[Pc_Support] server for sale

Phil Barnett philb at philb.us
Fri Nov 18 16:14:08 EST 2005


On Friday 18 November 2005 01:29 pm, Homer Whittaker wrote:
> Brian:  I sent an e-mail to the server ad person asking how to get to
> see it, etc.
> The real question, is the server worth while AS A SERVER or will it need
>   other things to make it work correctly.  I have never done servers
> before but for a $175 what can I loose if it is a good training tool.
> Will I need to get a rack or whatever?

This is the big brother to the one I'm colocating right now, which is a dual 
400 PII compaq rack mount.

Taz4 is currently supporting a dozen mailing lists, several hundred mail boxes 
and 65 virtually hosted web sites.

And it's not having any problems doing so. You can see the CPU usage here:

http://www.linuxceptional.com/mrtg/

This machine would easily double that capacity.

If mine were struggling, I'd be all over this one.

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