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andy5667 · 01-29-2006, 07:10 PM

Is it possible to build a webserver where i could put websites and forums on? Yeah i know the discription is breaf.

[-0MEGA-] · 01-29-2006, 07:28 PM

Do you mean put it on your home PC? Then yes, i've done it before. The downside is your web address is your ip, so if you wanted it to be a real site name then you would need to purchase a transfer.

And you would need a good upload speed if there will be pictures, music, or videos on there.

andy5667 · 01-29-2006, 07:32 PM

I was thinking optron or zeon with 2GB ram. Would that be decent

andy5667 · 01-29-2006, 07:39 PM

Oh and how difficult would it be to use?

[-0MEGA-] · 01-29-2006, 08:07 PM

Oh i misread your question, i thought you were wondering how to get one working, not building one.

You dont need an opteron with 2GB of ram for a server, you could use a normal PC as a server if you wanted to. Is it just going to be for websites and forums, or games as well?

brobertoy · 01-29-2006, 09:26 PM

Honestly, if you have and computer sitting aound I would use it until you start getting jammed with 1000 hits a day and then you could step up to a faster computer. It doesn't take a very fast machine to host a web-site. It only needs to fast if you plan on using it as a web-server, dns server, dhcp server, data server,........ect, but if all you are doing is hosting a site anything with modest speed should work. Your upload times (internet speed)will probably in most cases be your bottleneck.

**Praetor** · 01-30-2006, 12:22 AM

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I was thinking optron or zeon with 2GB ram. Would that be decent

In fact, that's quite the overkill .. even commercial dedicated servers start with base Celerons

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I would use it until you start getting jammed with 1000 hits a day

Been awhile since i did this webserver stuff but 1K hits per day isnt all that much traffic to say, overload a system or anything

andy5667 · 01-30-2006, 05:16 PM

Its for a large website and a forum so i could use this pc i have here when i get my new one finished in july?

Fuzz · 01-30-2006, 05:21 PM

Yes, that computer will handle your website with ease.

lee101 · 01-30-2006, 05:26 PM

have you considered renting a server, or your own webspace as it could end up being costly to run, you have to buy the hardware, maintain it, pay for it's power, and you will be slowed down by your internet connections upload speed, although as for specs you need basically nothing for a simple web server, i got apache, php, mysql running well on a p3 450 mhz and 64mb ram, and it was still able to be used as a normal pc, print and file server at the same time

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,069	Do you mean put it on your home PC? Then yes, i've done it before. The downside is your web address is your ip, so if you wanted it to be a real site name then you would need to purchase a transfer. And you would need a good upload speed if there will be pictures, music, or videos on there. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,069	Oh i misread your question, i thought you were wondering how to get one working, not building one. You dont need an opteron with 2GB of ram for a server, you could use a normal PC as a server if you wanted to. Is it just going to be for websites and forums, or games as well? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

01-29-2006, 09:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
brobertoy New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pontiac, MI Posts: 20	Honestly, if you have and computer sitting aound I would use it until you start getting jammed with 1000 hits a day and then you could step up to a faster computer. It doesn't take a very fast machine to host a web-site. It only needs to fast if you plan on using it as a web-server, dns server, dhcp server, data server,........ect, but if all you are doing is hosting a site anything with modest speed should work. Your upload times (internet speed)will probably in most cases be your bottleneck. __________________ SUPERMICRO Black 3U Rackmount Case SUPERMICRO ATX Server Motherboard Western Digital 2.4T (6x400GB) RAID 0 Western Digital 2x80GB (Operating system) raid 1 Intel Xeon EM64T (2)3.2Ghz Socket 604 Processor Transcend 4GB(1GBx4) 240-Pin DDR2 Memory SONY Black IDE DVD Burner AOC-IPMI20-E IPMI 2 CARD-BMC FOR IPMI 2 Areca PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller Card Just One Of Them!

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01-29-2006, 07:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
andy5667 Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Monifieth, Near Dundee, Scotland Age: 17 Posts: 275	I was thinking optron or zeon with 2GB ram. Would that be decent

01-29-2006, 07:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
andy5667 Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Monifieth, Near Dundee, Scotland Age: 17 Posts: 275	Oh and how difficult would it be to use?

01-30-2006, 05:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
andy5667 Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Monifieth, Near Dundee, Scotland Age: 17 Posts: 275	Its for a large website and a forum so i could use this pc i have here when i get my new one finished in july?

01-30-2006, 05:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	have you considered renting a server, or your own webspace as it could end up being costly to run, you have to buy the hardware, maintain it, pay for it's power, and you will be slowed down by your internet connections upload speed, although as for specs you need basically nothing for a simple web server, i got apache, php, mysql running well on a p3 450 mhz and 64mb ram, and it was still able to be used as a normal pc, print and file server at the same time __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

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