Hi, AMD Opeteron with a SCSI disk. At least a 64 bit CPU from AMD.
Don't buy dell. They are usually not so good. IBM and HP are pricey FWIW. I don't know about Acer but so long as you have support available assembled server is also good enough. May be you can buy more than one server for the budget. Another option is buy a good machine with ECC RAM etc. and make it a file server with SCSI disks. Then put cheapo 32 bit machines for mail etc. ECC RAM on a file server is a must. And I would also recommend that you look at netbsd. They have a wicked fast network stack and are stable i.e. not in flux like freeBSD is in right now. It is quite similar to freeBSD but lot leaner in my perception. I would recommend any BSD instead of linux because virtual security is hard to perform on linux IMO. Don't know about debian but it takes a patched linux kernel for things like Jails/SELinux/LIDS/GRSecurity/VServer etc. BSD's include them natively. Again any of them can be made to work but question is which one is cheaper in terms of efforts to set up and maintain. (I know SELinux is part of linux but unless userland is configured correctly it is of no use. Look at how long it took fedora to get all the policies right. Doing it forever takes quite some efforts.) Just an opinion from a developer. Shridhar ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:13:10 +0530 >From: Aditya Laghate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [PLUG] Suggestions on server machine >To: Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List <plug-mail@plug.org.in> > >Hi, >I am planning to purchase an entry level server for the SME, I work for. > >I plan to run either debian or FreeBSD on that machine. > >I need some help from you guys, what server should we look at. IBM, >HP, Acer or an assembled server. Should we go in for an Intel or AMD? >32bit or 64bit? > >We will be using it basically for (1) mails (2) proxy (3) firewall (4) >internet gateway. > >We are looking for a single processor with 1 GB RAM. > >Regards >Aditya Laghate > >-- >______________________________________________________________________ >Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) >List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail >Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
