Hi James,

This server is an overkill to just host the list and the piclist
pages. You can easily buy an old Dell PE2950 for under $500 with RAID.
You can buy brand new enterprise sata or nearline SAS drives to
replace the old ones.

This should do the trick.

Regards

Chetan Bhargava
Web: http://www.bhargavaz.us
Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com



On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 6:56 PM, James Newton <jamesnewton@massmind.org> wr=
ote:
> MIT (yes, that MIT) serves the list, I just archive it and built the FAQ
> site with content and help from list members (e.g. David Carey). And 3 ti=
mes
> so far, I sell a product some one on the list develops and doesn't want t=
o
> sell themselves. Ashley Roll's little RS232 to TTL converter in a DB9
> backshell, Roman Blacks Linistepper and SLAm Stepper motor drivers.
>
> The server hosts the site ( http://piclist.com ) , the archive (
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/postbot.asp ) , the FAQ
> (http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/index.htm ), and the little sto=
re
> (http://www.piclist.com/techref/ecomprice.asp ).
>
> And it does it on a M$ server for a lot of reasons.
>
> --
> James Newton
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> David
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> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] New server comming, Request For Comment
>
> On 17/02/2012 21:52, James Newton wrote:
>> Here is the current setup I'm looking at:
> [snip]
>> 2x Intel Xeon E5520 2.26GHz LGA 1366 80W Quad-Core Server Processor
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=3DN82E16819117185
>>
>> Patriot Signature 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM Server Memory Model
>> PS312G13ER3K-E
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=3DN82E16820220423
>
> Gosh, what does this server do except host the mailing list?
>
> That's the kind of box I'd virtualise a whole bunch of servers (Windows
> and Linux) on.
>
> David
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