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Re: [LUG] Small low power server

 

On Friday 30 November 2007 17:10, Samuel Toogood wrote:

> 1. Buying a linutop box.
> 2. Buying something like this:
> http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=27#build-m61g
Is it just me or do they look VERY expensive? They seem to be about twice the 
price of the component parts - though it is still a very niche market and 
hard to compare.
Perhaps we could have a 'how to put a computer together from bits' meeting???
> 3. (Bit more wacky) Buying an ASUS eeePC, and using the battery as a
> poor-man's UPS, although as the hard drive needs a power supply, this is
> a moot point.
You'd need to put your router on a UPS as well!
Tom te tom te tom


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