Re: How to use old CPUs (Not Debian Specific)
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:17:57PM +0100, Graham Smith wrote:
> On Friday 14 October 2005 21:45, Marty wrote:
> >
> > You're ignoring the uses in between those two extremes. For example, why
> > use a modern machine, which uses 3 or 4 times the power, just for a
> > firewall or backup server?
>
> As you will see in an earlier post I had mentioned using one of the 486's as a
> firewall. I hadn't thought of using it as a backup server but that's a good
> idea.
Actually, I've tried using old klunkers to do backups, and discovered
that they can't take large hard disks. One of mine won't go beyond
about 128 gig, tha other gets stuck somewhere between 2.5G and 80 G.
-- hendrik
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