Claude M. Schrader on 21 Jun 2012 06:02:11 -0700


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


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.
Claude

On 18:40 Wed 20 Jun     , Julien Vehent wrote:
>    I love atom based motherboards. Cheap ($100 for a full featured
>    motherboard+cpu+video+...). Add a case, 2 x 2"5 drives (for raid 1) and
>    some ram, and you get a perfect home server for ~$250.
> 
>    On 2012-06-20 18:29, r m wrote:
> 
>      I have a VPS "in the cloud". I'd like to back it up to something at
>      home, and it'd be even cooler if I could boot/play/mirror with it.
>      (It's a PAE kernel under Xen as far as I know).
>      What's a good/cheap hardware platform I can set this up on? (and then
>      setup another VM to dev on?)
> 
>      thanks

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