[ale] Thoughts on PC hardware.

Bob Toxen transam at verysecurelinux.com
Sun Oct 16 23:58:55 EDT 2022


I forgot to mention that many computers running Linux will overheat if
really pounded (approaching 100% CPU utilization).  I discovered this by
accident running the John the Ripper password cracker, on both desktops
and laptops.  Yes, legitimately.

Bob

On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 10:18:22PM -0400, Chuck Payne wrote:
> So I got a half rack of servers, most are SuperMicro servers, and Can't go
> to ESXi 7.x because they are older hardware. I like to get something that I
> can run a couple graphic cards in run Proxmox, and setup cloud gaming
> server for the kids. So let me know what you do, I like to follow along.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 10:08 PM Bob Toxen via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> > I have found Dell & HP to be junk.
> >
> > I assume that one system running VMware or similar won't do.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 02:26:07PM -0600, Robert Harris via Ale wrote:
> > > Right now I've got a quad dell server in a rack.  It won't go past VMWare
> > > 6.7 due to the CPU.  I want to get 3-4 servers again for my lab but can't
> > > afford the dell again.  I've got a rack that has room for 1 desktop on
> > its
> > > side, so I'm a bit limited.  Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
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