Rastalovich
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Gotta build a kind of home fileserver for some1 with a little twist to it.
Now the customer, if u like, has a wealth of hardware already available, the cpus of which are in the title. Mobos of a great standard also, so they're not really in question - 4g memory is easy too.
Thing being, I know for a fact they're going to want a workstation build shortly afterwards, and probably a gaming rig - so even tho there is a wealth of hardware available, it still remains that some thought needs to go into this.
The fileserver, of sorts, is going to be built and I'll have it for trial with me for 4 weeks or so to check out, but it's only going to have 2 or 3 tasks. 1) Serve file (ofc) 2) Handle downloading automagically (which I've been toying with and have something in mind that uses a bit of memory but not much cpu) 3) [possibly] a virus check run at a set time. I may sneak a few console folding things on their at low cpu % too, but this isn't the main focus, this is just stealing idle cpu cycles opportunistically.
OS is in debate, but no big decision here really. Infact nix or windows doesn't make much difference to myself, I may just follow their wants. Personally I want to install Leapard server just to see what it's like. Not important tho.
My question is. I have a quad doing something very similar for me atm, but it seems very very wasted. I do wonder if just using a dual core would be enough ?
As far as serving files, not much goes on there - and only 1 user, possibly 2 infrequently. Downloading stuff isn't a 24/7 running task, neither is any virus scanning - the biggest thing is a sneaky folding console or 2.
What u think E6xxx or Q6xxx ?
Now the customer, if u like, has a wealth of hardware already available, the cpus of which are in the title. Mobos of a great standard also, so they're not really in question - 4g memory is easy too.
Thing being, I know for a fact they're going to want a workstation build shortly afterwards, and probably a gaming rig - so even tho there is a wealth of hardware available, it still remains that some thought needs to go into this.
The fileserver, of sorts, is going to be built and I'll have it for trial with me for 4 weeks or so to check out, but it's only going to have 2 or 3 tasks. 1) Serve file (ofc) 2) Handle downloading automagically (which I've been toying with and have something in mind that uses a bit of memory but not much cpu) 3) [possibly] a virus check run at a set time. I may sneak a few console folding things on their at low cpu % too, but this isn't the main focus, this is just stealing idle cpu cycles opportunistically.
OS is in debate, but no big decision here really. Infact nix or windows doesn't make much difference to myself, I may just follow their wants. Personally I want to install Leapard server just to see what it's like. Not important tho.
My question is. I have a quad doing something very similar for me atm, but it seems very very wasted. I do wonder if just using a dual core would be enough ?
As far as serving files, not much goes on there - and only 1 user, possibly 2 infrequently. Downloading stuff isn't a 24/7 running task, neither is any virus scanning - the biggest thing is a sneaky folding console or 2.
What u think E6xxx or Q6xxx ?
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