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Unread 09-04-2003, 07:15 AM   #1
iroc409
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Default win 2000 pro or xp pro??

well, i've decided i think i'm going to throw together a makeshift fileserver in light of my recent issues and concerns.

i've got this asus cusl2-c sitting here brand new that's been collecting dust. figure i should put it to use. it was going to be my web server/dev box, but my current web server is definitely fast enough to do what i need it to do, and then some, so i don't really need anything different right now.

so anyways, i figure i'd toss in like a celeron 900 or something, 196mb ram, and probably like one of the drives out of my web server. 6-8gb drives, for the main drive. then i've got a couple extra ata cards, and i'd toss in my 100gb and 120gb and use the machine for lan storage for now (until i decide what i ultimately am going to do).

so, what should i use? my desktop is win xp, and i remember there are some networking issues i believe between the two OSes. but, i figure, since this is a slower computer, maybe win 2000 would be a better choice for perfomance concerns. all the hardware should run fine in 2000, i think.

i'm just concerned the networking will be a bitch. i basically want to share the hard drives on the network so i can map them and basically work from them, but have them not in my system. they also have to be password protected and stuff tho, my neighbor is sharing my network connection.

all the machine will do is file serving, and run the basics like firewall and antivirus software (probably be pretty strict about this stuff too... a lot more so than on my system... since this is all the machine will do).

so anyways... i'm off to cannibalize my web server and order a processor.

unless anyone has a coppermine intel chip that's reasonably fast they want to sell cheap??


edit: i think i have a copy of advanced server 2000 as well around here somewhere, that might be an option as well. but i really don't see a need for that, for a file server...
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