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> VIA C6 MB @ US$ 70. Twin 80 to 500 GB WD SATA on ATACONTROL, GMIRROR, or
> SoftRAID are cheap. HK$ 1,300 1U case & PSU... typically 4 to 6 year component
> life - HDD included, fans excluded. IPFW or PF has all one needs for clever
> firewalling.
I was thinking a box along these lines, they even look like the barracuda appliance
http://www.asaservers.com/showpages.asp?pid=1291#
We actually use these boxes for our field offices in the remote regions, i just have them drop in a 3ware card 2 500 gig drives, up the ram to 2 gigs and a spare power supply and i get here shipped for ~800 USD
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The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail.
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