Building a server

[Guest]

I plan on setting up a server at my house over the next month. Im going to be getting 1.1/1.1 SDSL from Speakeasy.net. I want to setup 1 game server (Counter-Strike right now, though Im sure it will change with the times) and a small webserver and mail server.

I want to run Linux Redhat. They offer a "professional server" package which seems to be easier to use and comes with more things, but its more expensive. I could buy the standard package for like $30. But I'd rather spend more money for more documentation and more programs.

Anyways, Im looking into building/buying a server for this. Can 1 machine handle all of this? The webpage gets maybe 5000 hits a month, and I'd have like 20 people using my email server.

What kind of parts should I look at getting? Here at work we use like P3 800s, 256MB ram, etc. Will that be enough?


Thanks for any input.

 

[LTJLover]

I personally think that would be fine. I setup a Celeron 333 server on my cable modem that handles my IP sharing and can run my newest games too.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[Guest]

That would probably be overkill. Your limiting factor for such would probably be the upload bandwidth for the game server. I've run dual half-life dedicated servers on a 350 P2 in Win98 (ICK!) with only 64 MB RAM without a hitch. This was on a LAN so bandwidth wasn't too much of an issue. Running Linux you'll be set with a lower end processor and keeping the memory up there. Plus, with Linux if you're paying, all you're paying for is support and manuals. The programs and such are easily downloadable.

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