Built one with really old hardware. It’s quite slow, but does what it needs to.
People doing this are also doing these things:
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Built a machine that is very much overkill, but it gets the job done.
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1x Intel Xeon 3.0 Ghz
Asus (dunno the model) Motherboard
2 Gb Crucial ECC RAM (not cheap)
4x Western Digital 74 Gb Raptors 10,000 RPM (RAID 5)
1x Western Digital 36 Gb Raptor (Boot and Root partition)
1x Western Digital 400 Gb (backup)
3ware 9500-4LP RAID controller
Ubuntu Linux Dapper (6.06.1, supposed to be stable)
Well not entirely true but close enough;) I’ve managed to install lots of web server thinghy and I’m now hosting my own wordpress and plan on experimenting with some CMS. Yay for me :D
Something like: http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000297073491/
Just need to find a small atx mobo with minimum 1 pci for a 802.11b card.
Obviously set to join only a trusted network with encryption, whole nine yards.




