Comment Re:Hardware Specs for $299 Unit (Score 1) 617
Thanks for posting the motherboard specs. I think I am sold!
I am happily using an open source all-in-one Linux server distribution from www.e-smith.org to run my 40 node small business network on a very stable category 2 (400MHZ IBM) machine.
The specs on the Microtel machine tempt me to upgrade my hardware to e-smith category 3 (http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/5.1/hardwareca t3.html) which will allow heavy use.
It turns out that all that is needed for this server is what is provided by Walmart at $299. I will install e-smith in 10 minutes, take another hour to restore my existing data with the web backup feature and I will be done.
After that, I may use my old server to implement Hsing Foo Wang's (experimental) SME High Availability HowTo. Then I will have failover capability in seconds.
Open Source is just amazing!
Paul Miller
I am happily using an open source all-in-one Linux server distribution from www.e-smith.org to run my 40 node small business network on a very stable category 2 (400MHZ IBM) machine.
The specs on the Microtel machine tempt me to upgrade my hardware to e-smith category 3 (http://www.e-smith.org/docs/manual/5.1/hardwarec
It turns out that all that is needed for this server is what is provided by Walmart at $299. I will install e-smith in 10 minutes, take another hour to restore my existing data with the web backup feature and I will be done.
After that, I may use my old server to implement Hsing Foo Wang's (experimental) SME High Availability HowTo. Then I will have failover capability in seconds.
Open Source is just amazing!
Paul Miller
