[geeks] *DROOL*

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at 12:44:15 (-0800), David Passmore wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [geeks] *DROOL*
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:34:44AM -0500, James Sharp wrote:
> 
> > I merely meant I'm trying to figure out the endless desire to replace a
> > decent machine or two with racks and racks and racks of cheap-ass PeeCees
> > and then "load-balance" across them.
> 
> It's cheap? It works?
> 
> I love Sun servers as much as the next guy, but dedicating them for
> single-function front-end services like web servers or e-mail MTAs is a
> waste of money and capacity.
> 

That's why you don't dedicate one to a single service.  There's nothing
wrong with running several things on one server!  :-)

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