Sorry, Ivan, I guess I didn't make myself clear. We do have the server
hardware - a Pentium 166, running NT OS. We also have a LAN in operation.
What we're needing is the intranet server software.
Thanks for the info.
Cordially, Mary
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At 06:37 PM 8/30/98 +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>> My company asked me to find out what server would be best to set up a
>> small (10-20 people) Web server on an NT machine. This will be an intranet
>> solely for the use of a small group of developers, administration folks,
>> and tech writers.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
>You mean the HW I suppose???
>Well it depends on what you want from that server...
>NT is a really resource demanding OS.
>If you don't plan to install things like SQL server, mail services,
>printing services etc... you can resolve your problem with a low
>level pentium with not that much RAM a good network adapter and
>a not to expensive HD.
>>From my experience things that improve performance on that kind
>of system are in order
>1) RAM
>2) HD
>3) CPU (AMD/Cyrix seems to not perform that good on NT
>UNFORTUNATELY)
>
>A 800/900$ system could work well enough as a starting point!
>
>I think there are more experienced people than me on the list but if
>you'll be more specific I'll try to give you better advices since I'm
>also interested in that topic and this could be an occasion to
>improve my knowledge.
>
>As for the SW NT comes with IIS 4 for "free" at least the Server
>version.
>The workstation comes with PWS and you'll need to install some
>other freely aviable packs to have some nice tools that are included
>in IIS 4.
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