[146690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Sat Nov 19 19:33:35 2011
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: r.engehausen@gmail.com (Roy)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:32:33 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <4EC84A2F.40605@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> On 11/19/2011 4:04 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, A. Chase Turner<chase@stumpy.com> wrote:
> >>> I am seeking a $100 turnkey micro hardware appliance to plug into a LAN
> >> hub...
> >>
> >> Why micro? Just get a pile of free for the carting-off old Pentium
> >> machines and run them headless with a BSD. Set them up to heartbeat to a
> >> cacti box. Why buy new when you have a good use for the old stuff that is
> >> going to a dump anyway?
> > As long as you're not paying the electric bill. But quite frankly, some
> > of the stuff that's been put out over the years is better off in a dump.
> >
> > ... JG
>
> They also have moving parts like disk drives and fans that will wear out
> and need replacement.
In all fairness, everything breaks. But, yeah, it may also break quicker.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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