[Ukfreebsd] nice little storage server for 112GBP

[Ceri Davies]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 02:30:11PM +0000, Mark Blackman wrote:
> 
> On 31 Dec 2010, at 13:51, Dr Josef Karthauser wrote:
> 
> > On 31 Dec 2010, at 11:18, Mark Blackman wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> just thought I would let everyone know about this
> >> deal on this potential storage server, if you've not seen it.
> >> 
> >> http://www.it247.com/product/1/XXHSUK23/612275-421-HP-ProLiant-MicroServer-Dual-Core-1-3Ghz-AMD-Athlon-II.html
> > 
> > Very nice. Once the VAT has been claimed back that makes it about 80 quid, blooming bargain!
> > 
> > Is the memory upgradable, do you know?
> 
> Yes, install guide claims 8GB, as 2 x 4GB ECC DDR3 DIMMs.
> 
> The CPU is pretty pathetic though, so you don't want to run 
> any climate simulations on it. :)

Better than this thing I'm using at the moment for FreeBSD:
	VIA C3 Ezra (800.03-MHz 686-class CPU), 512MB RAM

Ceri
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