small, fanless, no moving parts is always a good thing. Logicsupply.com has a huge selection. DNS and DHCP are pretty easy to do in a tiny, fanless format. LDAP is pretty intensive unless the size is small. Although there are some pretty beefy systems now. Most can be had with SSD's as well.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:32 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hbbs@comcast.net">hbbs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm pondering situations where I have highly important internal network services like DNS, DHCP, or LDAP but I want an alternative to pairs of 1U servers in a rack in some sort of automatic or manual failover scheme.<br>
<br>
I'm envisioning instead small industrial-market PCs that are built specifically to be hard to break - top-drawer components, rigid manufacturing controls. Minimal CPU and RAM, CF drive in the 4GB range.<br>
<br>
I'd be interested to know of any sources for such devices and/or what you think of my idea. Alternatives?<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Ale mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III <br><br>