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Server Question

video cards are the least important on a server computer. if the motherboard doesnt include onboard video than just get a $15 vid card. on my server, it's just a cheap ati pci card.
 
Are vid cards needed to boot up the system? i mean, what is it that cannot be done without a vid card on a server comp or low graphics comp?
 
Originally posted by: SerialThriller
Are vid cards needed to boot up the system? i mean, what is it that cannot be done without a vid card on a server comp or low graphics comp?
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i never tried booting up a system without a video card so i dont know. you will need the video card when you first setup your server or how else would you be able to configure the server without video. after your done configuring your settings you can then remote desktop (windows) to change any other settings. you really dont need a good vid card as long as it can display video then your fine. unless you plan on playing games or video editing on the server... which you shouldn't be doing on a server os.
 
depends on the OS.

sun/unix you don't need a monitor and just use a terminal.

windows you really should have a 1024x768 video with rock solid drivers.

If this is for any business application then servers are bought, not built.
 
SerialThriller, many motherboards will not start (beep time) without a video card detected and cannot disable this check in the BIOS. For those, I've found that the $16 AGP card shuts them up nicely. For systems that can boot sans video card, I'm finding that I put one in them anyway... you don't want to have to take a server down to hook up a crash cart, just to save $16 on a video card and perhaps the same dollar amount in electricity over the lifetime of the box.

spidey07's right: REAL server boxes have serial consoles, which is The Right Way. It's these %$!#%$$!#% PC clones that to this day can't really be fixed when they're in trouble without a keyboard and VGA monitor. I've used several vendor's serial/network remote access solutions and they've all been very rough emulations of a PC keyboard and monitor, which is NOT a real serial console...
 
Originally posted by: cmetz
SerialThriller, many motherboards will not start (beep time) without a video card detected and cannot disable this check in the BIOS. For those, I've found that the $16 AGP card shuts them up nicely. For systems that can boot sans video card, I'm finding that I put one in them anyway... you don't want to have to take a server down to hook up a crash cart, just to save $16 on a video card and perhaps the same dollar amount in electricity over the lifetime of the box.

spidey07's right: REAL server boxes have serial consoles, which is The Right Way. It's these %$!#%$$!#% PC clones that to this day can't really be fixed when they're in trouble without a keyboard and VGA monitor. I've used several vendor's serial/network remote access solutions and they've all been very rough emulations of a PC keyboard and monitor, which is NOT a real serial console...
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Cost of terminal servers....100000 dollars.

ability to access any server or network gear anywhere in the world 9no matter what's broken) and the only thing you need is a phone line?

priceless
 
spidey07, what, are your TS's gold plated? 😉 AS2511-RJs are getting a little tough to come by, but they're still not that bad.
 
Some x86 based PC motherboards have a serial console option. Never tried them though. I've got the equipment, but I've been too lazy to look up the wiring to put it together. 😛

But definitely, buy don't build.
 
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