Re: Putting together a econimic server
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texte = John Peacock wrote: > Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> First, where can I get a cheap but pertinent (economic) computer to >> run linux?? (preferably a rackmount)? > > > eBay is a good place to find deals, but you have to know what you are > looking for. Yes, I worry about things like used fans (which always seem to go bad) and such though (I suppose I could just replace them first thing). Any new economic hardware resources that anyone can recommend? You don't need to start out with a quad Xeon (unless your > idea of economic is different from mine), but you want something at > least 1GHz and 512MB RAM... Yea, about that but I would consider a bit less in the Hz for this project. > Security is not something to take lightly (i.e. shouldn't be done by > amateurs, sorry). O'Reilly books are almost always among the best > available: > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ I agree. I have an oreilly redhat book already but I'll definately pick this one up! (as well as some others) thanks. I have an outside resource that I use (for my customers) when dealing with security on linux. I will use them if needed but I need to learn this stuff eventually ;-). > If you are intent on doing this by yourself, either get a good hardware > firewall (Watchguard SOHO 6 is both powerful and cheap), or choose a > Linux distro which is intended to be used on servers and comes with > firewall software (Mandrake or SuSE are nice and I believe both ship > with Shorewall these days). > > HTH > > John Thanks. Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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John Peacock wrote: > Donovan Brooke wrote: > >> First, where can I get a cheap but pertinent (economic) computer to >> run linux?? (preferably a rackmount)? > > > eBay is a good place to find deals, but you have to know what you are > looking for. Yes, I worry about things like used fans (which always seem to go bad) and such though (I suppose I could just replace them first thing). Any new economic hardware resources that anyone can recommend? You don't need to start out with a quad Xeon (unless your > idea of economic is different from mine), but you want something at > least 1GHz and 512MB RAM... Yea, about that but I would consider a bit less in the Hz for this project. > Security is not something to take lightly (i.e. shouldn't be done by > amateurs, sorry). O'Reilly books are almost always among the best > available: > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ I agree. I have an oreilly redhat book already but I'll definately pick this one up! (as well as some others) thanks. I have an outside resource that I use (for my customers) when dealing with security on linux. I will use them if needed but I need to learn this stuff eventually ;-). > If you are intent on doing this by yourself, either get a good hardware > firewall (Watchguard SOHO 6 is both powerful and cheap), or choose a > Linux distro which is intended to be used on servers and comes with > firewall software (Mandrake or SuSE are nice and I believe both ship > with Shorewall these days). > > HTH > > John Thanks. Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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