I was suppose to build a file server with a Low end CPU but ended up with a dual core Opteron

[Qianglong]

At first, I was going to build a 1 TB RAid 5 NAS running off my old Athlon XP 2200 or a Sempr0n. But my friend at AMD has an extra Opteron 165 Dual Core sitting around and decide to give me that instead for the file server.

I only have 3 computer in my house attached to the file server and I figure alot of its processing power will go to waste. What else can I do with it? I was thinking of setting up extra accounts for my friends to FTP in to provide some storage for them.

Other than distributed computing (high power consumption = high bills), what can i do with it?

 

[FoBoT]

sell it and put in a sempron

 

[Qianglong]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
sell it and put in a sempron

http://forums.anandtech.com/message...35079&STARTPAGE=1&ezquote=y&parentid=24735079

I am sorry but it is not ethical to sell an sample my friend gave to me for free.

 

[Stuxnet]

Clip your balls to the power supply and overclock yourself.

 

[acemcmac]

VMware. Viola, now you have 3 (or more) servers.

 

[dquan97]

ATOT file server

 

[rivan]

F@H?

 

[drinkmorejava]

uhh, make it into an actual server server

 

[BurnItDwn]

How about install a video capture card on it and then install MythTV? (Afaik only runs on Linux or FreeBSD)

Samba works great for file servers, and if you use SWAT it's fairly easy to set up.

FTP server will run (but it won't use very much of the CPU power at all), however, you'll probably find that due to limmited upstream bandwidth, your friends would probably be better off with a cd or dvd burner.

Again, bandwidth limmited, but a small Ventrilo or Teamspeak server can be handy if you game online with friends. Both are fairly easy to set up in Linux, though I don't know about *BSD or other *nix variants.

If you're an IRC guy, an eggdrop can be handy.


Of course many of these things can be done very well on a P133, things like MythTV highly benefit from some Decent CPU power.

 

[uhohs]

make that your main rig, and demote another computer to be the file server.

 

[Journer]

24/7 torrents thats what mine does >.>

 

[Ayah]

Fold for the TeAm!

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Ayah
Fold for the TeAm!

Thirded.

 

[n yusef]

I'll trade it to you for an A64 3200+ Venice. Since you won't be making money it won't be unnethical for you. I'll pay for shipping. It'll use less power so will end up saving you money.

 

[Qianglong]

Originally posted by: uhohs
make that your main rig, and demote another computer to be the file server.

The Opteron 165 is the lowest spec in my house lol..

 

[Crazee]

Join the TeAm

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
sell it and put in a sempron

WinnAr !

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
VMware. Viola, now you have 3 (or more) servers.

VMWare has nothing to do with wooden string instruments.

 

[j00fek]

nothing wrong with that, fold with it

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: Qianglong

Originally posted by: uhohs
make that your main rig, and demote another computer to be the file server.

The Opteron 165 is the lowest spec in my house lol..

in that case, give it to me as a gift.