Re: [PLUG] Recommend: cheap server suitable for virtualization?

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Pat Barron <pat@lectroid.com> wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 9:18 AM, Michael Leone wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Claude M. Schrader
>> <plug@claudeschrader.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> atom machines are great for some things, but the CPU is pretty weak.
>>> Trying to juggle calls from multiple OS installations might be too much
>>> for it.
>>
>> I'd say "not a chance", rather than "might", if you're interested in
>> even bare minimum acceptable performance. :-)
>
>
> I guess it kind of depends on what you mean by a "cheap server"...

I'd think that "monetarily cheap but doesn't work effectively enough
to be useful" doesn't qualify as "server"; that would qualify more as
"expensive lesson" ... or maybe "penny wise, pound foolish", as the
old saying goes ..
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