On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Does any know how Ben is making out with co-locating the new server?
I've got a lead to a potential co-lo site that has more-than-adequate facilities. It is even located in NH. I am going to follow-up after the holidays are over. I now need to start seriously considering equipment. I've got to start with a 1U rackmount case, since this potential host wants 1U, and keeping the form-factor as small as possible will be useful if we have to move in the future. Can anyone make any recommendations? Budget is the biggest factor by far (although quality has to be adequate for function). If no-one speaks up I'll just use Google and PriceWatch and pick something that looks good. Once I have the case, I need to fill it with parts. Does anyone have any guesses on requirements? I'm thinking pretty minimal. I've got an old 400 MHz AMD K6 with 128 MB of RAM somewhere at home, I think. What about disk space? I figure 10 GB should be fine, no? Remember, this is a small form-factor, budget system. That old full-height SCSI drive you've been using for a door stop isn't going to help. :-) My biggest concern is data protection. Local tape backup is pretty much outside of our budget and situation. I'm thinking something like this: Keep all local data rsync'ed to some other system. Possibly more than one system. At least one of those systems is already being backed up, and/or, periodically burn CDs of the GNHLUG data. Distribution would almost certainly be Debian. Comments and suggestions welcome. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. |
