If you are planning to use this as a proper server and run services such as file & print, internet hosting, etc you would probably be better with Linux as this could handle it. Don't think you would get away with Windows 2003 mine sometime grinds to a halt and that is a P4 3.0Ghz with 1.5 Gb RAM. If people are downloading from the server then it can affect the slimserver stream. You may get away with more services running if you set up some QoS or you could try W2000 Server which is not so memory hungry.
Regards, Carl Maskelyne PaperPak Systems IT Manager Mobile Telephone : 07971 659494 Attends website : www.attends.co.uk This message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Emails sent from PaperPak that contain commercially sensitive data should not be disclosed to third parties that may benefit from this knowledge. This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving PaperPak however the company will not be liable for any losses as a result of any viruses being passed on. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Fish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2005 14:07 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Building a house server? I run mine on a PIII 400 with 512M ram and a 250G drive. Runs Fedora Core. Talking with Orb on 18 Apr 2005 at 4:45 about "[slim] Building a house server?" we discussed: > > What do people recommend for a basic house server? > I could get my hands on an old (very cheap) Pentium 3, 600 MHz, 256mb > ram pc. I have a 200gb drive where my music is stored which would live > in the house server. > > Would a machine of this (old) spec be good enough to cope with > slimserver, file sharing and maybe a broadband connection in the > future? > > What do people recommend as a OS? I have an old copy of windows 98 > floating around but what about the free OS like BSD? > > Any tips appreciated. > Thanks > > > -- > Orb > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- Robert Fish -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bobfish.org PGP available _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
