Subj : New BBS Hardware!
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Nov 10 2022 14:33:29

  Re: New BBS Hardware!
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Tue Sep 20 2022 10:55 am

 PF> I picked up a used Dell desktop, an optiplex 3050. i5-6500, 4GB of RAM,
 PF> 128 GB SSD. $75!

 PF> I'm going to use 32GB of RAM scavenged from my old system and see if I can
 PF> transplant my 1TB SSD (currently running Proxmox on an old laptop).

 PF> This is going to host the BBS in a VM, a reverse proxy, and a couple of 
 PF> homelab apps running in containers.

 PF> I'll gain 2 more cores, 12 GB of RAM, and a faster SATA controller in the 
 PF> process, as well as being able to add a second drive for additional
 PF> storage. 

That's a pretty good deal.

Nightfox
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