I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers - Page 2

Speed! · 03-28-2009 , 22:38 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

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Originally Posted by P4rD0nM3

You mean 2U right? That means you can fit any 2U case on the cabinet i.e. Fitting 21 in a 42U cabinet.

Yes, I have researched about the racks. The hardware I mentioned would fit perfectly in a 2U, wouldn't it?

8088 · 03-28-2009 , 22:47 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

Yes, it would fit. You could even make it fit in a 1U case. But the hardware you mentioned won't meet the requirements as described in your first post. Also, 'SLI' and 'server' don't really match and the PSU will not work very efficiently with that setup.

Speed! · 03-28-2009 , 23:19 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

So, what motherboard would you suggest me?

i[5]Typical' · 03-28-2009 , 23:20 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

-.-

AntiBots · 03-29-2009 , 02:12 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

Intel Xeon
Inet: 15 mb
HD: 1 TB or 500 gb.
Well you cant put more than 4 gb of ram.

P4rD0nM3 · 03-29-2009 , 02:19 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

Buy an Intel board, if you can't afford the server mobos, buy a matx. You don't need an ATX or a powerful GPU.

fysiks · 03-29-2009 , 12:46 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

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Originally Posted by DeLiriuM

Yes, windows is better for 2-3-4-5 servers, but if someone decides to run more than 10 servers, its better to use *unix based systems.

I like linux for multiple servers because Windows (XP) can't do symlinks. Symlinks in linux are easy and extremely usefull. I have both my servers using the same /plugins/ folder, same users.ini file, and just about anything that isn't specific to one server or the other.

I run one or the other server so I don't know for sure if they would work simultaneously, guess I will have to try that out someday.

P4rD0nM3 · 03-29-2009 , 22:53 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

Server 2008 can do symlinks, it's just not as powerful as the one we get with GNU/Linux.

I think the command is mklink?

Speed! · *Last edited by Speed!; 03-30-2009 at 17:54.*

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Originally Posted by AntiBots

Intel Xeon
Inet: 15 mb
HD: 1 TB or 500 gb.
Well you cant put more than 4 gb of ram.

Intel Xeon: Its to expensive =( and as far as I read, there isn't a big difference between xeon and core 2 processors for running hlds
Inet: Yes, actually I'm getting 20MB
HD: Joking? why the hell would I want 1TB for hlds servers :\
Ram: Why not :\ in XP I cant put more than 3GB, in server 2003 idk, but in vista, and 2008 its really upper the limit

YamiKaitou · 03-30-2009 , 18:17 Re: I need to buy a PC for ~15 servers

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Originally Posted by Speed!

HD: Joking? why the hell would I want 1TB for hlds servers :\

Are they going to have a bunch of downloadable content?

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Ram: Why not :\ in XP I cant put more than 3GB, in server 2003 idk, but in vista, and 2008 its really upper the limit

Memory limits per OS edition can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx

Also, the "PC" you are wanting shouldn't be a PC, it should be a Server. Don't confuse the term PC with Server as they are completely different.

Also, I would always recommend a hardware level RAID setting for servers.