You don't say wheter the server will have internet, a real IP, a static IP, or what. I have done what you are doing, I have a box that is on my internal network, with a gateway that does NAT. I call the network mason.home and the windows workgroup HOME.
As for the hardware, I would buy a good quality motherboard that is not one of the cheapie integrated systems. Don't worry about processor speed, I have a Pentium 600 running our office and we do huge files, tons of projects, IMAP mail, and it never has a problem. I have a 20 GB hard drive for the system and 2 x 80 GB IDE drives, one backups up the other nightly. I would probably go RAID now but this was an add on so I didn't. The most important issues if you are building a Linux server for your home office use is data safety and reliability. Speed is largely irrelevant as you can't put any real load on it. Use good quality Linux compatible hardware that had drivers in the kernel and you won't waste a ton of time getting things to work. If you have any samba issue email me, I've been through it all. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-admin@;redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brian Healey Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:52 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Personal Server Specification Recommendations Has anyone set up a server for Home use? -I want to be able to do web design, system administration, and some database design. Would you please share with me the specifications and/or recommendations you have? - i.e. Brand, Processor, memory, etc. * I'd like to get a computer that doesn't have driver and swappable component issues For example I can run to Best buy and get a little E-Machine - price is right, but Linux isn't supported, no drivers will be available, I'd rather not try and 'bastard-ize' a machine that was only intended for Win Me.... Do you have domain name, or do you write a script to perpetuate you IP address? - Any issues, concerns, legality, etc. Thanks in Advance -Brian -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
