My Own Server
hey, i was thinking about running my own server, and i checked out corflakes's post. i have a DSL connection, which is fairly fast. I was wondering what all i would need to start. I dont really have enough money to buy an independent server, so i would probably have to run it off a network. what would i need? any idea of how much it could cost? thanks
nike_guy_man posted this at 16:23 — 31st May 2002.
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A router/firewall
Operating system
Plenty of RAM
Knowledge
If you are going to buy a new computer to use as a server, with a router, it would cost about $1200
Thats what it cost for my server, with these specs:
1 GHZ AMD Thunderbird Processor
MSI Mainboard
30 GB HD
578 MB RAM
52X-CDrom Drive
Floppy Drive
Also, I use RedHat7.2 and it works fine.
do you know anything about managing servers?
kb posted this at 20:15 — 31st May 2002.
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nope...next to nothing...
i'm thinking about getting a used computer...i know it doesnt have 1gHZ though, what is the lowest i can go?
and hard drive space...if my site isnt monstrous, i can just have a 15GB one, and then add if need be, correct?
motherboard...does it matter?
what is floppy and CD drive for?
nike_guy_man posted this at 20:18 — 31st May 2002.
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Processor speed depends on what you are using it for. Do you have high traffic? a lot of scripts?
15GB is big for a site, I have 30 GB because I host others as well as myself
Floppy/CD Drive are for loading an OS and other non-downloadable programs
what OS are you planning on running?/
Any experience with Linux?
kb posted this at 20:20 — 31st May 2002.
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i was thinking about running RedHat...
a router...this means i must network?
nike_guy_man posted this at 20:27 — 31st May 2002.
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A router would network your computers
I have a Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL router with 5 computers on it (I switch 2 laptops)
kb posted this at 17:30 — 1st June 2002.
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could i only have 2 comp's networked? one of them would be the RedHat one, and the other would be the regular one. Anyplace you know of that i can check out to help me set it up?
mairving posted this at 17:45 — 1st June 2002.
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Well, there are a couple of bunch of good sources on the net. One is Cablemodeminfo. It shows how to set up a cable connection in Linux. DSL should be quite similar. LinuxNewbie.org has some good instructions.
Mark Irving
I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states
kb posted this at 17:09 — 2nd June 2002.
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ok guys...thanksfor your help...we'll see if it happens!
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