What is your server and what does it do

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Just curious as to what sort of machines people are using as their server, and what that server does.

I've got a Celly 700@stock (boooo!!!)running XP with 208 Mb of RAM and 24Gb of HD space. Basically it's out Interweb ICS gateway, and sits there crunching SETI and running DC, sometimes Kazza, and ocassionally and FTP server.

Planning to get a 100Gb+ HDD to throw in there and use as a file server/backing up our other 2 machines etc.

[fatsanchez]

my "server" is currently a p133 with 48mb, and 25gb of hdd.

it runs plain old win2k (i really wanted to use netware but it needs a PII i think), and acts as a print server for the (hulking old ugly) HP Laserjet, does DHCP, and looks after my music :)

it also has no case :rolleyes:

[sparkles]

my "server" is my flatmates computer :D

he has the movies, i have the music.

sweet deal ;)

[swiftynz]

i have a Duron 800 (at stock, whats the point of overclocking an already overpowered server :p) with 256mb of ram, a 3.2gb primary drive, and an 80gb secondary. :)

it runs win2k pro with an ftp server, UD, IIS, no-ip etc. plus it stores all my music and with the sb live soundcard will be used as the music computer at flat parties. :D

considering switching it to slackware.

[Scorched]

My server is a XP2100+, 512MB DDR333, 700ish GB HDD storage. Runninng Win2003 Server RC2.
Used as File/Print Server, Game server for the Geekfest LANS, WEB, FTP, DHCP, Media server, ICS, and ocasionally gets DCpromo'ed so I can play with some of the new AD features in 2003.

[mird-OC]

IBM M2 PR233 with 64MB of EDO and a 500MB HDD running smoothy :)

[Wibber]

I havent go arround to putting mine together.. it was supposed to be a p166 @ 200 128mb ram running some random *nix that would suport my modem... its all sitting in bis behind me.... :p

[Sydog]

got a P200 with 96mb ram, 10gig of hdds (2gb ide, 8gb scsi), and some ****ty gfx.

is currently sitting in the garage ontop of our switchpanel running win2000, ftp, no-ip, apache, and some other services I use occasionally.

I use vnc on it so I can use it, I need to get ssh running on it so I can vnc into it from school as they dont even allow port 21 let alone 5900.

[CmdrChris]

My server is a p4 1.8A with 512mb DDR and R8500.

It is used as game server for LAN's and for playing games at home (as a spare).

It is also used for Rendering Maya3d work, divx or ogg encoding. General number crunching..

[FKF]

We have 2 servers in our flat.

Server #1: P166, 32Mb EDO, 2Gb HDD running NT4. Has a 4 port PCI switch, runs VNC and Roger Wilco (for flat LANs) Also handles DHCP.

Server #2: Cel433, 256Mb SDRam, 10Gb HDD, ISA nic. Running Mandrake 8.1, FTP server, DNS updater, and will maybe one day be our firewall.

[cadmax]

my server is a XP1700 (not OC) with 512 pc 2100 ram (that DDR :D ) with 2X 40GB seagate 7200rpm HDD's, GF 4 460 with TV out (it's next to the TV so i whach movies on the tv)
it's running win XP pro with sp1
when i get time i will put linux hedhat 8 on it just to play with it
it's also our mp3 server + network drive server + internet gate way.
i think that it :rolleyes:
i need to get windows server stuff and play with that, but i need to get some more $$$$ to do that ;)
Q: what dose a copy of windows server cost ?
i think it's about $2,000 +- :(
hmm i think i will go with linux :)

[sparkles]

Originally posted by Scorched
My server is a XP2100+, 512MB DDR333, 700ish GB HDD storage. Runninng Win2003 Server RC2.
Used as File/Print Server, Game server for the Geekfest LANS, WEB, FTP, DHCP, Media server, ICS, and ocasionally gets DCpromo'ed so I can play with some of the new AD features in 2003.

holy she-ite!

now THAT's a server!

oh, and cadmax, for the server os, i'd certainly recommend redhat 8! a heck of a lot cheaper, and will do everything you need it to do (and a whole lot more...)

[cadmax]

Originally posted by sparkles
holy she-ite!

now THAT's a server!

oh, and cadmax, for the server os, i'd certainly recommend redhat 8! a heck of a lot cheaper, and will do everything you need it to do (and a whole lot more...)

well it's just the fact that i havent used linux b4 :(
but when i get time i will stat playing :)
hmm i think i need more HDD's space :(
i only have 300GB at the mo :( (thats only the 1pc and the server)

[whetu]

smoothwall: p166mmx @ 290, 64meg pc100, 2gig hdd. Its tasks are pretty self explanatory

Azrael: celery @ some random speed about 450ish I guess, 192meg pc100, about 6 gigs of hdd space all up. Running NT4 Server. Does domain controlling, DHCP and also acts as a common storage point for install files (drives are mapped at login using a simple login batch file). I control it via VNC.

DC Hub: k6-2 500, 128meg pc100, 8gig hdd running NT4 workstation. It sits all alone on our DMZ and provides you guys with a DC Hub, and it too is controlled via VNC.

[Doogie]

Pfffttt at all these windows boxes. I can't beat some of the power boxes in here, but functionality probably...

Duron 800 with 500 gig of HD space, and 768 mb of RAM running Linux.

- Master DNS for digitalgenus.com
- Samba for internal network, file server.
- Firewall for network (cable)
- Primary mail server for 6 domains
- Secondary mail server for 37 domains
- Web server for 6 domains
- Development web server for business.
- DHCP server
- SNMP and MRTG generation for six boxes.
- Rendering box for divx encoding
- and it answers the phone (voicemail )

:D

It's one of the master boxes in my little circle of servers, does backups of other boxes around the world, and generally monitors everything and tells me when somethings down.

[Wibber]

you win

[Tiggerz]

The good thing about unix type systems is that they go out of their way to sound impressive but end up obfusticating the issue :)


I'm running a PII of some kind with 384 mb ram and a 40gb drive. Its running ISA server, IIS, Exchange 2000 and SQL Server.. Use it to do pretty much all of the stuff in the above post and also to support mobile internet.

[Sumo]

I've got the p166 sitting here to be "servered" however need to get OS (Win9x not likely!) most probably Linux (yes i have been reading the posts!) just that the learning curve on top of work and study is a bit much, anyone in CHCH want to set it up for free???

[Doogie]

Originally posted by Tiggerz
The good thing about unix type systems is that they go out of their way to sound impressive but end up obfusticating the issue :)


I'm running a PII of some kind with 384 mb ram and a 40gb drive. Its running ISA server, IIS, Exchange 2000 and SQL Server.. Use it to do pretty much all of the stuff in the above post and also to support mobile internet.

Heh.. how much of that is legit :)

[cadmax]

Originally posted by Doogie
Heh.. how much of that is legit :)

people now days all ways looking over the fence :rolleyes: i dont know :(

i do know a bit about you ;) :P

[Tiggerz]

Originally posted by Doogie
Heh.. how much of that is legit :)

All of it..

I have a full ms development system here. :)

[audi_boy_racer]

i have a k6 2 400 with 64 megs of ram running xp. i use remote desktop with it.

it holds the music, movies, and backups

it is the print server

download server

and is in the proses of been water cooled.

[Jazzed]

hmmm got me an old Dell poweredge 4100 with external array hangin off it as well as a powervault 110T tape drive - dual pentium pro 200's with 2fiddy6 MB ram. Currently serving up about 10GB of Sounds and 50 GB of DivX :D

[sparkles]

Originally posted by audi_boy_racer
i have a k6 2 400 with 64 megs of ram running xp. i use remote desktop with it.


poor thing! why did you lumber it with xp?! does it cope alright?

[audi_boy_racer]

hahaha :D yeah i was a little worried that it wasnt going to be able to handle the jandle but it is sweet

i only sue xp because it has remote desktop. its really handy

[swiftynz]

Originally posted by audi_boy_racer
i only sue xp because it has remote desktop. its really handy yea its handy but win2k + vnc is more efficient than running XP imho... especially on a machine with only 64mb of ram. i'm running 2k + vnc on my duron 800/256mb server and its nice and fast, and leaves more system resources available for other tasks (not that you need this on a duron800 server but on a K62 it would definately be better).

[audi_boy_racer]

Originally posted by swiftynz
yea its handy but win2k + vnc is more efficient than running XP imho... especially on a machine with only 64mb of ram. i'm running 2k + vnc on my duron 800/256mb server and its nice and fast, and leaves more system resources available for other tasks (not that you need this on a duron800 server but on a K62 it would definately be better).


sorry what is vnc?

[sparkles]

Originally posted by swiftynz
yea its handy but win2k + vnc is more efficient than running XP imho... especially on a machine with only 64mb of ram.

exacery what i was thinking~!

oh, and audi: vnc is virtual network computing, which is a lot like remote desktop

[audi_boy_racer]

oh ok does the come with w2k

[SilverPriest]

Nope, it comes from here. (http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/)
:)

[NNA2m]

Since I have a K6-2 400 with 64MB RAM that is soon to be used for some server-ing I think I'll have a look into that...

[Doogie]

Actually VNC hasn't been updated for ages, and there are much better versions of it. the original creators of it have updated it a bit, and it runs much better.

Go to here http://www.realvnc.com/ to download.

Much better implementation, and updated.

[Wibber]

im even lazyer, i just use 2k's termial services