On Jan 20, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Michael J Wise wrote:
Of late, i've grown tired of making a Mac do weird server things.
(ie, making 10.3.9 client behave like a full-blown server, etc.)
its just software.
What's best these days for a cheap, headless Linux server to use for
setting up a small server or cluster?
No need, as such, just yet, for RAID.
Although I would prefer something that fits in a rack, and that was
inexpensive.
expense is relative.
We sell several boards that run linux
<http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=60_83&products_id=516>
there are other sources for all of those...
these allow you to mount two of (some of) those boards in a 1U rack:
<http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=67&products_id=369>
there are also various mini-itx boards and cases, see: mini-box.com
and mini-itx.com
along with loading linux on a mac mini <http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/
> or other SFF system, such as <http://minipc.aopen.com/Global/
spec.htm>
macmini rackmount; <http://www.markandjo.com/markblog/?p=3> :-)
OK, OK, macmini rackmount: <http://www.macminicolo.net/index.html>
or you could take one of these: <http://www.sonnettech.com/product/maccuffmini.html
>
or these: <http://www.cinnamon-peripherals.ca/products/cinnamount-mini/industrial-edition/
>
and mount one (or more) to a garden-variety rackmount shelf. <http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UTR1/
>
course, cheap 1U Intel boxes can be had too: <http://www.abmx.com/1u-short-depth-rackmount-server-p-319.html?gclid=CLeT6I-5iJECFQY8gwodA2x2Gw
>
Suggestions?
you have what I came up with in 4 minutes while typing this.
Is there any local supplier of such things?
we're local, though we ship out of Texas (warehousing in Hawaii is
horrid and expensive), to say nothing of the labor/employee hoops here..
Jim
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