Facepunch,
I have a dilemma. And would like some suggestions. Not all of them have to be serious.
I have the following server spare, sat in a rack. It's perfectly serviceable, but hasn't been turned on for months. Currently it is running ESXi (for those who know what that is) but I have no use for it at current.
[URL="http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl360/description-g3.html"]http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl360/description-g3.html
2[/URL]x2.4GHz Intel Xeons
6GB RAM
146GB of SCSI HDD space
ESXi (Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Ubuntu Server 11.04)
I don't want to sell it. It would reach about £20 on eBay not including shipping, and this thing weighs a tonne so I don't want to ship it. On the other hand if anyone lives near Bristol, England and would like a 1U server to experiment with I'm listening. I have a similar server in a datacenter and use that for work, but this one is spare.
Has anyone got any suggestions for what to do with it? Post your ideas.
Beat it with a stick.
Web server, and work off of Ubuntu because it sucks less for Web servers.
Turn it into modern art.
Give it to me. I'll send you $1 via paypal.
[QUOTE=Winner;32593239]Paperweight[/QUOTE]
Damn good idea. Infact, having a 2 meter long paperweight of 1.6kg will do my desk wonders! (actually, when I got it, I did do this for a while amusingly..)
[QUOTE=CanadianBill;32593539]Give it to me. I'll send you $1 via paypal.[/QUOTE]
You'll have to come and get it.
[QUOTE=Wormy;32593449]Maybe use it for game server hosting. Make a community, host a server, and get money. Hard to do but that would be sweet.[/QUOTE]
Tempting, but I haven't the time of resources to be starting a community. Although if somebody wanted a truly dedicated server I might work with that someone on that.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;32593336]Web server, and work off of Ubuntu because it sucks less for Web servers.[/QUOTE]
The server I have in a datacenter is used for this :v: Besides, what would I put on it?
Space heater.
Host runescape bots and make money.
[QUOTE=raalph;32616979]Host runescape bots and make money.[/QUOTE]
I think the server resources might be a bit...wasted...
[QUOTE=mattfinch;32614226]Space heater.[/QUOTE]
Go away.
make me super admin and we'll think of something together. and make some money along the way
Host a voice comms server. Like Murmur or TeamSpeak.
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