On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 03:37:37PM -0500, Matt Garman wrote: > I'm thinking about re-building the server on my home network. Right > now it's running Gentoo Linux (though it has been OpenBSD in the > past). I'm thinking about going back to OpenBSD for the > *simplicity* (which hopefully implies better robustness and > reliability) of the system (install, configure and forget about it > (except for security patches)). > > However, I have slowly been expanding this computer's role: it's > always been a firewall/gateway/NAT box. But I also want it to be a > massive data store (to house files for a video-on-demand system) > using nfs/samba, a backup server (rsync) and house some relatively > light-weight subversion (svn) repositories. > > So my question is, what hardware is recommended for this box? I > can't afford "enterprise grade" hardware, but I do want the most > reliable equipment I can afford.
What's the current box? I mean, I've got one that's doing about that without breaking a sweat, and it's about 7 years old. A PII (*any* PII) would be enough for this with enough RAM, and you can spend the money you'd spend on the new box on drives and fans instead. -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -Justice Louis D. Brandeis
