So what do you use your server(s) for?

nsafreak

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This is pretty much a random thought post but then again I think you can chalk up a lot of posts on ATOT to that. Just curious to what tasks everybody has their server(s) doing. I'll list what mine are currently doing.

Windows 2K Server
Exchange Server
File server
PDC

Linux server

Currently sitting idle & powered off
 

RGN

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I don't have a 'server'

Not sure what the point is in a single user home.
 

MovingTarget

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Recorded tv shows/movies/music.

We have a tuner card and hooked it up to the main TV in the living room. We use it for many other things though.
 

nsafreak

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Originally posted by: RGN
I don't have a 'server'

Not sure what the point is in a single user home.

Eh it depends, they have their uses even in a single user home. I'm mainly using mine for learning.
 

skyking

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I test applications on it, and then roll them out to production servers.
 

Colt45

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my "server" is the general purpose linux box that happens to run httpd... but I use it for normal things too. It's not my primary machine though.
 

Crusty

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1) Hosting company website and web services
2) Network and IT Management
3) Linux clusters for real time stock market analysis
4) Linux clusters for FIX protocol gateway
5) Linux clusters for databases

On top of that each workstation participates in a cluster that allows historical stock market simulations to be run in the background without affecting performance of the workstation(ie "low" priority).
 

Evadman

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used to have a bunch of web servers a few game servers along with a domain controller and of course a file server, but now down to just 2 dedicated NAS file servers. I am thinking about putting a domain and VPN controller back up.
 

BurnItDwn

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Slackware server ... file/media server for my lan and htpc, FTP server and Vent server for small group of friends.
 

TwiceOver

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Home: WinXP Pro - SSL VPN, File Share, Streaming Music / Pics.

I would like to upgrade to a real server, something like SBS so I can use WSS and WSUS, maybe some day.