On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 03:31, Florian Pritz <bluewind@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 15.01.2012 06:29, Myra Nelson wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 18:06, Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 15/01/12 06:05, Ionut Biru wrote: > >> > > >> > For that we need at least to rent a new server just for this job, > maybe > >> > an atom server with lots of space. > >> > > >> > >> Don't we have an unused server tagged for backups already? > >> > >> Allan > >> > > Since I'm unable to post to the dev list I'll put this here. Before you > > rent an atom server I have an MSI atom (IIRC it's an atom 270) board > with 1 > > gig of memory, dual lan ports, dvi, vga, and 4 usb ports. It doesn't have > > any hard drives but would hold 5 hard drives. I'll have to check my power > > supply stock to see what I've got and test the board. It's been sitting > in > > the closet for a while. If you're interested I'll check it out and the > > price is right -- trust me. Working as it sits with no power or drives > > paying for the shipping will get the box. > > Thanks for the offer, but colocation is likely more expensive than > renting and it's also more work for us. Someone has to assemble the > server, bring it to the data centre, fix the hardware if it fails, ... > > -- > Florian Pritz > > You're welcome and I fully understand. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!
