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**HAL9000** · 11-30-2005, 08:26 PM

Any computer can be a server... it's basically a machine to "serve" other computers... can be a FTP file server, a web server, or a general file server. You don't need anything special.... I run a Celeron 1000 with 224MB Ram at home for my FTP, Web, and file server needs... runs plenty fast enough.

Depending on demands though, servers could go high end multi CPU, multi drive, SCSI drives for high throughput, high amounts of RAM.

11-30-2005, 08:26 PM	#2
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	Any computer can be a server... it's basically a machine to "serve" other computers... can be a FTP file server, a web server, or a general file server. You don't need anything special.... I run a Celeron 1000 with 224MB Ram at home for my FTP, Web, and file server needs... runs plenty fast enough. Depending on demands though, servers could go high end multi CPU, multi drive, SCSI drives for high throughput, high amounts of RAM. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.