Decided to check it out soon as I walked through the door. It has Red Hat on it and it's checking the filesystem right now. Has been for about 6 minutes now. :-O It has Four (4) Xeon 550 processors and 2GB of ram. Much louder than my one tower, but not louder than the fridge when it's doing its thing! :-) As far as the Windows Home Server, not quite ready to buy yet another OS. :-O Especially since I have a collection here already. Thanks Jim On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:41:47 -0500, "Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> actually had this to say: > They should be enough to run the new Windows home server OS which is pretty > cool. > JK > > On Jan 16, 2008 10:42 PM, Charles R. Buchanan > <<mailto:charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Just given two of these servers and was wondering what you guys think. > > First of all, I've always wanted my very own server to play with, but of > > course never he ead the money to actually do this. :-) (Seeing in its day, > > the 6300 could set one back $40g's) > > > > Anyway, from what I can tell so far is, one of them has three Quantum > > Atlas 10K 18.2 hard drives. The other one has 8 Seagate Ultra320 (10K) > > hd's. This is probably be the one I will focus on. > > > > My thinking is using it as a file server/backup sort or setup. The > > biggest question would be what OS to install on it? I have basically > > two options. (Maybe three or four) Linux, or Windows 2000 AS. Although I > > do have Solaris, the Cubs might win the World Series before I even get > > an elementary understanding of it. :-O > > > > I could take Vista Business off this machine, but I doubt that it would > > be compatible with HW this old, > > > > As far as the cpu(s) and memory, I haven't a clue right now. I'm scare > > to plug the doggone thing in actually. Just the server itself takes > > three power cords. :-O Needless to say, this thing won't be running > > 24/7! :-D > > > > Anyway, I know that's not a lot to go on, just wanted to throw this out > > there and see what the experts think. > > > > TIA > > > > For what is a man, what has he got? > > If not himself, then he has naught > > To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels > > > > ***************************** > > New Site from The Kenzig Group! > > Windows Vista Links, list options > > and info are available at: > > <http://www.VistaPop.com> http://www.VistaPop.com > > ***************************** > > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > > mode or view archives use the below link. > > > > <http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm>http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > > > > > -- > Jim Kenzig > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services > http://www.thinhelp.com > Citrix Technology Professional > CEO The Kenzig Group > http://www.kenzig.com > Blog: http://www.techblink.com For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm