Friday, February 17, 2006
New Windows Server at home
Well, I've decided that as the LAN parties continue to get more popular, something has got to be done about the load that is put on my computer when people install games. All of the games that we play are stored on my computer's hard drive. Everyone then installs them all at once. This really bogs down my computer and I can't do anything while everyone copies over CD Images or installs directly from my computer. I've decided to install a server that has all of the games stored on it. I've installed Windows Server 2003 on a Pentium II 350 with 190 MB of RAM. This, I figure should be enough, as the load on the computer will mostly be on the hard drive. I'm installing a Promise ATA133 controller in it with a 160 GB ATA100 drive. I then ordered this new SATA150 drive from Newegg. This will replace the 160 GB drive, which was in my computer. I'm exicted about these new changes.So do you geeks out there think that my server will be good enough to handle the load when ten people want to install games at the same time?
(Image stolen from newegg.com)
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I think that you need to budget for a JEEP!
ReplyDeleteWhen I graduate from college I will start to budget for a JEEP. How does that sound?
ReplyDeleteToo Long! You need more hobbies than just computers.
ReplyDeleteIs a JEEP some type of new computer part...? I think you should save money for your wedding. ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't think that I'm going to be having a wedding. I don't need to save for something that I'm not going to have.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a horrible attitude Ken. Elopement is not the answer.
ReplyDeletejeeps rock
ReplyDeleteWell does that mean that we all have to join your domain to install games now? Are you going to create OUs to publish the software?? Are you going to just share out the drive to any computers on the workgroup? If its the latter why use Server 2003 its bloated and you could do it with any version of 2K or XP.
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