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Low Powered, Cheap, *Small* Webservers?

Posted by Cliff on from the proof-that-size-DOES-matter dept.

EverCode asks: "I have seen the nano-servers in a few stories here on Slashdot, and in a way, the idea of those little things are part of my question. I need a server that does not suck electricity like a full blown computer does. It would run 24/7, not need to be very fast, quiet, and be CHEAP. 10baseT is all I need for NIC speed. Operating system is not an issue here. I figure one option may be to use my Windows 98 PC with some power management options turned on, but I imagine that would create slow response time and a lot of other problems, obviously. Ideally, the power savings would come from the hardware, not from the software. I am not against building something from scratch myself if necessary. Would it be possible for me to build a little/power saving server? Thanks. "

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  1. Can do it off a floppy with no hard drive by draziw · · Score: 2

    http://www.linuxrouter.org/ floppy disk Linux distro based on debian. No hard drive, use a 486 with a big heat sink and you don't need a CPU fan. Fewer moving parts = less power draw. Use the boa package to serve your web pages. Works great.