[LUNI] In search of a server

[Larry Garfield]

I was referring to the cost of a Windows license that I have absolutely no 
intention of using. :-)

I ended up getting fresh guts from newegg, and will be piecing together the 
case and PS from my collection of random parts here at home.  Thanks to  Trev 
for helping nail down a really good looking deal.  Hopefully it will last as 
long as the system it's replacing did, which is quite some time. :-)

On Monday 13 November 2006 15:41, Donald Benesch wrote:
> "As far as the tax, I presume you were
> refering to the windows lisc fee, not the sales tax."
>
> Larry, what tax were you be referring too.
>
> Don
>
> --- Samir Faci <sfaci at cs.uic.edu> wrote:
> > I second TigerDirect.  I've used 'em in the past and
> > never had any
> > problems with them (yet).  As far as the tax, I
> > presume you were
> > refering to the windows lisc fee, not the sales tax.
> >
> > Plus, it's nice that I can take a drive to their
> > warehouse and pick up
> > what I want and see what I'm buying first hand.
> >
> > I was gonna sugest the cod show, but it seems
> > they're not doin too
> > well (http://gmcs.ciadvt.com/ ) unless I hit the
> > wrong website.
> >
> > Also, fatwallet.com, a friend of mine uses it
> > religiously to find
> > bargains and deals.
> >
> > --
> > Samir
> >
> > On 11/12/06, Donald Benesch
> >
> > <dabenesch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > Larry,
> > > Check with TigerDirect, I see that they have bare
> >
> > bones systems and parts on the cheap side. They are
> > in Naperville however, and do collect tax.
> >
> > > Don
> > >
> > > Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote: My
> >
> > home server is dying.  Specifically, the hard drive
> > is developing bad
> >
> > > sectors, always in my mail archive (where else?),
> >
> > and I'm fairly sure the
> >
> > > rest of the system is too old to even cope with a
> >
> > new, large hard drive.  So
> >
> > > I am now in the market on short notice for a new
> >
> > home server.
> >
> > > "Home server" in this case means something that
> >
> > handles email, Jabber, DNS,
> >
> > > minor web stuff, etc. for a user base of generally
> >
> > no more than, uh, 2. :-)
> >
> > > The only really strenuous thing it ever does
> >
> > handle a 2 GB mail archive over
> >
> > > IMAP.  Other than that, it's really just a
> >
> > glorified file server.
> >
> > > Does anyone have a favorite source for such a
> >
> > contraption for a low price?
> >
> > > I'm open to building my own (I do that all the
> >
> > time), or buying pre-made, or
> >
> > > a decent gently-used box.  I don't know if I want
> >
> > to bother with RAID or not,
> >
> > > as I'd be interested more in reliability than in
> >
> > performance increases.
> >
> > > Brands aren't really important, although
> >
> > reliability and expandability of the
> >
> > > case is.  Quiet is, since it will be sitting in my
> >
> > living room.  I'm thinking
> >
> > > 1 GHz+, 512 MB RAM, and 200+ GB storage, and
> >
> > trying to keep the cost in the
> >
> > > $300-$400 range if I can.  No Windows Tax if I can
> >
> > avoid it.
> >
> > > Any recommendations for where to find such a
> >
> > system, or parts for it, or
> >
> > > someone with such a system they want to offload to
> >
> > a good home? :-)  Is the
> >
> > > price range I'm looking for too low for this task?
> > >
> > > TIA and such.

-- 
Larry Garfield			AIM: LOLG42
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