Re: Peices n parts questions

1, me.

What it is, is that I have a few very low end systems
that have small hard drives in, but loads of files. I
need more storage space, and though that I would buy
one hard drive and stick it on the network here so
that I can access all the files from any system in the
apartment. A lot cheaper than buying multiple, and
smaller, hard drives.

It would be nice to be able to use it as an FTP server
for use with the occasional Macintosh I work on that
is OS 9 or before. It would also be nice to be able to
use it as a testbed for PHP scripts that I've been
working on. But those are not essential. I do need it
to work with Samba and a GUI, if none of the rest of
it. But I also know that a lot of the newer firewire
cards, and gigabit ethernet adapters, require faster
CPUs, or won't work with Linux, or or or..... I
thought maybe somebody who had done this before knew
of some that would, or that I should avoid. If I was
rich it wouldn't be a problem. I'd just go to the
store and look for the ones I knew would work with
Linux, and have enough computer power to make it work
lol.

Thanks.

--- Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:

> I think this will work fine as a file server. You
> might have trouble
> getting good performance with Apache, php etc... If
> you run a CMS
> application like WordPress or Joomla it might max
> out the CPU. I think
> it has something to do with MySQL. I don't think you
> will be able to run
> both at the same time.
>
> How many users will access the server at any one
> time?
>
> Kurt Brendgard wrote:
> > OK, you're all gonna think I'm off my rocker for
> this
> > one, but it's all I got to work with.
> >
> > I was given an old Acer desktop that I've decided
> to
> > try and turn into a fileserver because I
> desperatly
> > need one. It's about maxed out with 256 megs of
> RAM,
> > an AMD K6-2 266 MHZ, and a 2 gig HD. I've already
> > pulled out the modem, and I think the sound is
> turned
> > off. I want to add a firewire card for an external
> > case because the BIOS on this thing doesn't like
> > anything bigger than a 2 gig HD. I need something
> a
> > lot bigger. I also want to add a gigabit network
> > adapter if I can find one that will work with it.
> >
> > What is absolutely essenstial is getting Samba set
> up,
> > and a GUI for when I need it. What would be
> extremely
> > nice to have is FTP as well. If I can use it with
> > Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin, it would be
> nice,
> > but not essential. This is going to be behind at
> least
> > one firewall, possibly more. It's a trusted
> network, I
> > don't need a whole lot of security on this one
> other
> > than a password to keep out people who sit down at
> the
> > keyboard(and there will be few if any of them).
> >
> > Has anybody any experience with these older
> systems
> > and firewire adapters and gigabit ethernet
> adpters?
> > Any that you might want to suggest, or suggest I
> stay
> > away from? Any particular flavor or version you
> might
> > suggest for something this old and what I want to
> do
> > with it? Any helpful sites?
> >
> > Yea, I could sit down and research it out but I
> > thought why re invent the wheel if somebody has
> some
> > helpful insite/experience that could shave some
> time
> > off my project.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
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Received on Mon Nov 12 17:43:03 2007