Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
We have an old HP Netserver E60 in our basement that I've dreamed of setting up for hosting an Ventrilo Server and possibly some of my future multiplayer games, but the only OS that came with it and looks like will work with it is an old copy of Novell, with which it seems I can do nothing remotely exciting. Is this computer capable of using any windows based OS's, or any other OS for that matter that might be useful, or would it just be better to cut the dead weight and sell it off at our yardsale this week? ------------------ |
kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006 |
To find that out, you'd have to see what kind of processor it has, Memory, and hard drive space, You most likely are not going to want to install anything Windows on anything older. Win 2K3 is an excessive memory hog and any applications it runs tend to use a great deal of mem. For example the server I use at work with 25 user base runs 2 maybe 3 apps at once. MSSQL easy takes 2GB of ram, and the other 2 about 512MB. Just so you know, MS does say you can run 2003 on slower servers and I have seen it run on really old machines, it just isn't pretty Either way, give me a Linux Server anyday! |
Faith_Warrior Member Posts: 490 From: So.Cal. Registered: 09-05-2006 |
What is it, a 500mhz? A little more power than a Sony PSP  Win 2003 min sys req: In any case, may be a little slow to host some types of multiplayer games. I agree, you may have better results running Linux if your server apps can handle it natively w/o the need for WINE or something. [This message has been edited by Faith_Warrior (edited June 18, 2007).] |
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Ereon Member Posts: 1018 From: Ohio, United States Registered: 04-12-2005 |
Actually I just wanted to find a way to put a copy of Windows 2000 on it so I could do things like host a Ventrilo server and stuff like that inside Windows, I don't actually want to run a "server" server. I have little interest in learning the intricacies or network on that level right now. ------------------ |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
It would probably run Win 2000 just fine. I ran XP on a laptop with much worse hardware. |
spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
hey why don't you just install linux. puppy would do fine(i think). ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
win2k doesn't run Beryl. Beryl is exciting  [This message has been edited by goop2 (edited June 21, 2007).] |
MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
HP Netserver E60 Specs:
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InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
quote: My thoughts exactly. Plus it's older, shouldn't have too many issues with hardware compatibility. ------------------ |
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MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
but check with your parents first. it's one thing to use the old computer and turn it into a server, but gettin' a puppy is a big responsibility! |
