recommend their kit. > 2. I have freebsd 10.1-RC4 running on a Beagle Bone black with thttpd > compiled from ports. I used to get bummed that packages are old for > the ARM platform, but having ports available is very nice and gets me > through installing some apps. I know tarsnap won't install on the BBB, > could be something I can look into, though. > > > Let us know what you decide! > >> Thanks, >> Chris Maness > > jb >