steve ulrich : > i can't seem to find the old tclug classifieds. i have a v20z that's > been churning away for the past couple of years as a LXC host. i've > downsized a bit the past couple of weeks. > > - 4G of RAM > - (1) - 140G seagate ST3146707LC > - (1) - 70G seagate ST373207LC > > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19121-01/sf.v20z<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19121-01/sf.v20z> > > nice OOB management to spin up and down on demand. > > i'm located in southwest minneapolis. drop a line if you're interested. So I don't have much money to spend on hardware, but have been avoiding the idea of cobbling together a number of machines to form a server farm. Currently my server is an 8 GB, quad core HP desktop. Sadly that's more than enough at this time. (I know that the situation on the ground can change rapidly, and am hopeful for such a change.) Generally, my strategy is to use efficient tools ... I ported a utility program recently from Python to C++ ... I've spent a lot of time making the distribution parts of the software efficient http://webEbenezer.net/build_integration.html ... and I'm working on moving from using ssh to IPsec because I believe it will scale better and be more efficient. So most of what I've done has been designed toward making it possible to support a lot of users with relatively cheap hardware. (Being an entreprenuer isn't as glamorous as they make it look on TV.) Just having one server is much nicer than having a bunch of them, especially for someone like me who isn't a sys admin guru. What do you think about the one server strategy? Does the "beggars can't be choosers" maxim mean I should be building a farm and biting the administrations bullets? Tia. -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises - All the world is just a narrow bridge; the most important thing is not to be afraid. Rebbe Nachman http://webEbenezer.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130609/d6482640/attachment.html>