Help setting up a server. |
 Jan 24 2009, 04:11 PM
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So I've got this old PC, so old it came with Windows 2000. It currently has XP service pack 1 installed, but can barely run it. Right now it runs on my unused Mandriva Live CD, and performance is still pretty crappy on that.
So I figured, why not turn it into a server? It's got a 90gb hard drive, and a half gig of RAM. The processor is where it lacks performance. It's a single 1.3 GHZ Pentium 4. I would like to find out: 1) What's the best light operating system to run a server on? (Be more descriptive than "Linux") 2) How could I maximize performance? Also, is there anything else I would need to know? Edit: User interface makes no difference, I've used nearly all of them. As long as I'm not running on some GUIless software like MS-DOS, I'm happy. |
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Feb 6 2009, 11:10 PM
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I know nothing bout bios.
If you have some dry ice laying around you could do a little overclocking experiment. haha. Or you could atleast buy a bettr fan and overclock it a little. The computer doesnt sound that bad. 1gb of ram can run ubuntu pretty decently. |
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Feb 6 2009, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE(JosephCohen123 @ Feb 6 2009, 10:10 PM)  I know nothing bout bios. If you have some dry ice laying around you could do a little overclocking experiment. haha. Or you could atleast buy a bettr fan and overclock it a little. The computer doesnt sound that bad. 1gb of ram can run ubuntu pretty decently. A half gig of ram. QUOTE(mipadi @ Feb 6 2009, 10:08 PM) Well, what are you going to use the server for? What's your throughput going to be? Do you know that a 1.3GHz Pentium 4 will not be performant? It's going to be a gaming server, for Team Fortress 2 or Garry's Mod. A 1.3 GHz should be sufficient for a game server. |
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9001 Help setting up a server. Jan 24 2009, 04:11 PM
9001 I'm going to bump this too. Feb 6 2009, 05:56 PM JosephCohen123 I dont think anyone can answer this cause you know... Feb 6 2009, 07:24 PM 9001 I think I'll go with DSL or Slackware. If I c... Feb 6 2009, 08:22 PM mipadi Well, what are you going to use the server for? Wh... Feb 6 2009, 11:08 PM
Daniel15 I've got a Pentium 3 650Mhz with 512 MB RAM an... Feb 7 2009, 07:10 AM |
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