 | View Full Version : Hardware + OS WHRKit 03-30-2002, 04:29 PM Where do you purchase your server hardware and operating system? Do you build the server yourself and if so - regular desktop case or rack-case? Where would you buy RedHat 7.2 as an example? Thanks! The Fish David@Digisurge 03-30-2002, 10:22 PM Why buy Red Hat? Download their ( or any other distro) ISO legally and free of charge from http://www.linuxiso.org/ as for hardware I often see great deals at Dell for 1u servers. WHRKit 03-30-2002, 11:59 PM Thanks for the link. That saved me $49 + shipping from Amazon. :D Yes, I saw those 1U servers from Dell. They look nice. I will look into those as an option. I usually build all my PCs myself and are wondering if I could build a rack server myself, too. Will see. What do other folks do? What brand do you buy for your hardware? Thanks! The Fish anantatman 03-31-2002, 05:21 AM interpromicro.com qsol.com good hardware for decent prices.. Jeffyt 03-31-2002, 11:36 PM Server: Interpromicro Software: Slackware (http://www.slackware.com) apollo 04-03-2002, 01:29 PM For Linux/BSD OS for very affordable rates I suggest cheapbytes.com CD-ROMS (good quality CDs and cheap shipping). Used they a few times - so far so good... ps. But you may also download ISO images and burn your own CD-ROMS. But this will require a high speed connection - you do not want to download 600MB+ image using dial-up :) Apollo g333 04-13-2002, 11:51 AM Here is a great place to get Linux: http://www.linux-for-less.com |