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February 22nd, 2013 08:00
New to Servers, few questions
I've hosted a server before off of an old desktop PC, but I just bought an 1850 PowerEdge. I have a website that I'd like to host from home, just to get into PHP, mySQL and just general website coding but WAMP is really broken on my PC. I'm planning to hook the 1850 up full time and run linux off of it. I just have a few questions first hand...
- I have looked online at videos of setups and stuff and keep seeing Servers with Ethernet Boxes above them, what are they for?
- If I purchase 2 or more servers what will I be able to do with them?
- How old is the Dell PowerEdge 1850?
- Are these good specs for running a website? 2x 2.8GHz CPU's, 2GB RAM, 2x 72GB HDD
Thanks for the help.
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theflash1932
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February 22nd, 2013 09:00
1. The "ethernet boxes" are most likely just network switches ... allowing for the dozens or hundreds of devices on an enterprise network to talk to each other. This is NOT required in a home setup. At home, chances are, your wireless router is sufficient for local networking devices.
2. Anything you want :) What exactly are you asking?
3. The 1850 shipped sometime between/around 2005-2007. The 1850 is an 8th generation Dell server. Currently shipping Dell servers are 12th generation.
4. That should be more than adequate for running a small site. How many users/visitors to you expect to have? What kind of site are you going to develop? If you are "just [getting] into [it], then it should be more than enough.
tommo666
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February 22nd, 2013 15:00
Just a thought, if you are going to run this from home, then 1850's can be pretty loud. The fan's push a lot through the 1u chassis.
KonkorFour
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February 23rd, 2013 04:00
Thanks for the replies, at the moment not many to be honest under 70 users most likely. The server arrived today though and I tried to install ubuntu server but it cannot detect the disks. If I burn a copy of the dell startup disk will that let ubuntu find the drivers, or?
theflash1932
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February 23rd, 2013 07:00
No, the Dell installation utility does not support Ubuntu (although the Linux option may work, but not likely). I think Ubuntu has the PERC 4 drivers, but remember that the PERC does NOT support non-RAID, so you MUST configure/initialize RAID in the CTRL-M utility before the OS can see any disks, even with the right drivers. If RAID is configured and you still don't see disks, then you will need appropriate drivers - the generic Linux ones may work.