System requirements for a home (internal only) server.

**ming** · April 11th, 2004

Can someone suggest the minimum-to-average system hardware requirements for a home server that may have upto 6 machines connecting to it? (Especially CPU & RAM)
Possible use of server:
1. Application sharing
2. File sharing
3. Gaming
4. Combination of the above.

cpugeniusmv · April 11th, 2004

Originally Posted by ming

Can someone suggest the minimum-to-average system hardware requirements for a home server that may have upto 6 machines connecting to it? (Especially CPU & RAM)
Possible use of server:
1. Application sharing
2. File sharing
3. Gaming
4. Combination of the above.

pretty much any machine that still runs can do filesharing and application sharing, the only specs you'll have to work to live up to are the game server specs. and that heavily depends on which games you'll be serving on the machine. some games have system requirements for servers in FAQs and such...

or if you list them here we might be able to come up with something

**ming** · April 11th, 2004

Originally Posted by cpugeniusmv

pretty much any machine that still runs can do filesharing and application sharing, the only specs you'll have to work to live up to are the game server specs. and that heavily depends on which games you'll be serving on the machine. some games have system requirements for servers in FAQs and such...

or if you list them here we might be able to come up with something

Got nothing is particular at the moment, but say something like CM4, CS and UT2004.
Suggestions on specs that will run these games smoothly?
Also, can a machine run host two games simultaneously?

cpugeniusmv · April 11th, 2004

here's the info for UT2004:

http://www.unrealadmin.org/modules.p...ewtopic&t=3052

**LeeJend** · April 12th, 2004

These are minimums:

1. Application sharing - >1gig CPU with 512 RAM and 7200 RPM HD.
2. File sharing - any K6 or P3 machine. 256 RAM 7200 RPM HD.
3. Gaming - (I assume you meant dedicated server w/six users.) 3 gig Barton, 1 gig RAM
4. Combination of the above. (See answer to 3.)

You will probably have bad results file sharing while running a gaming server. If you must combine them I'd think about 3 gig P4 with 800 mhz FSB. Anyone else have any puts on trying to file share off a gaming server?

Tweak · April 12th, 2004

3 gig Barton for a gaming server? Depends on the game but I don't know any that require that much. Don't listen to him.

**ming** · April 12th, 2004

Are you serious? This is a small home server for internal use only.
I'm gona try and find those mini server thingies and see what specs they have.

**Unleashed** · April 12th, 2004

LeeJend thats way over the top mate

Mines a P3 running at 550mhz, with 512mb SDRAM, 30gb 5400rpm drive and it runs perfectly as an application, ftp, webserver and filesharing!

toretto · April 12th, 2004

currently i run a server for the same thing you have, it is a p4 1.7ghtz with 512mb's ram... dont need much to run a dedicated server. UT2K4 uses barely any clock cycles and 93mbs ram when it is running. other than that it is all good.

**SPeedY_B** · April 12th, 2004

Originally Posted by Unleashed

LeeJend thats way over the top mate
Mines a P3 running at 550mhz, with 512mb SDRAM, 30gb 5400rpm drive and it runs perfectly as an application, ftp, webserver and filesharing!

Definitely.
I know people with (internal, and httpd) servers of 300 to 400Mhz, and only 256mb ram. You don't need anything too impressive until it comes to the gaming.. each game will have their minimum and recomended server specs somewhere to use as a reference

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	System requirements for a home (internal only) server. Can someone suggest the minimum-to-average system hardware requirements for a home server that may have upto 6 machines connecting to it? (Especially CPU & RAM) Possible use of server: 1. Application sharing 2. File sharing 3. Gaming 4. Combination of the above. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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cpugeniusmv Computer Genius Joined: April 2003 Posts: 485 Reputation: 50 Power: 115	Originally Posted by ming Can someone suggest the minimum-to-average system hardware requirements for a home server that may have upto 6 machines connecting to it? (Especially CPU & RAM) Possible use of server: 1. Application sharing 2. File sharing 3. Gaming 4. Combination of the above. pretty much any machine that still runs can do filesharing and application sharing, the only specs you'll have to work to live up to are the game server specs. and that heavily depends on which games you'll be serving on the machine. some games have system requirements for servers in FAQs and such... or if you list them here we might be able to come up with something

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	Originally Posted by cpugeniusmv pretty much any machine that still runs can do filesharing and application sharing, the only specs you'll have to work to live up to are the game server specs. and that heavily depends on which games you'll be serving on the machine. some games have system requirements for servers in FAQs and such... or if you list them here we might be able to come up with something Got nothing is particular at the moment, but say something like CM4, CS and UT2004. Suggestions on specs that will run these games smoothly? Also, can a machine run host two games simultaneously? Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	These are minimums: 1. Application sharing - >1gig CPU with 512 RAM and 7200 RPM HD. 2. File sharing - any K6 or P3 machine. 256 RAM 7200 RPM HD. 3. Gaming - (I assume you meant dedicated server w/six users.) 3 gig Barton, 1 gig RAM 4. Combination of the above. (See answer to 3.) You will probably have bad results file sharing while running a gaming server. If you must combine them I'd think about 3 gig P4 with 800 mhz FSB. Anyone else have any puts on trying to file share off a gaming server? Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	Are you serious? This is a small home server for internal use only. I'm gona try and find those mini server thingies and see what specs they have. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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cpugeniusmv Computer Genius Joined: April 2003 Posts: 485 Reputation: 50 Power: 115	here's the info for UT2004: http://www.unrealadmin.org/modules.p...ewtopic&t=3052

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Tweak The Weedman Joined: April 2004 Location: Moscow, ID, USA Posts: 39 Reputation: 20 Power: 99	3 gig Barton for a gaming server? Depends on the game but I don't know any that require that much. Don't listen to him.

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Unleashed We Speak Geek Joined: July 2003 Location: Fredericton, Canada ex Norwich, England ex Hougang, Singapore ex Durban, South Africa Posts: 1,249 Reputation: 460 Power: 124	LeeJend thats way over the top mate Mines a P3 running at 550mhz, with 512mb SDRAM, 30gb 5400rpm drive and it runs perfectly as an application, ftp, webserver and filesharing! CPU: Intel Core2 Q6600 \| Mobo: BFG nVidia 680i SLI \| RAM: 2GB 2x Corsair XMS6400 \| PSU: Hiper 580 Watt \| HDD: WD160GB SATAII \| GFX: BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB \| DVD: SAMSUNG 20x DVD+/-R/RW/RAM SATA

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toretto Mentally Absent Joined: February 2004 Location: Mankato, Minnesota, USA Posts: 226 Reputation: 70 Power: 103	currently i run a server for the same thing you have, it is a p4 1.7ghtz with 512mb's ram... dont need much to run a dedicated server. UT2K4 uses barely any clock cycles and 93mbs ram when it is running. other than that it is all good. Most Used: Genuine Intel(R) D850GB system board Windows* 2000 version 5.0 Service Pack 4 build 2195 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1700MHz Bus Speed 400 MHz L1: Data Cache 8KB, Execution Trace Cache 12K Micro-ops L2: Advanced Transfer Cache 256 KB 1,024 MB Kingston PC800 Rambus Memory Ati Radeon 9800 256 1 120gb WD 2 80gb WD HD's striped Sony Dual Layer DVD burner <----Did anything I Said help you at all... please share the love and click the reputation icon.

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Originally Posted by Unleashed LeeJend thats way over the top mate Mines a P3 running at 550mhz, with 512mb SDRAM, 30gb 5400rpm drive and it runs perfectly as an application, ftp, webserver and filesharing! Definitely. I know people with (internal, and httpd) servers of 300 to 400Mhz, and only 256mb ram. You don't need anything too impressive until it comes to the gaming.. each game will have their minimum and recomended server specs somewhere to use as a reference 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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