Building a server....

I'm building a server on limited funds. Primary uses will be running Q3A dedicated servers and an ftp. I need some help with some decisions and these are pretty general so comments from anyone with any server experience even if it's not related to quake3 would be appreciated.

1. which would be better, a single chip( either P3 or T-bird depends on the best mobo deal I can get), or dual celerons? Assuming they would cost the same amount.

b. Linux or win2k, can you telnet(or something similar) into win2k for remote admin purposes. Comments on performance would also help here.

3. Should I go with 256 megs ram is 128 enough? I'm not doing too much with it here, but I would like to have 2 quake ports running. Along those lines, is budget memory a bad idea? it's really cheap now.

IV. quake specific question: could I get 2 ports running on a p3 450 without any lag if they were both full?

not technical enough to spark your interest? Ok, I'm thinking of constructing the cpu with my bare hands from 4 toothpicks, a bag of potato chips, and a soldering iron, any thoughts?

EeViaC, for a low budget, you should just go for a cheap PC, and run networking software on it. You don't need a server to run Quake III.

For an FTP server, I'd say the following would be your limiting factors:

* Bandwidth. How many users are you expecting, and what kind of connection will you have (T1, DSL, etc.)?

* Storage.

* Memory.

The processor doesn't come into play too much with something like an FTP server. Any ol' Pentium you can scrounge up can serve up files to a fair number of users. It won't set any speed records, but it can outpace most wide area network speeds. I don't know what the CPU guidelines should be for a Quake server, though.

Well, I run a web hosting company and I use Linux on single processor P3 boxes.

I'm not sure what Sharky uses, but Anandtech uses 1GHz T'bird machines running Windows.



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