On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 05:26:46PM -0700, Greg J. Zartman wrote: > > > Sorta. Most of the customers I've seen so far don't go and shell out > > on any new hardware. They just use whatever junk is lying around which > > > I highly doubt this is the norm. Unless a person is just playing around > with SME at home, I have a hard time believing that the average > "customer" would setup a server on just any ole piece of junk computer > that is lying around.
Not an old piece of junk but definatley I know of many places that recycle older hardware for linux gateways/firewalls etc, these are not for profit groups though. It's getting harder to run SME on these machines, as its become overly bloated of late, but still possible when disabling some of the resource hogs that run by default. I still believe the best investment is in a good backup system, ensuring proper rotation and offsite storage of tapes, and a ups. > However, I do see the logic in using a system that one already owns. > Why not... You don't need a P4 2Ghz machine with 1gb of RAM to run SME > for the average small business network. I think you also need to choose your hardware on the basis of its typical usage scenario for the environment, I've seen sites with 14 people connected with smb shares, pptp connections and other assorted processes on 64Mb ram, so picking your oldest machine to be your firewall may not actually be a wise investment if people are sitting waiting for a response more often than working. > > > One needs it because down-time costs them a lot; the other doesn't > > have anyone on site to fix anything -- the nearest technical person > > > Maybe someone should have convinced them not to use that old pentium 90 > that was collecting dust in the closet. ;-> Still the majority of sites I deal with only have issues with their client machines, covering the servers basic problem areas such as disk issues with a raid configuration seems to me to be the most common requirement for the majority of sme clientel. Good point about the P90;) A small investment in moderately decent hardware upfront may remove alot of problems, unfortunately I can't stick to this and still stuff around with isa scsi adapters too often... -- Damien -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
