I have two of the "Vision" Servers that Tiger sells for $600:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?
EdpNo=705537&CatId=0
I've had no problems whatsoever as a low-volume server platform.
On Mar 14, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote:
Andrew Ng wrote:
Hi,
from previous threads in this list, I gathered that the Dell
PowerEdge
SC1425 works well with OpenBSD 3.8. However, I have reservations from
past experience with Dell's customer support, hope anyone can
recommend
an equivalent low-cost system with the following minimum
requirements -
1) Form factor - 1U
2) CPU - Pentium 2GHz(non-Celeron)
3) 512MB RAM
4) Internal disk storage expandability
5) OS - OpenBSD 3.8 or higher
6) 2 Ethernet interfaces
7) Max US$1200 per unit
I don't own one, but I've been looking at the Cybertron white-box
1U rackmount servers that TigerDirect is selling:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/search.asp?
mnf=1462
Looks like this item:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-
details.asp?EdpNo=1649717&CatId=1205
"Cybertron Pentium 4 511 2.8GHz 1U Rackmount Server / 1024MB
DDRII / 2x 160GB Hard Drives / RAID / Dual Gigabit LAN. This cost-
effective, high performance server is the ideal platform for small-
business, e-commerce, or any entry-level server needs." $1199.
Meets your requirements. I think there are lower-cost models that
still meet your requirements too.
TigerDirect is a pretty big outfit, and should be able to handle
orders internationally. I can't speak for OpenBSD support on them,
but they look like pretty generic safe hardware. Would love to hear
what you find.
Regards
Andrew Ng
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