[Tfug] Using a Laptop as a server

[Harry McGregor]

Hi,

I would have two issues with a laptop as a server (and yes, I have done 
it in the past myself).

Lack of ECC memory.  <--- Memory errors scare me enough that I try and 
use ECC even on desktop/workstation level systems

Lack of redundant hard disk drives <---  Unless you are willing to do 
raid across internal and USB, or you get a laptop you can swap out the 
optical drive for another HDD, you have issues.

Personally I would probably look at either the HP Microservers, or build 
something low power based on AM3+ cpus and ECC memory.

Look for an 80+ silver or gold PSU, and the power usage should be 
similar to a laptop.

-Harry

On 3/13/13 12:30 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
> Hi TFUG!!
>
> A number of years ago, maybe 10 years ago, TFUG was run on a laptop 
> for a while.  I did not notice any difference. It was during a time 
> when the list was a little more active.
>
> I was thinking of hosting several websites from my home office using 
> my Cox business account.  I do not want all the extra heat of a 
> mini-tower and have found laptops to produce much less heat.
>
> I've been looking at an i3 HP as a potential web server. Of course it 
> is not going to be as fast as a mini tower with faster drives, however 
> I think it will beat shared hosting or even a lower priced VPS.  It 
> probably will not compete with a dedicated or managed server, however 
> I'm not sure I need that much power right now.  And if I do need that 
> much power that would be a blessing and I would make the move to a 
> server in a data center.
>
> Any thought about using an HP i3 with 4G of RAM as a LAMP server?
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>
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> Keith Smith
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