From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 9 07:48:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8F21065672 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF838FC23 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:48:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n597mPhm070996; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:48:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n597mOiL070994; Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:48:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:48:23 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20090609074823.GA70621@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Wojciech Puchar , Karl Vogel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090609024340.5F7AABED8@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:48:28 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Karl Vogel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What server hardware are you buying from the big companies these days? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:48:31 -0000 On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 08:43:08AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar typed: > > Buy second hand branded hardware from ebay (allegro in poland). It's > usually hardware that was used in offices and replaced by more "modern" > ones. It's already tested!!! > > You could get high-end PIII with 512MB RAM for $30 at most, the only thing > you may need to add is larger drives, but 20GB isn't uncommon. P4 with 1GB > RAM and 40GB drive is for 60-70$ here. > > All this branded second-hand hardware have nice and small desktop cases, > are usually quite silent and just works out of the box. > > For good software like FreeBSD, PIII/1000 is already lightning-fast. > > And from what i read on that list, 90% of your servers run quite simple > task that even Pentium 100 will do. I'm hosting websites on 5-10 years old SUN hardware. V100/120 with ultrasparc II 400-650 Mhz. Just put in some new disks and memory, no sweat. They allmost never break down. And I like the openboot and LOM facilities. A simple serial connection is all you need. What do you use for remote management of those desktop cases? Ruben