>> Moin, >> >> I have to upgrade parts of my Plan 9 system. I'm thinking of using a >> soekris 5501 or 48xx as my authentication server. It would be nice to use >> a CF Card for storage but I'm not sure about the read/write cycles. Does >> anyone run a Plan 9 server on a system without rotating parts? >> >> Many thanks >> Matthias > > yes. it works fine. however, if you have an internet-facing network > with abused protocols such as ftp, you may wish to have a more powerful > processor. > > - erik
ftp was a major problem for my standalone cpu server; I was getting so many connection attempts that it was becoming hard to use the system. I eventually disabled the ftp daemon. Has anyone hacked ftpd to make such attempts less attractive or less disruptive? John
