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<html><head></head><body>You are betting the farm on a single point of failure. I would recommend at least getting one more box that you backup/replicate to in case the mothership goes down. My 2 cents on the situation.<br><br>Mr. B-o-B<br><br><div id="htc_header" style="">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Brian Wood" <woodbrian77@gmail.com><br>To: "tclug-list" <tclug-list@mn-linux.org><br>Subject: [tclug-list] free: sunfire v20z<br>Date: Sun, Jun 9, 2013 14:11<br><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>
<br></div>So I don't have much money to spend on hardware, but<br></div>have been avoiding the idea of cobbling together a<br></div>number of machines to form a server farm. Currently my<br></div>server is an 8 GB, quad core HP desktop. Sadly that's <br>
more than enough at this time. (I know that the situation <br>on the ground can change rapidly, and am hopeful for <br>such a change.) Generally, my strategy is to use efficient <br>tools ... I ported a utility program recently from Python to <br>
C++ ... I've spent a lot of time making the distribution parts <br>of the software efficient <br><a href="http://webEbenezer.net/build_integration.html">http://webEbenezer.net/build_integration.html</a> ... and I'm <br>
working on moving from using ssh to IPsec because I believe <br>it will scale better and be more efficient. So most of what I've <br>done has been designed toward making it possible to support <br>a lot of users with relatively cheap hardware. (Being an <br>
entreprenuer isn't as glamorous as they make it look on TV.) <br>Just having one server is much nicer than having a bunch of <br>them, especially for someone like me who isn't a sys admin guru. <br>What do you think about the one server strategy? Does the <br>
"beggars can't be choosers" maxim mean I should be building <br>a farm and biting the administrations bullets? Tia.<br><br></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Brian<br>Ebenezer Enterprises - All the world is just a narrow bridge;<br>
the most important thing is not to be afraid. Rebbe Nachman<br><a href="http://webEbenezer.net" target="_blank">http://webEbenezer.net</a><br><br></div>
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