File Server specifications?

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I've got 4 or 5 hard drives that I want to put in one computer and put on the network.. my question is very simple, what kind of specs should I get for this file server?

Obviously it doesn't have to have an intense processor, i was thinking along the lines of 500mhz-1ghz and maybe 128-256mb of memory? It would have a gigabit network card and pretty much nothing else but a power supply that can accomodate those.. i'd guess 350w at the most?

Any recommendations on what the minimum I could go for is? (the file server will be used with my main computer as well as my HTPC but thats about it)
 
Seriously? 500 to 1000mhz?? You mean like mabey a Pentium 3? I would go for a Celeron D, if I were you
 
J_I_M_B_O said:
Seriously? 500 to 1000mhz?? You mean like mabey a Pentium 3? I would go for a Celeron D, if I were you
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It really dosent matter..

I had a 466 Celeron with 312mb RAM serving for me, and while it was only a single user and single hard disk, it ran fine remoting in.

If you can get a cheap sub ghz machine, try that, but if your building from scratch go for a 754 socket system with a sempron or like JIMBO suggested a Celeron D.
 
now that i've got to spend money on it I figure I want to future proof it a little... (the old 500mhz and 700mhz celeron processors i have aren't working so now im forced to spend money :p )

Looking at the celeron D @ 2.13ghz for $41... and as for the motherboard, if its just used for a file server can I go with a cheap motherboard? I mean how much do I really need out of this motherboard.... no gaming on it it'll probably be running fedora or some other linux distro...
 
dchrsf said:
It really dosent matter..

I had a 466 Celeron with 312mb RAM serving for me, and while it was only a single user and single hard disk, it ran fine remoting in.
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Yeah, but, he also said it'd be his main rig. Of couse, I assumed that as his main rig, it'd be doing all the normal stuff, like web, music, and word processin, and possibly higher intensity programs, I just thought you'd have trouble with a sub-ghz machine with that.
And if you're going to use it as your HTPC, don't bother with anything below 800mhz
 
err.. I think i worded that poorly.. I've got my main rig.. a 3ghz+ htpc (for HD) and then im building this file server.. I think what i meant to say (and i edited my original post) is that the file server is only going to be used by these 2 other pc's so it wont have a lot of stress...

and another question, while looking at the Celeron D the 64 bit and non 64 bit version is the exact same price only different socket types... is it worth going with the 64 bit version? And with that, that might make installing linux a little more complicated i'd think?
 
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