Thank you, Jeff. Questions inserted below.
On 5/9/2017 7:28 AM, J dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
> > Would this be sufficient for a web/file server, possibly a discussion
> > group in the future? It seems I remember reading some where that a
> > server should have at least 8G ram. It can be increased to 8G on this
> > machine but it has only one slot and so I would have to spend another
> > $50 or so for another memory card.
> > Stan
>
> For what you described, this is probably more than enough for your use
> case. The only upgrade I may consider, given the parameters you
> describe, would be a pair of 2TB or larger HDDs and set up as a
> software raid mirror to provide a modicum of local redundancy.
>
The machine comes with 4G ram. Should I upgrade to 8G?
The machine comes with a 0.5TB hard drive. I am uncertain what the
advantage of a pair of 2TB HDDs is. Could you elaborate some?
> If all you need is a file server (basically that's what you
> described), you could also run it off a used craigslist or ebay
> machine, or also consider looking at New Egg, they often have refurbs
> in the same price range that may be even better equipped, or newer (or
> older and lesser equipped, YMMV).
>
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check New Egg out. I've purchased from
them before.
> I presume you have a fast internet connection? If you're sharing
> files with friends, who are accessing the system remotely, remember
> they will only be able to download the files at the upload speed of
> your internet connection. So if you're like me and limited to 3Mb/s
> up, it won't matter if your friends have a pure 100Mb/s connection,
> they'll still only get files from you at a max of <3Mb/s. Honestly,
> unless your files are all relatively small, a service like dropbox is
> far better suited to sharing files than running a file server out of
> your house.
>
>
I had not thought of this. At present I only have about 0.5M upload
which will soon be upgraded to 1M. I live in an area where this is about
the best that can be done. This won't detour me from creating a web
server (and possibly a file server at some time in the future), but the
impact of a slow upload speed is something to be aware of.
Stan
Posted by: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@commspeed.net>
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