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moloo

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17. February 2009 @ 17:26

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Hi,

I'm not quite sure if this is the proper place to be posting this but I needed some help.

I'm looking to either build or buy a server for my office to network the computers and have a central storage device with backup capabilties. The thing is though I know very little about servers. I looked at dell's website which was reccomended to me but they are quite pricey. Also I was told that I need atleast 4 gigs of ram, but ram isn't very diffcult to install, which leads me to my next question. Is it very difficult to build a server or am I better of paying for one? Also where abouts would I go to buy a server in Canada.

To tell you the truth I don't know the first thing about them and if anybody could reccomend some sites that I could read up on I'd really appreciate it, my google search results have not been to friendly.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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ILL-C

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20. February 2009 @ 23:00

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I'm thinking building one would be cheaper though i really can't tell you what type of software to run on it. I'm running a home media server now but. I'm running Windows XP on it. And here's two websites that i found pretty cheap parts on newegg.com and pricewatch.com.

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kingy1213

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21. February 2009 @ 07:01

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how many computers do u want 2 run with this server?

You could just build a computer with lots of hdd and 4gb game a fastish cpu and call it a server. (cheap)

or u buy a rack that can hold blades as u want more speed or hdd space u buy more blades 4 ur server rack. (more expensive but better upgrade options) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_server

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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

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ramakid

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22. February 2009 @ 12:53

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Yep, you'll need a good amount of ram, the more pc's you have on your network + requests they send to the server the more ram and cpu you'll need.

I'm not a big expert on this field. Try to find a friend who's into the arear and ask him for a discount or something.

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