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[Joe O.]

Hey,

I'm thinking about setting up my own server, and I would really welcome any of your thoughts and input.

So far, I have had 3 ideas, as follows:

• Web Server

I am thinking of setting up a web server, but I'm not exactly sure regarding all the semantics.

I can either use Ubuntu as a server (but not server edition) or a copy of Windows Server 2003 I have.

This seems to be the best idea, but there is a huge lack of beginner documentation regarding setting up a server online, and I would love to learn.

• House File Server

Untangle seems like a good solution, but I don't think I need a Fileserver at the moment - still, it would be a good use of that old desktop.

• Asterisk Server

I was considering installing AsteriskNOW! or just Asterisk onto a machine and using that as a SIP server, but I do not have any of the hardware (i.e. SIP Phones) and I despise softphones.

Please bear in mind that I have next to no money to spend on this, as I got Server 2003 through DreamSpark free (which isn't bad!) and the hardware I have is pretty-damn limited (a circa. 2001 desktop with 256meg of ram and a 800mHz Celeron processor).

Any thoughts/ideas would be good

Joe

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[jacksite]

If you want a public web server, make sure you got a looottt of security on there

[chetzu]

I think that you have to bear in mind the usage of the system ,,, I don't know how a server runs 24 /7 but I've heard that many times webservers crash because of their mother board ( heated capacitors ) or other things { be careful not to damage the desktop   }

[Patrick V]

vie_ascenseur, on 15 February 2010 - 07:05 AM, said:

Hey,

I'm thinking about setting up my own server, and I would really welcome any of your thoughts and input.

So far, I have had 3 ideas, as follows:

• Web Server

I am thinking of setting up a web server, but I'm not exactly sure regarding all the semantics.

I can either use Ubuntu as a server (but not server edition) or a copy of Windows Server 2003 I have.

This seems to be the best idea, but there is a huge lack of beginner documentation regarding setting up a server online, and I would love to learn.

• House File Server

Untangle seems like a good solution, but I don't think I need a Fileserver at the moment - still, it would be a good use of that old desktop.

• Asterisk Server

I was considering installing AsteriskNOW! or just Asterisk onto a machine and using that as a SIP server, but I do not have any of the hardware (i.e. SIP Phones) and I despise softphones.

Please bear in mind that I have next to no money to spend on this, as I got Server 2003 through DreamSpark free (which isn't bad!) and the hardware I have is pretty-damn limited (a circa. 2001 desktop with 256meg of ram and a 800mHz Celeron processor).

Any thoughts/ideas would be good

Joe

chetzu is right about overheating. The proper servers which i have 1 of my own has robust hardware to deal with this kind of stuff.Server loads can be one of the causes of overheating, when my server is @ 80- 100% CPU uagae the fans run really loud and the server closist get very hot. I have had great experance with windows servers as linux tends to be command based every-time. For starters celeron processors are a no no for servers. You need to figure out why you need a server in the first place. If you need some help you can drop me a line at my website which provide support on this sort of stuff -> www.pvcomputers.co.nz

[Joe O.]

Hey Patrick V,

Thanks for the comments - I've finally decided to get a 19u Server Cabinet and place it in a temp.-controlled "shed" I have. Hopefully that will mean that the temperature stays low and stuff doesn't overheat.

Spending here we come!

Thanks,

[Alex C.]

I was actually in the same situation as you. I actually recommend using Amahi Home Server. http://amahi.org It's very user-friendly and it uses fedora as a base, but also follow the advice from the other users. It is VERY helpful.

[Blake]

I personally would do something where you have Ubuntu as base operating system and then install Virtual Box OSE. And install Ubuntu again so that way if something gets into your Virtual Machine your main one will be fine. And if you screw something up then you don't have to lose all data on main Operating System.