19 Nov
2011
19 Nov
'11
7:30 p.m.
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.