[NTLUG:Discuss] Cheap Server for Linux Webserver

[Kevin E. Ivey]

severian at pobox.com wrote:
>   The Walmart $200 machines are available online only.  I understand the 
> shipping is high.  I have seen people quote $70 as what they were 
> charged for shipping that basic $200 system.  Considering todays RAM 
> prices, you certainly want at least 512 meg of ram  And then based on 
> your transaction rate, I bet disk drives will be your limiting factor, 
> not CPU.  But if you can afford to experiment get a basic box, up the 
> RAM and see how it does.

Howdy,

Mine cost $216.00 delivered to my door.  The only thing lacking on the 
$199.89 Microtel is the video RAM, and that is not a normal 
consideration for a server.

After adding another 128MB of SDRAM, the thing works very fast and the 
new replacement 20GB HDD is an ATA133- fast!

I have Mandrake 9.1 on it now and everything works perfectly...

keVIn