[olug] OT: Looking for server hardware

[Kevin]

Have you thought about using desktop or laptop PCs instead of trying to
find rackmount hardware? That may or may not be easier, and when you think
about it, all a server is, is a computer running software that enables it
to respond to requests on well-known ports.
On Aug 23, 2014 10:51 PM, "Harley Waldstein" <hwaldstein1997 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello! I'm currently working on some web development projects with a group
> of friends - we're high school students. I fancy myself as a bit of a
> sysadmin and am interested in trying to host the sites myself. (It's
> nothing serious, so we can deals with the risk of bad uptime, etc.) To that
> end, I'm looking for some cheap or free (preferably server grade) hardware
> that anybody is trying to get off their hands.
>
> If anybody knows of local venues that would be willing to part with some
> old hardware, or can give up some hardware themselves, then please contact
> me off list at hwaldstein1997 at gmail.com. Thank you!
>
> Also, if anyone is interested, I'll mention what we are coding in. The web
> framework that we are using is the Play Framework, which is written in
> Java/Scala. We're doing basic web app development, using Bootstrap for
> styling and jQuery for a lot of client-side stuff. This is all a learning
> project. Right now, it would be nice to have some "production" hardware to
> develop around. We would like to set up continuous integration and the
> like.
>
> PS: I'm sorry for any typos. This was written on mobile.
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