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[ShadowFox]

Tell me, those of you who know a bit about servers, if a Intel Celeron D 340 2.93GHz Processor would be a good choice for a Webserver? I will be hosting a webpage as well as an FTP site and POSSIBLY a mail server... not too sure yet. Let me know please... Thanks

[Neon]

that'd work well mate

[ShadowFox]

sweet.. it's a new motherboard and that processor for 69.99 plus shipping and handling

[Neon]

you let us know how it all goes, i love servers

[ShadowFox]

okay... I need to get some money fast then

[RedInferno]

Celerons are okay....if you had a bit more money, get a Xeon....they are way better....

But in your price range, it's excellent

[ShadowFox]

my price range is free - free... everything's out of my price range -.-

[patman174]

Hey shadow, may i ask where you are getting a celeron 2.93 and motherboard combo for 69.99 at? that is a great deal, i wouldnt mind having that myself. and for the web server, that is PLENTY. I am running it on a 2.53 celeron with 533 fsb. Just make sure you have at least 512 ram. That is the key on a good running machine. and i wish you luck on your router/modem combo problem. I am still thinking about that one.

[Neon]

actually we ran server 2003 standard with 128mb ram and 20GB hdd, not for a webserver i agree, but for a quick printer/file sharer it was excellent, though patrick is right about the 512mb with anything like Active directory, that really can kill a server without a good spec

[ShadowFox]

it's well over 512 Mb it's not quite 1 gb though... but I have been talking to a friend who has told me where to get some ram cheap

I dunno if I'ma get that board though... I may have found a free one! Not sure of the specs when I get em I'll post em.

What do you think the minimum req. should be? I know I have 512mb + on ram and a 200 gb HDD. I will be getting a linksys wireless G when my credit card is paid off as well.

[RedInferno]

512 mb of ram should be fine:)

[ShadowFox]

ahh, but it doesn't hurt to have somemore

[Visentinel]

My Mums p2 450 would be enough to host a http with php and perl / ftp and mail server lol.
You dont need a Gutsy PC unless your hosting a php Forum and looking at thousends of hits per minute and hundreds of active users.

[ShadowFox]

Higly doubtful on that one... but I do want to have a phpBB2 board

[Visentinel]

I ran a Website on a celeron 500 and 5 users on an invision board having a convo only used 2 to 3% cpu per load, i know these things dude