Would a dual PPro with 256 megs of ram perform well enough?

[netwokingrockz]

I'm building a network server on a budget. WOuld a Dual Pentium Pro setup with 256 megs of ram run win2k advanced server ok?? It will mainly be a web server but also on a network.

LMK
thanks
mike

 

[shadow]

yup it should be fine as long as it's not servicing a large network or handling alot of web traffic.

 

[bex0rs]

You may consider picking up a BP6 + dual celerons from the FS/FT forum. Sure, it's a less *hardcore* setup, but it will save you money in the long run, especially since you won't have to purchase expensive EDO ram. Of course, if you already have most of the components, that is ok too as that hardware will run AS just fine.

~bex0rs

 

[netwokingrockz]

I have to keep the whole computer excluding the moniter at about 300.. what are your guys recomendations???? I don't have anything to start with for this job. This computer will share internet access on a network to about 4 computers max, more like 2, and will have a cable connection via @home business that will run a webserver. Around 100 hits a day, not that much.

LMK
thanks
mike

P.S. you can run servers on @home business right??

 

[oldskool]

the PPro will do it just fine, but why do you need Adv. Server running on it? that tacks on very considerable cost to the kettle of fish


robin

 

[shadow]

freesco has a webserver......

 

[macssuck]

IBM 16.0 GB @ 5600 RPMS

netwokingrockz Did you overclock your hard drive?

 

[shadow]

lol

 

[blstriker]

The specs you have will be more than enough for what you need. The question is can you get all that for $300? I'm using a single amd k6-3 333 with 128 on w2k adv server and it runs great. Okay, maybe not great, but pretty dang good.

 

[netwokingrockz]

REally??? What do you use the server for????

PLease let me know1!!!
thanks
mike

 

[blstriker]

It depends how fast your cable connection is. A dual ppro can saturate almost any cable/dsl line easily. Plus, 100 hits a day is easily not that much, but you do want to prepare for more hits in the future. For a file server, make sure the HD's are fast enough. How fast your webserver is depends on if you're serving static or dynamic material. You can serve static pages all day long and barely go over 3% cpu utilization. But if you're doing cgi, asp, php or other cpu intensive processes, a single user could max out your cpu for a bit.

Sharing the internet using ICS or some other software is not very cpu intensive at all. Since you're worried about cost, then a hardware router probably is out of the question although it is preferable.

For my setup, I host about 12 websites which have a total of about 500 hits a day and it's hosted on my slow 768/128 DSL line. One of the site is in my signature. For me the DSL line is the bottleneck, not the computer. Actually, I was thinking about popping in an old cyrix 333 into the webserver just to prove to some of my visitors that the cpu speed isn't all that important.

For example, a popular all in one solution are the cobalt Raq servers which until recently used an AMD k6 300 cpu. These were boxes that could run 200 websites (not hits). Webservering is a breeze compared to file serving.

 

[bubba]

PPro would be fine, but you would have a LOT less OS overhead if you ran Apache under Linux/BSD on it.