Hmmm, Which one

[Viztech]

of these machines to set up at the school as a 24/7 print server/temp Pproxy.
1-A dual P2-266 with NT Workstation
2-A single P2-266 with Win 95 that crashes once a week
3-The 6X86 that I used last year with remote buffers (need PProxy this year)

I'm leaning toward #1, what do you think?

viz

 

[Fingers]

that would be my choice too

 

[Joe O]

I vote for the NT Workstation one.

What OS are you running on the 6x86?

 

[RaySun2Be]

#1 would be my choice too.

 

[Viztech]

I have Win 95 on the 6x86 Joe, as well as most of the other machines in the school.
When I set them up at home (ghosting many of them) I had them look for the IP address of my Pproxy machine at home. I use 10.0.0.x IP addresses, and all the school machines are numbered 1 to whatever. The number of the machine is the last number of the IP octet, as well as the NetBIOS name of the machine. I follow a similar pattern at home, using 2xx for IP addresses. That way, I can bring a machine home and plug right into the other network.
Even when I loaded software for the school machines, I used the mythical 'server1' NetBIOS name for the machine that was serving the install program, and mapped the drive. That way I can install a server with the software on it with that NetBIOS name, and the clients can run home to momma if they need to. Now, I think I'll just set up the NT WS with the same IP as my Pproxy machine at home, name the machine 'server1,' and go to town.

Now all I need is a modem and a phone line so I can flush...

viz

 

[BurntKooshie]

#3 :=)

Sorry, I know I have to get over my cyrix fixation..hehe.

I too would go for #1

/me wispers to the Cyrix Gods that he will repent later.:Q

 

[Viztech]

Gosh BK, don't be ashamed. This PR150 with a big fan was extremely reliable and cracked a lot of RC5 keys last year. The only time it was down was when the power failed.

viz

 

[MrAtheist]

It doesn't really matter which one you pick; the PProxy doesn't need much of a computer to run on. Some people use an old P200 and it works fine... It all depends on how many computers you will have to supply with blocks.
Maybe it's best to look at the cpu-load you generate with the proxy and just go for the system that loses the least blocks per day by running the proxy... 🙂

Good luck!

PS> I'm currently working on a stats-page for my proxy; if you want info maybe I can help...

 

[JonB]

For those functions (as in so many things), size doesn't matter. You need the most stable platform, not the most powerful.

When I had 200 cows munching on one pproxy, it never used more than 1% CPU time over many, many days of steady use. Not a problem.

Because of the WinNT install, I'd say #1, but if you put WinNT on the Cyrix, it would do just fine (and make BK happy, too).

 

[Viztech]

I forgot to mention that this machine will be one of the few on 24/7. The irony of course is it will be doing the work that a 486 would handle nicely, but I sure would like the extra keyrate and stability of the dual 266. 🙂

Didn't I see someone a while back wanting a quad Xeon print server?? LOL

viz

actually, it's been a total pain moving into the new building. The cat5 cable never has been ran. The room that the server and hubs are to go in is not very accessible or acceptable. All I am doing now is temporary in the lab. I'll just keep sneakering the rest of the building. The print server with NT will ensure that it will never be turned off.