[Rdo-list] Cheap, quiet hardware for a small RDO installation?

Dave Neary dneary at redhat.com
Tue Dec 2 15:45:54 UTC 2014


Hi Kodiak,

That sounds awesome!

I would appreciate that, thank you.

Regards,
Dave.

On 12/02/2014 10:44 AM, Kodiak Firesmith wrote:
> I recently did this using micro-ATX to save money over they shuttle /
> ITX form factor.  I built around the cheapest low-wattage AMD quad-core
> APU I could find on Newegg with 8GB RAM on each box and slow 1tb
> spinning platters.  I think I got down to about $340 / each for all
> components including PCI-e 2x1GB NICs I got second hand from a parts
> liquidator.  If you are interested in specifics I can try to compile
> them after work.
> 
>  - Kodiak
> 
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Dave Neary <dneary at redhat.com
> <mailto:dneary at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I'm looking for ideas of mini PCs I can use for a small RDO cloud -
>     looking at maybe 3 shuttle PCs, each with "enough" disk (maybe 800GB
>     total storage) and RAM (8GB per PC enough?). Also, I'm wondering if 2
>     NICs is reasonable to ask for. My desired price point is *low* - all 3
>     for under $1000 would be ideal, failing that, as close to it as
>     possible.
> 
>     Anyone have recommendations for hardware that would serve this process?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Dave.
> 
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