On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 23:04 -0500, Colin wrote: > Grant wrote: > > >>| Where do you guys go when you want a barebones server for the closet? > >>| I've built machines before but it seems like it might make more sense > >>| to buy one these days. > >> > >>Pick up an old Sun workstation off ebay. An ultra2 2x300/2 with a gig of > >>RAM is a good bet for most things, and they're dirt cheap these days. > >> > >> > > > >That wouldn't be an x86 though right? > > > No, that's SPARC. If you're looking for something that'll fit in your > closet, you may want to look into Mini-ITX or Nano-ITX (or Micro-ATX > depending on the size of your closet). Motherboards of that size will > fit nicely almost anywhere and are good for low-traffic servers.
yeah.. an EPIA M10K has 1G cpu and all the bells and whistles for like USD180. Just add RAM and HD. You can even get a lower spec on depending on what you need it for. Lots of juice even for a low end 600MHz which they have. Currently it's being used as a Freevo Box. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 19:28:50 up 10:12, 7 users, load average: 1.95, 0.96, 0.74 -- [email protected] mailing list
