Re: [tlug] New Server

[xian <ccd@example.com>]

On Wednesday 21 May 2003 17:21, Jim O'Connell wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2003 17:05:38 +0900
> xian <ccd@example.com> wrote:
> Subject: [tlug] New Server
>
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Just got a new server: Digital Prioris XL Server 5100. I'm happy! But...
> > I kinda don't know jack about it, or what I'm going to do with it. It's
> > already running Slack ;) (It's a... well, I'm the third person to own
> > it).
> >
> > Comments? Suggestions? Any interesting anectdotes about this or a similar
> > box?
>
> If you get another, they can make nice end tables for next to your sofa -
> should keep the place warm in winter, too. ;-)

Well, it is a drafty old place... ;)
>
> > I'm planning on setting it up as a proxy/firewall when I get back to the
> > states and get some cable hookup, but for now, it's just a toy.
>
> Are you sure you want to have your firewall running all the time on a box
> that draws 450 watts of power?  That's gonna get expensive. I'd find
> something else to do with it that doesn't require it being on all of the
> time. (Or, keep it running somewhere where you don't have to pay for the
> power.) Of course, you could have it be a mail/web/file server, too, to
> better justify the expense of running it.

Sweet lord Jeebus. 450 Watts? Good thing I took all those electrician classes. 
I guess I'll have to try and chill it out. And, yeah, eventually it would act 
as a web server, though the speed is kinda a question. It's dualie p100's, 
right?

> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> > -X
> >
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