pankaj wrote:
Hello
I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put
together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music
server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I
should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak.
For example, I could configure:
1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which
one?
There are a lot of people running Slimserver on embedded or Mini-ITX
systems, any Celeryon would be okay.
2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how
much is adequate?)
256mb would probably be fine, but I always buy as much RAM as I can
afford and skimp on CPU power to afford it. Swapping is a bad thing.
3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro?
If this is a dedicated system, I'd just boot it with SlimCD and bypass
the whole issue of OS. XP Home is lacking a lot of network features, but
I'm not positive if it would be a problem or not. Better to skip it and
not find out.
4) A Linksys/Netgear (?) Wireless card
I'd also avoid wireless unless you have to use it. It's a pain. if you
do have to use it, get the WAP and cards from the same vendor at the
same time. It doesn't matter which one you chose IMHO, I've gotten DOA
gear from all of them and they're all crap.
5) A 200GB HDD (?)
6) A CD-ROM Drive
7) A USB port so's I can sync my iPod to the iTunes library
Get lots of USB ports, they're handy.
8) The smallest profile cabinet I can get
Mini-ITX systems are very handy for this sort of thing, though they're
rather gutless. I wouldn't want to run Windows on one, but they're fine
for a single-purpose server.
Etc.
Any contribution to this idea, or a link to a site that has suggestions
on how to go about it would be most welcome.
I'm not familiar with Linux, or I'd imagine that would be the way to
go? Any Linux 101 sites I could look at?
Thanks
Pankaj
iPod/iTunes use becomes interesting if you go with Linux, you can't run
iTunes on Linux and so would need to set up some automatic storage or
transfer of the XML file to/from the Linux server. This isn't that
difficult, but it's an extra step.
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