[ale] Rack Server getting dusty

[Chuck Payne]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Brian Schenken <brian.schenken at gmail.com> wrote:
> Minecraft.
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> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Damon Chesser <dchesser at acsi2000.com> wrote:
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>> Take a look at cloudstack.  Cloud.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Shade
>> Alabsa
>> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 2:49 PM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] Rack Server getting dusty
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>> Hey  All! I have an old rack server I obtained for a class. Right now
>> it's just sitting and I want to use it for something but I'm not sure
>> what I should do with it. I was thinking about setting it up as a web
>> server but since I've already done that with another computer I kind
>> of want to try something else out. Any ideas of what I can use it for?
>> Ideally I'd like to use for something useful but also something I can
>> learn from and apply it later on.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Shade
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How much disc space does it have. Have you thought about downloading
FreeNAS and making in a NAS for you home? I did with an old Ironmail
server I have, now it the NAS for my AppleTV and XBMC server.

Just my 2 red cents.

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