31 May
2013
31 May
'13
4:32 a.m.
On May 31, 2013, at 1:19 AM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
wrote:
On May 30, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
Sadly this pretty much parallels where my mind has been going. For the past several
years the only server I've had running is a 12 year old Pentium 3. The VMS servers
and Sun boxes have been powered down. In fact for several years I've threatened to
replace the P3 with an Atom-based server.
Suddenly though I find myself thinking of adding 3+ Linux boxes for a project.
I run a reasonably recent 8-core Xeon as my primary server. I don't get
that much traffic, it's just more convenient to have a machine that I can
run heavy compute loads on from remote locations. I have a dual P3 as a
secondary DNS server.
I'm set to acquire a few more classic systems in the near term, though.
If any of them can be run 24/7 without breaking the bank, I'll probably
change my primary public-facing services to them, partly for the "fun"
factor (none of the sites I host get enough traffic to justify anything
near an 8-core Xeon) and also because something like OpenVMS on an Alpha
is a much less likely target for random attacks by script kiddies.
- Dave