Best to use as a server?

[newtekie1]

It should work, but in my experience the bandwidth limiter will be built into the hosting software you use, not the OS itself(please, tell me you aren't planning to use IIS). I don't think Windows has a native bandwidth limiter. If all you are doing is hosing websites on a 2-8Mb/s connection I would use system 2 with Windows 2000 or XP tweaked to use as little resourses as possible along with seperate webserver software(I like apache personally).

 

[Jess Stingray]

I might be running game servers off it too, so that means sys 1. So, ATM, use Sevrer 2003 (minus ISS) and Apache? Gotcha.

 

[Jess Stingray]

I'm getting it running later today from Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64. Hopefully it works

 

[Jess Stingray]

It's now going to be Server 2003 Enterpise 32 bit, I can't find my x64 disk

 

[tater]

I think everyone has kinda overlook 1 detail.

Whats your internet connection speed. I wouldnt even bother putting a server online without atleast 10mb down 2mb up. , even with that you prolly wont be able to handle much traffic. also whos your ISP? have you checked there terms of agreement on hosting a site. Be careful you may end up with a chunky ISP bill at the end of the month or worse, kicked off there service

 

[Jess Stingray]

I posted spped earlier... 2Mbps, soon to be upgraded to 16MBps.

 

[tater]

if you live near a big city you could just stick it in a data center

 

[Jess Stingray]

I live in Central England, nearest city is Birmingham, 30 miles away XD

 

[tater]

i dream of having rack space in a data center.

 

[Jess Stingray]

I can do that, but not cheap unfortunatly .

Not to mention the currently crappy net speeds.

 

[tater]

youd prolly have to buy a rackmount case and in my opinion if its only like $100/mo or under for even just 10mbps its worth it

 

[Jess Stingray]

I can get 8Mbps for £2 more than what I'm paying for 2mbps. And forget the rackmount case:

(Routers * 5)+(Servers * 20) = Equivalent of a rackmount

Just stack em' on top of each other XD

 

[tater]

im pretty sure theyd provide you with a connection to there router. But 8mbps up (notice UP) would run your server good

 

[Jess Stingray]

So? It's easier this way, I don't have to pay equipment rental fees, just for the connection.

 

[tater]

ya. You might wanna get linux Maybe something like fedora

 

[Jess Stingray]

I am considering Linux on the lower specced one... but I've never used Linux, dunno how hard it'll be to use.

 

[tater]

ya. you could use it as a music streaming server. but youd have to do some dns work to run 2 servers at once .. also you need a static ip. Its gonna be pure hell if you dont have one

 

[Jess Stingray]

I believe I do have a static IP.

 

[kwchang007]

I am considering Linux on the lower specced one... but I've never used Linux, dunno how hard it'll be to use.

Depends on what kind. If you go GUI based, ubuntu, is really quite close to windows and it's not to bad. Only thing is you may not be able to find proper drivers. As far as server os's, I have absolutely no experience there, the closest thing I know is home networking with my laptop as a print server . Good luck man.

 

[Jess Stingray]

Thanks

And I DON'T have a static IP... looks like it's provider switch time.

 

[kwchang007]

Thanks

And I DON'T have a static IP... looks like it's provider switch time.

See if your provider will give you a static ip. Most providers won't unless you pay them an extra fee.

 

[Jess Stingray]

They can't provide them... damn.

 

[tater]

i have one. My ISP offers them free to anyone with there top 2 dsl plans. I need to convence my mom to spend the extra $5 and double our speed. But a static is basicly necessary if you intend to run a website. If you dont have one youll be bouncing all over the place and no one will ever be able to find your server

 

[Jess Stingray]

Yeah.. I might go with Tiscali Business, they do Static IP's. 8Mbit, and at £20 a month... not too bad.

 

[tater]

8mb down or up? can you start clarifying that? But thats a good deal