Thanks. Looks good. Maybe we should consider putting a few in as doescloud VM systems to play with?
> On 20 Dec 2016, at 20:35, Paul M Furley via Liverpool > <liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > Wow, that's pretty compelling. > > I've spent waaay too much on various Raspberry Pi projects recently... > > > > Paul M Furley | p...@paulfurley.com | +44 (0) 151 541 0656 > > Talks & Debates in Liverpool: www.thinkingliverpool.com > >> On 20/12/16 18:40, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote: >> For anybody who might be in the market for a cheap server machine the >> basic Dell PowerEdge T20 is down to £129.96: >> >> http://www.ebuyer.com/738065-dell-poweredge-t20-pentium-g3220-3ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd-mini-tower-t20-3692 >> >> >> This includes 4GB of RAM and 500GB hdd - so I would say it's quite a >> bargain. As it comes without an OS it would be perfect for a little >> Linux install. This is the basic model, with the Pentium G3220 cpu - >> which should still be able to do quite a lot of work under Linux. The >> next one up with the Xeon E3-1225V3 cpu is £239.98 after cashback - >> which I would say is damn good value as well. >> >> I've installed recently the Xeon version at a client, and it drives 5 >> Windows 7 VM's on 32GB of RAM (upgraded) comfortably - I'm hoping to >> push it to about 10 VM's on light loads. Overall it's a nicely capable >> machine and surprisingly un-crippled, with several PCI-e slots, one PCI >> slot and 4 RAM slots. The only annoying thing I found is the power >> supply motherboard connector - which is not the standard 24pin one, but >> some crazy 8 pin Dell proprietary job. However, after some googling, it >> seems that adapters are available out there to plug a standard PSU if >> necessary. >> >> And no - I don't have shares in Dell - I just thought it might make a >> nice Christmas present for a Linux qeek out there! :-) >> >> Happy festive season to everyone! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liverpool mailing list >> Liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool > > _______________________________________________ > Liverpool mailing list > Liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool _______________________________________________ Liverpool mailing list Liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool